By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, says Nigeria will no longer spend over $300 million every year to import processed Barite for the oil sector The Minister disclosed this in Ugaga community of Yala LGA of Cross River State where the...
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The Debt Management Office (DMO) has assured Nigerians that Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) Securities are the most rewarding Naira denominated investment. The Director-General of the DMO, Patience Oniha gave the assurance on Thursday in Port-Harcourt, during the FGN Securities Issuance Awareness Programme in the Port-Hacourt. Oniha, who was...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the retiring Assistant Inspector General of Police, Garba Umar, as a Senior Security Adviser on International Police Cooperation and Counter-terrorism in the office of the Minister of Police Affairs. The Presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, confirmed the appointment in...
A Sharia Court in Kaduna on Thursday, ordered a woman, Fatima Muhammad to return the N80,000 received as dowry in exchange for divorce. The Judge, Malam Muhammad Adamu-Shehu, gave the ruling after the complainant told the court that she wanted to redeem herself from the marriage and was ready...
Obi Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education, has urged leaders in all spheres of life to build lasting legacies and live impactful lives in the society while still alive. Ezekwesili said this on Thursday in Abuja at the maiden Innocent Chukwuemeka Chukwuma Empowerment Foundation (ICCEF) Annual Impact and Legacy...
The Tanzanian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Dr Benson Bana, has called for proper teaching and learning of Kiswahili language in Nigeria. Bana gave the advice in his address at the inaugural ceremony of the “Kiswahili Club 2″ Kiswahilli capacity building programme”, for Voice of Nigeria (VON) staff in Abuja....
The Presidential Election Petition Court, (PEPC), has adjourned pre-hearing in the petitions filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’ and the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) until May 18. The five-member panel, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani adjourned after listening to the agreement by all the counsel in the petitions....
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)Kwara Area Command says it has generated the sum of three billion five hundred and sixty six million, nine hundred and ninety seven thousand five hundred and eighty seven naira, twelve kobo (N3,566,997,587.12)as revenue between January and March this year....
Twenty-seven people were injured in Finland when a pedestrian bridge collapsed near Helsinki on Thursday. Most of those hurt were children after the accident involving a temporary bridge, near a construction site in Espoo next to Helsinki, the emergency service said in a tweet. Broadcaster Yle said a group...
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Tinam’s Voice, has organized a dialogue to find solutions to the myriad of issues affecting Southern Kaduna. The Convener of the meeting and Founder of Tinam’s Voice, Deborah Yusuf, decried the way Southern Kaduna became synonymous with killings and insecurity generally. “The first thing that comes...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sought for more media engagement on budget tracking in Nigeria. Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, the EFCC’s Executive Chairman made the call at a Workshop on Financial Crimes Reporting organised for journalists by the commission in Sokoto on Thursday. Bawa, represented by Mr...
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned hearing in the suit filed by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu until Sept. 14. The self-determination agitator had on Nov. 3, 2022, filed an appeal at the Supreme Court against the Court of Appeal’s verdict stopping his release from the...
The Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR) has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Task Team (IMTT) for the training of 5,000 public service workers on digital literacy and skills. The Director-General, BPSR, Mr Dasuki Arabi inaugurated the team on behalf of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr...
The Zamfara chapters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have expressed dismay with the state government over non payment of the salary of civil servants for two consecutive months. This is contained in a statement jointly signed in Gusau on Wednesday by the state...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was present at the Thursday hearing of petitions and applications at the Presidential Election Petitions Court, (PEPC) sitting in Abuja. Also present in court were the former governors of Adamawa, Boni Haruna, Niger, Babangida Aliyu, Cross River,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sokoto State University, (SSU) has matriculated no fewer than 2902 students for the 2021/2022/2022/2023 combined academic session. Addressing the matriculating students, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Bashiru Garba said the ceremony is the 9th in its series and considered very important as it enables...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A community leader and environment expert, Chief Edwin Ogar has warned that Cross River State Government may not benefit from UN-REED Programme if logging activities continued unabated in the state. The UN-REED Programme is funded by UNDP Multi-Partnes Trust Fund and provides the funding...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has passed two executive bills into law during plenary on Wednesday, with the assurance to support the executive arm of government to better the well being of the people of the state. The first one was the ‘Bill...
…targets Nigerian civil servants, others An Abuja-based Real Estate firm, WEPHCO Technologies has entered into a partnership with the government of Abu Dhabi to provide investment opportunities for interested Nigerians in the public and private sectors to invest in the gulf state’s rising real estate sector. The mouth watering...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed a suit seeking to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from delegating powers to control the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to the minister, Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit. Justice...