Osun State Government has asked former governor Gboyega Oyetola and other appointees in the past administration to return government vehicles worth over N2.9 billion. The government issued the directive to Oyetola, his wife, Kafayat Oyetola and other former appointees through its Assets Recovery Panel. According to the Chairman of...
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The Nigerian Immigration System (NIS) has come out with what it called three easy steps to fast track passport renewal process this month; December. A tweet shared on NIS page today, December 22, broke the steps down in bits, telling Nigerians in Diaspora to use the three Easy Steps...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State House of Assembly (BOSHA) has announced the outcome of the screening of the 27 LGC Caretaker Chairmen nominees forwarded to the house for verification and subsequent assent as required by the 1999 constitution as amended. The Speaker, BOSHA, Rt. Hon. Anbdulkarim...
The Director-General of National Boundary Commission (NBC), Mr Adamu Adaji, has called on Bauchi and Gombe States not to allow the discovery of crude oil in the Kolmani River region to cause rivalry between them. Adaji spoke at a parley with newsmen to mark the end of the commission’s...
Shell, an international energy company, has accepted to pay €15 million compensation to three Nigerian farmers and their villages in Niger Delta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that farmers with the help of the Friends of the Earth, Netherlands, and two Nigerian lawyers, Chima Williams and Channa...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS),Oyo State Command, says no fewer than 5,600 passports has been issued and 79 illegal migrants repatriated by the command between October to December. The NIS Controller in the state, Mr Isah Dansuleiman, at the end of the year party for officers and honouring of...
The controversy surrounding the bill to repeal the National Information Technology Development Agency Act continued at the hurriedly arranged joint public hearing by the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on ICT and Cyber Security held in the Senate on Friday. Other formalities such as the declaration of hearing...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved three Public Private Partnership (PPP) Projects to be executed in the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). This is contained in a statement by Mrs Manji Yarling, Acting Head, Media and Publicity, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC). Yarling said the projects,...
e Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has urged the National Assembly to support its implementation of transformational payments and financial industry initiatives in line with the mandate of the apex bank. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, made the call in his briefing to the House of Representatives plenary...
The Bayelsa Government has urged the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to obey the Supreme Court order over the disputed Soku oil and gas fields, which ownership is in contention between Bayelsa and Rivers States. Gov. Douye Diri made the call on Thursday when he received a...
The Federal Government says it has recorded significant strides in the three major pillars of the present administration since 2015. The major pillars included security, economy and anti-corruption. President Muhammadu Buhari stated this at the Ebonyi Maiden Honours Awards at the state Ecumenical Centre in Abakaliki on Thursday night....
A Forensic expert, Mr Samuel Oduntan, on Thursday, appeared before the Osun Election Petitions Tribunal in defense of the forensic report conducted on some election materials/BVAS machines in the July 16 Governorship Elections. The forensic report was also admitted as exhibit by the tribunal, after Oduntan was crossed-examined by...
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has said that Abia Government will organise a state burial for late former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Chief Vincent Ogbulafor. Ikpeazu made this known on Thursday when he paid a condolence visit to the Ogbulafor family at Olokoro in Umuahia South Local...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari shares the pain of loss with Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), over the passing of his mother, Mrs Eunice Adesina. President Buhari in his condolence message also commiserated with family members, friends and associates of the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday restated this administration’s commitment to improving the welfare of officers and men of the Nigerian Police Force. This, the President notes, is necessary for effective policing by the force. President Buhari stated this in Abuja, as he received the...
Former Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, retired Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, has charged officers of the Nigerian Army to aspire to be fighters, not political officers or those seeking economic gains. Nicholas gave the advice during the decoration of Brig.-Gen. Anyanwu Osuagwu at the Army Headquarters Department of Civil Military...
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan says the Senate decided to shifted the passage of the 2023 budget to Dec.28, due to some challenges. Lawan said this at the commencement of plenary on Thursday against the backdrop of an earlier announcement that the Bill would be passed before the...
Alhaji Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s rice revolution scheme for saving the country’s annual rice importation which stood at N1.5 trillion before 2015. He made the disclosure at the All Progressives Congress (APC) Kebbi South Zonal rally held in Yauri, Yauri Local Government...
Two UN Nigerian fallen peacekeepers killed in Mali will be transported to their country after a memorial service by UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Mr Benjamin Olafaju, Head of Chancery at the Nigeria Permanent Mission to the UN told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong has approved the constitution of a task force to address difficulties in accessing petroleum products by the residents of the state. The approval was conveyed by the Secretary to the Government of the State, Prof. Danladi Atu. A statement...