The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) launched the Nigeria Data Protection Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan (NDP-SRAP 2023-2027) on Wednesday in Abuja. The action plan is expected to create about 500,000 jobs and generate more than N125 billion in revenues. The launch of the five-pillar NDP-SRAP held concurrently...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The European Union (EU) Ambassador to Nigeria, Samuela ISOPI, has assured of the union’s plan to partner Nasarawa State Government on agriculture, clean energy development and innovation. Mrs Samuela, gave the assurance during her official visit to Gov. Abdullahi Sule on Wednesday,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Chiedu Ebie, has re-stated the commitment of the new leadership in the Commission to quickening the pace of development in the Niger Delta region. Speaking during a send-off party...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Community stakeholders from Maiduguri Metropolitan Council (MMC) and Jere Local Government Area of Borno State at a one day town hall meeting held at Women Development Centre Maiduguri on Wednesday alleged that most repentant women and girls that have passed the process of...
The Ministry of Aviation, has said it is working on plans to ensure that commercial airlines operating in Nigeria pay compensate to passengers for delayed or canceled flights as from January. The Minister of Aviation, Mr Festus Keyamo, said this when he appeared before the Joint Committee of...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Wednesday, cautioned the Federal High Court (FHC) judges against taken their appointment for granted. Justice Ariwoola, who made the statement while declaring open the 39th Annual FHC Judges’ Conference and the FHC’s 50th Anniversary Lectures in Abuja, urged...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Minister of Power and Steel Olu Agunloye wanted over alleged corruption and forgery. The EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, disclosed this in a public notice posted on the agency’s official Facebook and Instagram...
The Rivers State Government has attributed the demolition of the state House of Assembly Complex to structural defects arising from explosion and fire outbreak. The state’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Joseph Johnson, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Port Harcourt. Johnson said that the incident rendered...
The National Assembly has promised to put an end to the incessant interruption of academic activities in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. The Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Education, made the pledge when Vice Chancellors (V-Cs) of federal universities and Prof. Chris Maiyaki, Acting Executive Secretary of...
The activities of kidnappers and armed robbers have continued to instill fear among residents of Calabar, the capital city of Cross River, within the last few months, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. In separate interviews with NAN in Calabar on Wednesday, the respondents said they...
A 22-year-old girl, Florence Vandi, has reportedly committed suicide at Viniklang community in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa. Vandi is believed to have consumed a poisonous substance locally called “Otapiyapiya”. SP Suleiman Nguroje, the police spokesman in Adamawa confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday in...
Gunmen on Monday ambushed vehicles conveying Daewoo workers, killed two drivers and four soldiers escorting the expatriates in Rivers. No fewer than two expatriate workers of the company were reportedly kidnapped by the gunmen. Maj. Danjuma Danjuma, Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division, Nigeria Army, Port Harcourt, confirmed the...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers State has charged Gov. Siminalayi Fubara to refrain from acts capable of escalating the political crisis rocking the state. The state Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party, Tony Okocha, gave the charge at a news briefing in Port Harcourt. Okocha was...
Comptroller General, Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Caroline Adepoju, has announced the promotion of the Service Public Relations Officer, (SPRO) Adedotun Aridegbe, to the rank of Comptroller of Immigration. Adepoju, who said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, added that the service also promoted 4,851 other personnel who...
TAJBank Limited, one of Nigeria’s leading non-interest banking services provider, has again set a record with Bbb+ rating by the foremost rating agency – Agusto & Co. This makes the it the best rated in the nation’s Non-Interest Banking (NIB) space. According to a statement by Founder and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The United Nations Women Representative in Nigeria, Lasagna Wonneh disclosed that 90% of the people supplying good and services to government and private sector in Nigeria are men. He disclosed this at the on going business symposium with the theme: “Advancing Gender Equality...
The Ondo State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, confirmed receipt of a letter from Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo requesting to proceed on medical leave in Germany. Mr Olamide Oladiji, the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo- As the dry season approaches, Taraba State Fire Service has urged the state Governor Agbu Kefas to recruit more personnel and provide fire fighting equipment to avoid destruction of lives and properties. The Director of the Taraba State Fire Service, Engr. Sale Mijinyawa...
After months of consultation within and outside Edo State, immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, announced on Tuesday his entry into the race for the Edo State governorship seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), thus...
The Minister of Solid Minerals, Mr Dele Alake has alleged that powerful Nigerians involved in illegal mining were the ones sponsoring banditry and terrorism in the country. Alake said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals for the 2024 budget defence in...