Mr Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL), has called on African countries to take advantage of the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Kyari said this would help to diversify their energy sources into a sustainable and low-carbon energy...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Offiong Edem Foundation, Offiong Edema, has promised to host a mini-table tennis tournament for children between the ages of 7–15 at the U.J Esuene Stadium on the 3rd to 7th June 2023. Ms. Edema, who stated this in...
The Senate has joined the House of Representatives and the ECOWAS Parliament to appeal to the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London, for leniency in the sentencing of Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. The Senate’s decision to appeal for clemency followed a motion raised by Senator Chukwuka...
Punch should stop living in denial The latest in a series of some partisan editorials by some of this country’s newspapers seeking to rewrite recent history was published by the Punch newspaper paper this weekend, painting a bleak, pessimistic and frequently inaccurate picture of the state of our nation...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A Non Governmental Organization, Goal Prime Organization Nigeria, has launched a borehole project in Mafa town of Mafa Local Government Area of Borno state with support from UNICEF. The Country Director, Goal Prime Organization Nigeria, Dr. Christopher Chinedumuije in his remark, said the initiative...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (NICRAT), has expressed concern over the revelation of the alleged presence of a carcinogenic compound (Ethylyne Oxide) in Indomie Instant Noodles ‘Special Chicken Flavour’. , The Director General/CEO of NICRAT, Prof. Usman Malami Aliyu, in a...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja inaugurated a new long-term National Development Plan, the Nigeria Agenda 2050 (NA 2050). The agenda aims to ensure that the country attains a Per Capita GDP of 33,328 dollars per annum, placing her among the top middle-income economies in the world by...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved unified USSD codes for all mobile networks in Nigeria. The harmonized shortcodes (HSC) will work across all mobile networks in the country. This means all mobile network services will be using the same customer care number, the same...
Zimbabwe’s capital Harare has been hit by a cholera outbreak, with 21 suspected and seven confirmed cases, an official has said. “We now have 21 suspected cases and seven confirmed cases, and these are mainly coming from the western suburbs,” Prosper Chonzi, the city’s Director of Health Services said....
The Federal Government has released a 1,564-page compendium detailing the numerous achievements of the Administration of President Muhammadu Buhari from 2015 to 2023 The compendium which came in two volumes and documented by the Ministry of Information and Culture was made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. In...
The House of Representatives is to investigate the circumstances that led to the hard diplomatic stance of the Egyptian authorities over the plight of Nigerians affected by the ongoing crisis in Sudan. The Speaker, of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, said this in Abuja during a situation...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), leave to serve writ of summons on Meta Platform, social media giant and owners of Facebook. The court gave the nod pursuant to an application by ARCON in a pending N30 billion suit...
The House of Representatives has ordered the suspension of planned disbursement of 700 million dollars cabotage vessel financing fund to Nigerians and companies by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Henry Nwawuba (PDP-Imo) during...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said that prices of food items such as yam, beans and beef witnessed increases in March. This is contained in NBS Selected Food Prices Watch Report for March 2023 released in Abuja on Wednesday. The report said the average price of 1kg beef...
Though it’s been long known via research that when traumatic events –those involving anxiety and pains occur or are told to those who feel linked by identity to the victims- whether the shared identity is ethnic, religious, historical, cultural, linguistic or nationalistic, it can never produce emotional and physical...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it would an online test for qualified superintendent cadre applicants (Professional and General Duties) who successfully submitted their 2023 applications. The Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on...
The Federal Government on Wednesday informed the National Industrial Court of its decision to formally react to Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s request for arbitration by May 11. ASUU filed the suit against the Minister of Labour and Employment and the Registrar of Trade Unions ( RTU). The...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bauchi State, Sadique Abubakar, has described the new Government House being built by Governor Bala Mohammed as a misplaced priority. He said that the government, instead of spending billions of Naira in building the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Bureau of Public Enterprises, (BPE) is set to commence verification exercise for the payment of the agreed 16-month Severance benefits to the bona-fide ex-staff of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) including certified Next-of-Kin (NOK) of the deceased ex-staff who were in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari will depart for London, United Kingdom later today, Wednesday, May 3 to join other world leaders invited to attend the coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as His Majesty The King and Her Majesty The Queen Consort of the...