The Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC), Mr Mele Kyari, on Thursday inspected the ongoing construction of Bida-Lambata road in Niger State. Kyari inspected the project along with the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Muhammad Nami. He commended President...
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The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Wednesday intensified its campaigns across the Niger Delta to end cultism and drug abuse among youths as part of efforts to sustain peace in the region. The Acting Managing Director, NDDC, Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, led officials of the commission to Yenagoa, where they...
Meta, the parent company for WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, on Wednesday announced its plans to combat misinformation and hate speech ahead of 2023 general elections. Adaora Ikenze, Meta’s Head of Public Policy for Anglophone West Africa, made this known during a media roundtable event in Lagos organised to share...
The Humanitarian Affairs Ministry says it’s working in collaboration with the ICPC to ensure successful investigation of an alleged N-power fraud by Mr. Oladipo Oyebanji AKA D’banj.. Addressing newsmen, Wednesday in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo noted that the Ministry has deployed a well-rounded mechanism for selection...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Popular Nigerian singer, Oladapo Oyebanjo, better known as D’banj has reacted to his purported arrest by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over alleged N-power fraud. D’banj in a statement through his lawyer, Maryam El-yakub Musa, urged the Commission to...
The Federal Government says it has achieved remediation of 635 hectares of contaminated shorelines covering about 2,196 intertidal in Ogoniland, Rivers State. The Minister of Environment, Mr Mohammed Abdullahi, spoke at a “Scorecard, PMB-Administration” event, organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture, on Wednesday in Abuja. Abdullah said...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has promised the people of Ugondo community that his administration will reopen dialogue with the Nigerian Air Force, NAF authorities on the dispute over land between the community and the Air Force. Governor Ortom stated this in Wednesday when...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described as false and malicious, a video circulating on various social media platforms, showing some INEC staff at FESTAC Town, Amuwo Odofin LGA Office, Lagos extracting Voter Identification Numbers (VINs) from Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) and entering...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun 1 Area Command, says it has seized goods worth N4.88 billion between Feb. and Dec.6 in the state. The Area Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, made this known during a press conference in Idiroko, Ogun, on Wednesday. Makinde said that the command, during the period under...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has presented on Wednesday an Appropriation Bill of a total sum of N234,831,950,000.00 for the 2023 fiscal year, to the Borno State House of Assembly for assent. The appropriation bill is made up of N144,175,033,000.00 for capital expenditure and...
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced the recovery of over N120 billion, among other currencies, through the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Law (POCA), 2022. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in Abuja at the eighth edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB)...
Mr Ikechukwu Obiorah, Author of How To Lift Nigeria Out of Poverty, has released a new anti-corruption-specific short book. It is titled “A Treatise On Solving Nigeria’s Endemic Corruption Burden In The Political Space”. The book, which was released in Abuja, is a “Treatise to re-imagine the philosophical basis...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has denied withdrawing N5 billion from the state’s accounts as well as awarding the reconstruction of the road leading to the Adeleke University in Ede, In a statement by his Spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Wednesday, he said the allegations being peddled on social...
……Says his footprint will remain indelible By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – A delegation of political, religious and business leaders from Gombe State was at State House, Abuja, Tuesday to appreciate President Muhammadu Buhari for his role in the discovery of oil in commercial quantity in the Kolmani area. The...
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has urged vocational and technical based higher institutions of learning to embrace the Nigerian Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF) in addressing manpower skills gap. The NSQF is a system that affords the informal vocational centres the opportunity to have their unskilled artisans trained...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – A fire disaster has been averted by firefighters from The Anambra State Fire Service after a diesel tanker fell and spilt its content in Ogbunike, along Onitsha-Enugu Expressway. The Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Services, Mr Martin Agbili, disclosed this in a statement issued...
Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has granted approval for the release of N11 million to facilitate the conduct of recruitment of 1500 Kebbi indigenes into the Nigerian Army 84 Regular Recruits Intake. Mallam Yahaya Sarki, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media disclosed this in a statement issued...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has called on individuals, public and private organizations, NGOs and international partners to continue to support and invest in the 1.9 million children and youths that are affected by conflict in the north east, who do not have...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated that the 2023 general elections would be free, fair and credible, as manipulations would not be allowed in any form. The President’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the president gave the assurance while hosting West African...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, on Tuesday, inaugurated 11 man Special Investigative Panel on Oil Theft/Losses in Nigeria. The panel, which is chaired by the Interim Administrator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, retired Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu, has seasoned administrators and retired top military and police officers as...