By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Federal Government is now pioneering a voluntary billion dollars’ worth Carbon Market on the continent, a new and innovative Climate Change solution which will create, over the period of energy transition, millions of new jobs in Nigeria alone, according to estimates of the...
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South-East Governors Forum says it will seek political solution to the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) currently in detention. The governors disclosed this in a communique’ issued at the end of the forum’s meeting held at the Government House, Enugu...
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has inaugurated 100 ultra-modern buses and 50 taxis to enhance transportation in the state. Performing the inauguration at Sabon-Gari Stadium, Kano on Sunday, Ganduje said it was in line with his administration’s transport master plan, aimed at providing efficient and affordable means of moving...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed nine officers and retired 25 others compulsorily for offences against standard practices. The Controller-General of NCoS, Mr Haliru Nababa stated this in a statement issued by the service’s spokesman, Mr Umar Abubakar stated on Sunday in Abuja....
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday evening received the Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmuminu Kabir-Usman, who was discharged recently from hospital. Malam Garba Shehu, who confirmed this in a statement in Abuja, said Buhari prayed for the Emir’s continued good health and strength to continue...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said that the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to launch new designs and replace high value Naira notes had his support and is convinced that the nation will gain a lot by doing so. The President...
THE Management of Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited, publishers of Realnews Magazine Online, has announced that His Excellency, Brigadier General Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, will deliver the Realnews 10th Anniversary Lecture. Brig Gen. Marwa’s acceptance to deliver the lecture was communicated to Realnews...
Latest PRNigeria fact-checks have cleared the air on recent trending videos purportedly showing the Seni, the son of former Senate President Bukola Saraki spraying dollars in a strip party, and that of a Borno lawmaker threatening to kill and bury his opponents at the forthcoming general elections. While the...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), may have since announced that the naira notes of 200, 500 and 1,000 would be redesigned for some reasons, but it is the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company (NSPMC), a government-owned banknote printer and mint that will see the action through. Founded...
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) says the nation’s economy can thrive better without oil if the non-oil sector is prioritised. NEPC North Central Zonal Coordinator, Mr Samson Idowu stated this on Sunday in Jos in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Idowu said that Nigeria...
Mr Joseph Edgar, Executive Chairman, Shomolu Productions Ltd, specialist in historical plays, has revealed why former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Emir Sanusi 11 and Segun Awolowo shed tears while watching the plays. Others that have shed tears while watching the historical plays included Meena, a great grand daughter of Sir...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to presidential candidates ahead of the February 2023 presidential election, urging them to demonstrate leadership by directing their “campaign councils and political parties to regularly and widely publish the sources of their campaign...
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Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva says Nigeria loses at least 700,000 barrels of crude oil to thieves daily. He made the assertion at the 2002 graduation of students of Petroleum Training Institute (PTI) Effurun, Delta on Saturday. The minister who was represented by Ambassador Gabriel...
Nasarawa State Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Mr Yakubu Kwanta, , says the state government may demolish shops blocking waterways at the Lafia Modern Market. Kwanta made the statement while speaking to newsmen after the October monthly sanitation in Lafia on Saturday. Represented by the Permanent Secretary, Abdullahi...
Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to Nigeria, Hidayet Bayraktar, has said that drones and helicopters from Turkey will soon arrive in Nigeria as part of efforts to strengthen the security architecture of the country. Bayraktar made this known during the commemoration of the 99th National Day of the...
The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has commended the apex bank on the proposed redesigning of the Naira. Moghalu, a Nigerian Political Economist who gave the commendation in a statement on Saturday in Lagos, advocated a 90-day window for implementation. He...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Founder of Afe Babalola University, Chief Afe Babalola, on his 93rd birthday,on Sunday The president’s ongratulatory message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Saturday in Abuja, The statement said President Buhari...
The trial of the former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and three others continued today with the testimony of an Investigating Officer, with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mr. Shehu Shuaibu. He told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos that the sum of N4.6 billion allegedly...
The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has said that the Federal Government is set to generate 21 million full time jobs and lift 35 million people out of poverty by 2025. Sambo, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Dr Sam Idiagbonya, disclosed this on...