Senate on Thursday approved 15 per cent from the consolidated fund as source of funding for the new created zonal development commissions by member-states. This followed consideration and adoption of the report of Senate Committee on Special Duties on the bills establishing the commissions. The News Agency of Nigeria...
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By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has commenced an investigation into the accident involving a Sikorsky SK76c helicopter with registration 5N-BQG, operated by Eastwind Aviation. The NSIB Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Bimbo Oladeji, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, has expressed profound sadness over the passing of Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, saying Nigeria has lost a true umpire of electoral integrity in him. Soludo’s tribute is contained in a statement issued in Awka by his Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime, and made available to...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, has commiserated families of victims of helicopter Sikorsky SK76 registration 5NBQG that ditched into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Odutayo Oluseyi, Head Press and Public...
Some partially blind students on Thursday, expressed excitement after seeing the whiteboard and their teachers clearer for the first time in years. The students were among 115 children that benefited from free eye care outreach, organised by Women and Girls with Albinism Network in Abuja, to commemorate the 2024...
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has summoned the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Works, Mr Yakubu Kofarmata, to come and answer questions on some of the abandoned roads across the country. The committee, at its sitting on Thursday in Abuja, particularly demanded answers on...
The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to instruct the Ministry of Power and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to place tertiary institutions on Band ‘C’ electricity tariffs. This resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Abubakar Fulata, Chairman of the House Committee on...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has not fixed any deadline for the circulation of the old N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, Hakama Sidi Ali, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Sidi-Ali was reacting to...
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has congratulated Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu on her recent nomination as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs by President Bola Tinubu. Soludo said this in a statement by his Press Secretary, Mr Christian Aburime, on Thursday in Awka. The governor described Ojukwu as a...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration’s efforts to develop satellite towns and rural areas of the territory is sacrosanct. Wike gave the assurance during the inauguration of the construction of Asuquo Okon Road (Road CN8), from Obafemi Awolowo Way (Arterial...
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has affirmed that passengers are entitled to compensation for flight delay, cancellation, luggage delay, missing or loss by airlines. The NCAA Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mr Michael Achimugu, stated this at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja. According to...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) Transition Committee, led by Dr Pius Odubu, has expressed dissatisfaction with the outgoing PDP administration of Gov. Godwin Obaseki for failing to provide necessary documents to facilitate a smooth transition process in Edo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Edo government had...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director, Dr Matshidiso Moeti has reiterated the commitment and determination of WHO to continue to fight against polio redaction in Africa. Mr. Moeti stated this on Thursday at the Polio EOC Nursing Home Hospital Maiduguri to mark World...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Government has commenced the harvest of it’s 2,000 hectares of rice farm in Jangwa village of Awe Local Government Area of State. Governor Sule, flagged off the harvest on Thursday, when he led government officials and journalists on a visit to...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Former Vice Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University, Prof Nahzeem Olufemi-Mimiko, on Thursday said teaching in local languages remains the panacea to Nigeria’s growth and development. Mimiko made the remarks at the 8th Convocation Lecture of Federal University Lokoja (FUL) on the the Topic: ” Reimaging...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada, have partnered to tackle the challenges of graduate employability and entrepreneurial skills development. Speaking at a three-day Stakeholders Capacity Workshop in Abuja on Thursday, the NUC Acting Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki, urged...
Gains in Tier-one banking stocks, on Thursday, sustained the upward trajectory of the Nigerian stock market, leading to a profit of N149 billion for investors. Gains in Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), Zenith Bank, FBN Holdings (FBNH), United Bank For Africa (UBA), Access Corporation, among other advanced equities, pulled...
Three persons have been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash that occurred in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Thursday. The accident according to Channels reports occurred at 11:22 a.m. along the waterways in Port Harcourt when the helicopter, a Sikorsky SK76 with registration 5NBQG and operated by...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has restricted Ministers, Ministers of State, and Heads of Agencies of the Federal Government to a maximum of three vehicles in their official convoys. No additional vehicles will be assigned to them for movement. The cost-cutting measure was announced today in...
The Defence Headquarters on Thursday said troops have eliminated 140 terrorists, apprehended 135 suspects and rescued 76 kidnapped hostages in different operations across the country in the last one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of...