The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, says the construction of Loko-oweto bridge and the second Niger bridge demonstrates the Buhari administration’s commitment to infrastructure development. Fashola said this at the inspection of the completed Loko-oweto bridge and the linking roads section 1 and section 2 in...
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The United Kingdom subsidiary of GT Bank has been slapped a N4.1 billion fine (7.6 million pounds) on account of what the country’s financial watchdog assessed as failures in the bank’s anti-money laundering systems and controls. Reuters reported on Tuesday that the bank had paid the fine and it...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade, on Tuesday swore in Alhaji Adamu Uba Musa and 12 others as commissioners. Following this development, Alhaji Musa becomes the first non-indigene Muslim to be appointed a commissioner in the state. The Governor also used the occasion...
The World’s most powerful passport for 2023 has been revealed. For the fifth year running, Japan crowns the index, which is based on exclusive data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and is ranked the world’s most powerful passport for 2023. Japanese citizens enjoy visa-free or visa-on-demand access to a record 193 destinations...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, says Nigeria will prevail over forces of darkness, adding that evil will not prevail over the country. He said this in a statement by his Media Officer, Mr Tunde Rahman while condemning Saturday’s Edo train station attack where 31 passengers...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has inaugurated an 11-man ad hoc committee on Tuesday in Osogbo to review the establishment of Ilesa University by his predecessor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola. Former Gov. Oyetola announced the upgrading of the state’s College of Education, Ilesa, to a full-fledged university on March 31,...
The Nigerian Immigration Service ( NIS) on Tuesday said about 140,000 international passports are still uncollected nationwide. The service spokesman, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration Service ( DCI) Mr Tony Akuneme, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) , when he paid an official...
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Obadiah Nkom as Director General of the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office for a second and final term of four years . Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman, who confirmed this development in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the appointment...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed four personnel and demoted 14 others for various offences. A statement issued by the Spokesperson of the service, Mr Tony Akuneme on Tuesday in Abuja, said that those affected appeared before the Orderly Room Trial Committee of...
Ms Lauretta Onochie, the Chairman, Governing Board, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has pledged to improve the credibility and quality of its projects. Onochie spoke at a ceremony to celebrate her recent appointment organised by the Buhari Support Organisations (BSO), on Tuesday in Abuja. She declared: ”The days of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has said no amount of intimidation, harassment and blackmail will deter it from discharging its constitutional duties. The DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Afunanya said the clarification followed uncovered...
The Federal Government on Tuesday assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections will hold as planned. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the assurance in Abuja at the 17th edition of the “President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023)”. Mohammed was reacting to a...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will monitoring commercial banks to ensure that they comply with the directive of loading the redesigned Naira notes in their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). CBN Director, Currency Operations, Mr Ahmed Umar, made this known in Abuja on Monday at the Training Session for...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says nobody can blackmail him on inexplicable wealth and illicit enrichment while in office, saying ‘‘I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria.’’ Speaking at a State banquet, Monday night, organised in his honour in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the governing councils of Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) and the Centre for Management Development (CMD). The announcement of the presidential approval was contained in a press release issued by the Director of...
A video of a young man giving his giving his little daughter marijuana to smoke has led to an outcry on social media. The young man who held his daughter in his arms, pushed the lit joint into her mouth intermittently after grabbing a puff. A female was heard...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated the Yobe Cargo Airport named after him. The President, who is on an official visit to the state, expressed joy over the gesture. “It is my singular honour and privilege to commission this project which is named after me,” Buhari said. The News...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disowned a purported final list of candidates for the 2023 general elections, which was released on Sunday. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, who stated this in a statement issued...