By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State House of Assembly has urged business owners and investors not to be alarmed by the state debts profile declared by Gov. Ademola Adeleke. Adeleke, had on Thursday declared that his administration had so far discovered a debt of N407.32 billion left...
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday received another batch of 266 stranded Nigerians from Niger Republic. The Director General NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed-Habib, made the disclosure while receiving the returnees at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. Ahmed-Habib, represented by NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has massively deployed personnel to public places including worship centres to ensure adequate security ahead of the Christmas and New Year celebrations. NSCDC Commandant General, Dr Ahmed Audi gave the order in a statement issued on...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday assured U.S. potential investors of massive investment opportunities in Nigeria, especially in the non-oil sector of the economy. Buhari gave the assurance at a dialogue session with some U.S. Investors, Nigerian officials, diplomats and as well as experts from the private sector in Washington...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria remains the best destination for American investors to put their money. He said aside the population advantage in size and demography, various incentives and policies emplaced by the Nigerian Government make it a destination of choice for investment. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media...
Job seekers can now apply for a lucrative career in the oil and gas sector as the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has invited applications from suitably qualified candidates to join the organisation. The vacancy announcement issued by the company listed several positions to be filled by qualified...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared December 26th and 27th as well as January 2nd, 2023 as public holidays to make the Christmas and New Year celebrations respectively. Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola announced this in a statement signed by the ministry’s permanent secretary Belgore Shuaib...
Gov. Umara Zulum of Borno on Friday called on people of Zamfara to continue to support Gov. Bello Matawalle in his efforts to fight banditry and criminality in the state. Zulum made the call in Gusau at the opening of the 37th edition of National Qur’anic Recitation Competition in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised motorists to observe 30-minute rest after every four-hour journey. Mr Dauda Biu, the Acting Corps Marshal of Corps, stated this at the end of year Special Intervention Sensitisation Campaign for Gridlock and Crash Prone Areas on Friday in Jos. Biu, who...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Kalu on Friday described President Muhammadu Buhari as a genuine and patriotic leader with passion for a just and fair society. Senator Kalu, who stated this in his goodwill message to commemorate Buhari’s 80th birthday also acknowledged the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The former Borno State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Musa Inuwa Kubo, has lost two of his sons, Adamu and Audi Kubo in a ghastly accident along Kwaya-Kusar- Peta- Shani road. Two others victims also died in the fatal crash which occured on Wednesday...
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta on Friday signed the state N571.64 billion 2023 budget into law. The budget, which was the last to be signed by Okowa as governor of the state, was made up of N235.5 billion recurrent expenditure and N336.1billion capital expenditure. The governor also assented to...
The Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Solution Centre, Ibadan, Pastor Oluronke Esan, has urged Nigerians, especially Christians, to see the season of Christmas as that of thanksgiving, in spite of all odds. Esan gave the advice on Friday in Ibadan, during the 2022 Christmas Carol...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on churches and clerics to eschew rivalries and come together for the growth and development of the country. Bishop Martin Aquah, Coordinator of the association in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River, made the call during the 2022 Christmas Festival...
Mr Ismail Omipidan, Media Aide to former Osun Governor Gboyega Oyetola, on Thursday insisted that the administration of his principal never took any bank loan for the four years he served as governor. Omipidan, in a statement in response to Gov. Ademola Adeleke’s speech that Oyetola’s administration left behind...
Rep. James Faleke, Secretary, APC Presidential Campaign Council (APC-PCC) has warmed Nigerians to be wary of unscrupulous elements who hacked his official Facebook account for extortion. Faleke in a ‘disclaimer’ in Abuja on Thursday, urged Nigerians to be wary of the unscrupulous elements. He disowned the perpetrators of the...
A fully loaded petrol tanker on Thursday lost control and rammed into the block of shops and thereafter burst into flames in Apata area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident happened at Apata Junction opposite Oando Filling Station, destroying many houses...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has warned members of the scheme against engaging in any form of electoral misconduct in the 2023 general election. The Acting Director-General of NYSC, Mrs Christy Uba, gave the warning during her visit to the temporary orientation camp in Amada community of Akko...
Thirty-seven contestants from the 36 states of the federation and FCT will slug it out in a Reality TV Show grand finale tagged “The Next President Show” to elect a youth president for the country for 2022. Mr Daddy Kris, organiser of the event and the Chief Executive Officer...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says the death of Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Chief Demola Seriki, is painful and shocking. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Gboyega Akosile on Thursday, said that the death of Seriki was...