By IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja– Kogi State Government has reaffirmed it’s commitment to ease of doing business with both private and corporate organisations in the State. The Director-General, Kogi State Utility Infrastructure Management and Compliance Agency, KUIMCA, Alhaji Taufiq Isa, stated this when he received in audience the State Executive...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule , has distributed additional 30 tractors geared towards enhancing mechanized agriculture, with two each given to the 13 local government areas. Governor Sule equally distributed utility vehicles and motorcycles to security agencies and other government establishments in order to...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Gunmen suspected to be IPOB terrorists have killed two soldiers at a checkpoint on Umuahia-Owerri Road in Ekeneobizi Community in Abia State. The spokesman of the Joint Task Force for South East Operation UDO KA of the Nigerian Army, by Lt.-Col. Jonah Unukhalu , confirmed...
Donald Trump will make a triumphant return to the White House to meet President Joe Biden Wednesday, in the Republican’s first visit since departing under a torrent of scandal nearly four years ago. Trump’s meeting with Biden comes as he moves swiftly to name his administration, including the world’s...
President Bola Tinubu has described members of opposition parties in the country as reactionary politicians. Tinubu stated this, on Wednesday in Akure, at the grand finale of the campaign rally for Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ondo state in Saturday’s election. The President,...
The Federal Government says it needs 10 billion dollars Public-Private-Partnership investment in the power sector, in the next five to 10 years, to achieve 24 hours power supply. The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu disclosed this when the Director-General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Ewalefoh paid...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Earlier today, a fire broke out at Eco Fitness Center located at 6th Avenue in Gwarimpa, Abuja. Properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in the inferno, which cause is yet unknown as of the time of filing this report. Confirming the incident in...
Justice Sylvanus Oriji of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on reserved ruling in the preliminary objections raised by former governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku challenging the court’s jurisdiction. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Darius alongside a former permanent secretary, Bureau for Local Government and...
The Federal High Court (FHC) will begin its Christmas vacation on Dec. 16.. The Chief Judge of FHC, Justice John Tsoho, made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday by the Director of Information in the office, Dr Catherine Christopher, in Abuja. The statement is titled: “Notification of 2024...
The Federal Government says no fewer than 343,187 farmers have been supported under the National Agricultural Growth Scheme Agro Pocket Project (NAGS-AP) within the last two farming seasons. The farmers were supported to grow crops such as wheat, maize, rice, sorghum, soyabean, millet and cassava. The Minister of Agriculture...
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have arrested 11 suspected currency racketeers and internet fraudsters. The EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Oyewale, the suspects were arrested around Apara Street, New GRA, ...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo on Wednesday, ordered contractors in the state to return to sites and immediately fix failed portions within the Benin metropolis. Okpebholo gave this directive during an inspection tour of the Upper Mission Extension Road by Aduwawa Junction and the Ramat Park axis in Benin....
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has warned government officials to shun corrupt practices. The commission urged heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of government to avoid common leadership pitfalls, `banana peels’, that could lead to disgraceful end of their career. The Chairman of...
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has increased the number of train services from four to six services from Monday to Friday on its Abuja-Kaduna route. The acting Managing Director of the Corporation, Mr Ben Iloanusi, confirmed this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos. The statement was signed by...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has announced the dissolution of the boards of all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the state with immediate effect. The governor disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, in Benin....
The late Chief Of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja will be buried on Thursday and Friday. His burial announcement issued by the Acting COAS, Lieutenant General OO Oluyode on Wednesday on behalf of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday, said the service of songs for the late COAS who died on...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has said no amount of shenanigans from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will make it lose its focus of ensuring the success of its candidate, Lucky Ayedatiwa, in Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State. The APC Campaign Council Spokesman, Mr Banji Okunomo, stated this while addressing...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday returned to Abuja from an official trip to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he attended the Joint Arab-Islamic summit. The president arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 8. 00 p.m. and was welcomed by members of his administration. On hand to...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has ordered the immediate and indefinite suspension of all revenue collections in the state especially in motor parks until further notice. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Fred Itua, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, on Wednesday in Benin. Okpebholo...
Vandals have continued to destroyed electricity towers and infrastructure in parts of the country throwing Nigerians in total or partial blackout. As expected, their activities have become a major source of worry for stakeholders in the power sector. The infrastructure affected include transmission lines, towers substations, generation and distribution...