The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Sen. Ayogu Eze (Enugu) and five others as Federal Commissioners for Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). This followed the adoption of the report of senate Committee on National Planning and Economic Affairs at plenary on Wednesday. Others confirmed as Federal...
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Fire has razed the Jet A-1 fuel dump located within Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Base in Abuja. The fire incident which occured on Wednesday morning has been brought under control, according to a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore...
Some members of the Labour Party (LP) in Bayelsa, under the umbrella of Concerned Labour Party Critical Stakeholders of Bayelsa, have dragged the Bayelsa Government and its agents to court over their failure to conduct Local Government elections in Bayelsa. The applicants, including the Chairman of the state chapter...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.- Gen. Faruk Yahaya, on Wednesday assured that the Nigerian Army has the capacity to contain insurgency and deal with other criminal elements in the country. The COAS gave the assurance during combat training and exhibition of firing power, organised for Infantry and...
Justice Olukayode Adeniyi, Chairman of Election Petition Tribunal in Calabar, has given assurance that the tribunal was prepared to discharge its duties without any fear of favour. Adeniyi said this on Wednesday during the inaugural sitting of the tribunal in Calabar. He said that the tribunal would ensure that...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has advised residents of Ekiti to take precautionary measures to avert the flooding predicted to occur in the state later this year. The NEMA Head of Operations in Ekiti and Ondo States, Mr Kadiri Olanrewaju, gave the warning during a sensitisation rally at...
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), in Osun has sealed 75 filling stations for operating without valid licenses and other infractions in the state. Mr Kunle Adeyemo, the NMDPRA State Coordinator, made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Osogbo. The coordinator...
As the May 29 date for the inauguration of a new Federal Government draws near politicians have raised their ante as they position themselves for various offices. One place the political maneuvering is clearly pronounced is the National Assembly. Unlike the cabinet, and other key positions in the Executive...
Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC-Kaduna), the consensus candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 10th House of Representatives Speakership, has said that he is competent for the job ahead. Abbas said this while speaking to newsmen at the end of the meeting of the Joint Task, a group...
Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, the immediate past governor of Osun has congratulated his successor, Gov. Ademola Adeleke, on the Supreme Court judgment which affirmed him as the winner of July 16, 2022 governorship election. Oyetola in a statement on Wednesday in Osogbo, said:”I accept the court’s verdict which upheld Adeleke’s...
A baby has been born using three people’s DNA for the first time in Britain. Most of the child’s DNA came from their two parents but about 0.1 per cent was from a third person, another woman. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) said “less than five” babies...
The Action Peoples Party, (APP) has withdrawn its election petition against the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu. At the resumed hearing of the matter at the Presidential Election Petition Court on Wednesday in Abuja, counsel to APP, Mr Obed Agu, told the court that his client wished to withdraw the...
A Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an order of perpetual injunction restraining the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from imposing fines, henceforth, on broadcast stations in the country. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgement, also set aside the N500,000 fines imposed, on March 1, 2019, on each of...
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday remanded a 34-year-old man, John Agbo, for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl. The Magistrate, Mrs E.Kubeinje, who did not take Agbo’s plea, ordered that he should be remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre. Kubeinje, however, directed the police to send the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The First Lady of Nigeria, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday commissioned the new secretariat building of the Africa First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM). A statement issued by Suleiman Haruna, Director of Information to the First Lady of Nigeria, State House, Abuja, said the structure...
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The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday commissioned Transafam Power – a subsidiary of Transnational Corporation Plc’s 240MW Afam Three Fast Power plant in Afam, Rivers State. With an already existing power plant residing in Afam, this brings the cumulative generating capacity...
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) Resource Centre, a prominent civil society organization at the forefront of the fight against corruption, has expressed deep concern over the choice of Mr. Godswill Akpabio by the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the next Senate President of the 10th National Assembly....
Nigerian Singer, Songwriter and Artist, Nissi Ogulu sits with Chude Jideonwo, host of #WithChude to discuss her relationship with her parents, her career as a designer and her music. “I have lived in London for 12 years. Immediately after university, I did a project, and my supervisor was gassed about the project. He reached out to a colleague at Jaguar Land Rover for me, because of how well I had done on the...
Maria Chike Benjamin, BBN Reality Star, sits with Chude Jideonwo host of #WithChude to discuss life after Big Brother Naija, her relationship with her father, the viral tweet in January, and her new TV show. On going for the reality TV show, Big Brother Naija, she shared, “2020 was a very challenging year for me. I was like, ‘What am I going to do next’, and...