The Presidency says President Muhammadu Buhari has taken due notice of judgment by the Federal High Court, Abuja, restoring Sen. Ifeanyi Ararume as the non-executive Chairman of Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). According to a statement by Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, on Wednesday in Abuja, the...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will present certificates of return to Adamawa State Governor-elect, Ahmadu Fintiri and Deputy Governor-elect, Chief Crowther Seth on Wednesday by 3.00p.m. at the commission’s Headquarters, Maitama, Abuja. The commission disclosed this on Wednesday in a tweet...
President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja after eight-day official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he also performed the Umrah (Lesser Hajj). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Nigerian leader departed Saudi Arabia via King Abdulaziz International Airport Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday....
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has decried the stealing of government assets in the twilight of his administration. The governor spoke at the State Executive Chamber of the Governor’s Office, Calabar while swearing in Udiba Udiba as the state’s Commissioner for Assets Management...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Director of Financial Services at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Yakubu Gontor, has been honoured the Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) for his exemplary professional conduct. NYCN is the umbrella body of youths across the 19 northern states including the Federal Capital Territory...
No fewer than 3,298 inmates across the custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has revealed. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr Abubakar Umar, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, however said that the term ‘condemned...
Rep. Aliyu Betara (APC-Borno), one of the aspirants for the 10th House of Representatives Speaker, has met some new and old members-elect currently on Umrah (lesser Hajj) to solicit their support ahead of June inauguration. Betara in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday assured all...
The Federal Government says it will increase excise tax on tobacco products from 30 per cent ad-valorem to 50 per cent as part of measures to control tobacco smoking in the country. Dr Mangai Malau, Head, Tobacco Control Unit, Noncommunicable Disease Division, Federal Ministry of Health disclosed this on Tuesday,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Federal Government has intensified its rescue operation efforts by evacuating another batch of 107 Nigerians stranded in Libya. The evacuees arrived the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on Tuesday. This is contained in a statement issued by Amb. Kabiru Musa, Charge D’affiares entitre of...
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), says it will soon provide four million prepaid meters to electricity consumers in the country. Aisha Mahmud, NERC Commissioner in charge of Consumers Affairs, disclosed this at the Customers’ Complaints Resolution Meeting Organised on Tuesday in Jos. Mahmud, who described the shortage of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Inspector-General of police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioner of Police on election duty in Adamawa, Mohammed Barde over the recent supplementary election saga in the state. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in...
A fire outbreak on Tuesday gutted the female students’ hotels of the Ekehuan campus of the University of Benin (UNIBEN). The inferno, reports said, destroyed some documents and properties at the university. A source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident, which started at midday, however,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria has a crucial and strategic role to play in the transition to a more sustainable energy future for the continent and the rest of the world, even as Africa would need rapid industrialization to get millions of its...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Over 70,000 (seventy thousand) applicants have applied for ad-hoc jobs for the forthcoming National Population Census, slated for 3rd May, 2023 in Nasarawa State. Mr Silas Agara, the Commissioner representing Nasarawa State at National Population Commission (NPC), disclosed this today in Akwanga, during a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – As part of his ongoing official engagements in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, President Muhammadu Buhari hosted religious and traditional leaders from across the six geopolitical zones of the country at an Iftar dinner (breaking of fast). At the end of the event, President...
Some residents of Nsukka town in Enugu State have urged the leadership of the APC to ensure that Senate President in the 10th National Assembly (NASS) is zoned to South East. They said this in Nsukka on Tuesday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on their...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has written to the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, demanding investigation and prosecution of Adamawa state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Hudu Yunusa Ari. The commission took the decision at its meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja. The commission...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will resist any attempt from any quota to sabotage the Labour Party (LP) in the country. The NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero said this while addressing newsmen during a solidarity visit to the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. It would be recalled...
Nigeria has the capacity to export medical officers to needy nations if available potential are adequately harnessed and planned. Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta stated this while inaugurating the Collegiate System in the State’s Schools of Nursing at the College of Nursing, Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) has said Nigerian women have continued to record low representation in all tiers and levels of governance This is contained in NBS Statistical Report on Women and Men in Nigeria 2021 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The report added that...