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,...
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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...
A clandestine move by the Joint Senate and House Committee on Information Communications Technology, ICT, to pass a controversial bill concerning the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has attracted harsh responses from the industry. Controversy began after an invitation for a public hearing, jointly signed by the Clerks...
The Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi says he is satisfied with the Police the President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration will bequeath to his successor, come 2023. The Minister stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the 15th edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB)’s Administration Scorecard Series organised by...
Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has deployed no fewer than 804 personnel to man major roads in Enugu State, especially transit and inter-state corridors. FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Joseph Toby, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Thursday that the personnel were made...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says its policy of cash withdrawal limit is not based on politics, contrary to insinuations. Mrs Aisha Ahmad, the Deputy Governor, CBN, said this in Abuja on Thursday when she answered questions from lawmakers at the House of Representatives during plenary. Ahmad, who...
Four persons died on Thursday while nine others sustained injuries in an accident involving a Mazda bus and an unregistered truck at Obada Oko on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Mrs Florence Okpe, the Public Education Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the accident to newsmen...
No fewer than 10 people have been feared dead with properties and businesses destroyed following high-voltage of power supply around Gwargwaje and Kauran Juli area of Zaria in Kaduna State. A statement issued by Mr Abdulazeez Abdullahi, the Head, Corporate Communications, Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company, made available to newsmen...
MAYOWA OLAJIDE AKINLEYE – Impacts and Communications Officer, PROMAD Ahead of the 2023 elections, INEC registered a total of 9.5 million new voters. 76.5% of them are young people between 18-34 years. The percentage of young people eligible to vote is about half of the over 93 million people...