The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said 25 oil bidders emerged at the 2024 oil licensing bid round. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chief Executive of NUPRC, Mr Gbenga Komolafe, announced the winners at the licensing round commercial bid conference held in Lagos...
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The remains of an Abia founding father, Dr Emmanuel Adaelu, was interred on Wednesday at his country home, Abayi in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adaelu, 92, was one of the state’s foremost industrialists and the Chairman of...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has shut down 150 shops at Eziukwu Market in Abia State, over fake and expired products Worth ₦5 billion. The agency disclosed this in a statement on its X handle (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. NAFDAC said the shops...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Nasarawa State chapter of the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria, has inaugurated a Joint Task Force, to tackle the issues of fraud perpetrated by some criminally-minded Point of Sales agents in the state. State Chairman of the association, Comrade Noah Enesata,...
Oyo State Government has commenced investigation into a stampede that occurred at a carnival in Ibadan, the state capital. Many children were said to have died in the process with Governor Seyi Makinde commiserating with the parents who have lost their children. The governor in a personal message on...
Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Mr Gbenga Komolafe, has said a new round of oil licensing bid will take place in 2025. Komolafe made the announcement as the commission approaches the conclusion of the ongoing 2024 Licensing Round Commercial Bid Conference in Lagos...
By OLA MODUPE, Ibadan – Tragedy struck in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Wednesday morning, as a stampede at a children’s carnival held at Islamic High School, Basorun, resulted in the loss of several lives. The victims were mostly children, according to a statement issued by the state’s Commissioner for...
Some members of the House of Representatives have expressed satisfaction with the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N47.9 trillion presented to the joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the 2025 budget, the sum of N4.90...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the 2024 Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the victory of Gov. Monday Okpebholo. The APC, in a motion, argued by its counsel, Ferdinand Orbih, SAN, on Wednesday, described the PDP...
There was a mild drama on Wednesday in Benin as members of the state government Assets Recovery Committee stormed the 2024 Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal to recover a bus owned by the state government. The vehicle, which was a 32-seater-coaster bus, conveyed the counsels to the People’s Democratic...
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has tasked heads of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) on prompt response to National Assembly’s invitation to budget defence. Akpabio stated this on Wednesday during the presentation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill by President Bola Tinubu before a joint session of the national...
PRESENTATION BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, GCFR OF THE 2025 BUDGET OF RESTORATION: SECURING PEACE, REBUILDING PROSPERITY TO A JOINT SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON WEDNESDAY 18TH DECEMBER, 2024 PROTOCOLS:— The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima— Senate President, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio— Right Honourable Speaker, Tajudeen...
President Bola Tinubu says the Federal Government targets N34.82 trillion revenue to fund the N47.9 trillion 2025 budget. Tinubu stated this on Wednesday in Abuja while presenting the 2025 Appropriation Bill to joint session of the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the N47.9 trillion...
The President of the Senate, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, has commended President Bola Tinubu for doubling aggregate government revenues to over N18.32 trillion. Akpabio gave the commendation on Wednesday, when Tinubu presented the 2025 Appropriation Bill before a Joint Session of the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, has said Nigeria’s low tax revenue remains a major constraint to national growth. Abbas said this at the presentation of the 2025 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu in Abuja on...
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has declared a state of emergency in the power sector, aimed at setting machinery in motion to ensure stable power supply in the state. Eno made the declaration in his remarks, during the state Executive Council Ministerial briefing/End of Year Review in Uyo...
Security and defence, infrastructure, health and education were some of the sectors with high allocations in the N47.9tn Budget Proposal presented by President Bola Tinubu before a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday afternoon. “It is with great pleasure that I lay before this distinguished joint session...
A young Nigerian man has been sentenced to death by hanging for stealing a fowl in Osun. This was revealed in a statement posted on the X account of the Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Wednesday. The governor, however, said he had ordered an investigation into the matter,...
A shock outsider when he was first elected president eight years ago — and a pariah when he left office — Donald Trump appears to be the most popular person in America as far as the rich and powerful are concerned. Tech tycoons, US politicians, foreign leaders and even...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has restricted Point of Sales (PoS) agents to a daily transaction limit of N1.2 million. This was revealed in its ‘Circular on Cash-Out Limits for Agent Banking Transactions,’ released on Tuesday. According to the circular, the development is in the apex bank’s effort...