By TOM CHIAHEMEN – The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), has expressed confidence that the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park Scheme (NOGaPS) at Emeyal 1 Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, will be completed and ready for commissioning in the last quarter of 2023....
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The Bank Verification Number (BVN) issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) was initially to expire after 10 years, PRNigeria Fact-Check discovers. The factcheck was conducted after a viral video disclosed the expiry date, which was later denied by the CBN. While ascertaining the truth in the claim,...
…Commends Joint Task for adopting APC’s zoning formula A pressure group, Defenders of Constitutional Democracy (CDC) has appealed to all Speakershp aspirants in the House of Representatives to accept the All Progressives Congress (APC) choice of Hon. Tajudeen Abass and Hon. Benjamin Kalu as the speaker and Deputy Speaker...
With the 2023 general elections over and the intrigues that surrounded the electioneering rested, the incoming Federal Government, when inaugurated on May 29, 2023, shall, in the enlightened national interest, be faced with the task of delivering Nigeria and Nigerians from the snare of dangerous political and socio-economic delusions....
The Vice President-elect, Sen. Kashim Shettima, has promised to meet other aspirants in race for the 10th House of Representative Speakers in a bid to seek for truce. Shettima made the promised when the Joint Task 10th Assembly members-elect met with him in his Abuja residence. This is coming...
Alhaji Abdul’aziz Yari, Zamfara West Senator-elect, has advised that religious, tribal and ethnic sentiments should be eschewed in the choice of the President of the Senate of the in-coming 10th National Assembly. He gave the advice in his congratulatory message to the 109 Senators-elect from the 36 states of...
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ahmed Wase, says he possess all the qualities to be the speaker of the 10th assembly. Wase stated this when declared his intention to run for the office of the speaker in Abuja on Friday. He also maintained that it is...
Mrs Beatrice Jedy-Agba, the Solicitor General of the Federation says only a small fraction of cybercrimes is actually prosecuted and adjudicated. Jedy-Agba said this at the closing ceremony of the ‘Training of Trainers on Cybercrime and Electronic Evidence for Judges and Prosecutors in Abuja. The event was under the...
President Muhammadu Buhari recently sent a request to the National Assembly to approve 800 million dollars loan meant to cushion effect of the proposed removal of fuel subsidy. Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said that Nigeria secured the World Bank facility as a first tranche...
Rep. Aliyu Betara, one of the leading aspirants for the seat of the Speakership of the House of Representatives says the G-7 will determine who emerges the next Speaker of the House of Representatives. Betara said this at the formal declaration of the Speakership of a member of the...
.,……As Kalu hails Party’s Zoning Arrangement The adopted All Progressives Congress APC Candidate for the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives Hon Tajudeen Abass, North West on Tuesday night finally broken his silence over his adoption by the Party saying he felt very elated and satisfied While fielding...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has dissociated itself from a baseless and unfounded opinion currently published on different news platforms, linking the Corps to seeking the introduction of Sharia Law to compliment existing extant regulations on enforcement of traffic rules and prosecution of...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN – The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), is currently upgrading the 10 Megawatt installed capacity of its power plant in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital to 20 Megawatt. General Manager, Corporate Communications and Zonal Coordination Division at NCDMB, Engr Ginah O. Ginah, who dropped...
Confirms approval of N1.9b in 2023 budget towards housing them in royal museum By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has congratulated His Royal Majesty, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin, on the...
Mr Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, said that the challenges facing Nigeria were surmountable with the right leadership. Obi said this at the public presentation of the compendium on him entitled: “Many Voices, One Perspective” in Awka on Friday. The former governor of Anambra reiterated...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Aliyu Atta, as he turns 86 years, with a remarkable record of serving in the Nigeria Police Force for many years from 1960 to 1993. President Buhari in his congratulatory message by his spokesman,...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for comprehensive review of Nigeria’s criminal justice system to reduce the alarming number of inmates in correctional facilities awaiting trial. A statement by the Media Adviser to the minister, Sola Fasure on Friday in Abuja, said Aregbesola made the while inaugurating the...
The British King, Charles III has marked his coronation with a new photograph of himself and his two heirs. The picture of Charles, alongside the Prince of Wales and Prince George, was taken in Buckingham Palace’s throne room on the day he was crowned. The King sits in the...
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has fixed July 3 for a case filed against Nigeria’s central government over the delay in the passage of the Bill on independent candidacy. The case was instituted by two Non-Governmental Organisations who are asking the court to hold Nigeria responsible for the...
The Kogi Government says the state will likely become the hub of Africa in Cashew production. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made the declaration while speaking with Journalists in Lokoja on Friday. Fanwo attributed the feat the state had so far attained in Cashew production...