The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has endorsed the completion of the ongoing Enugu-Onitsha expressway by MTN Nigeria PLC, telecommunication company, at the cost of N202.8billion via the Tax Credit Scheme of the Federal Government. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, revealed this when he along with Minister of...
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More media outfits have teamed up with The Top10 Magazine on the project to celebrate worthy Benue Business Ambassadors. On the list of media partners so far are Daily Asset newspaper, National Accord, Cattigan.com, FrontView Africa and Fabmimi blog. More media houses are negotiating to be part of the...
Officers of the Nigerian army compulsorily retired by the authorities in 2016 have rejected an offer to convert their illegal disengagement to voluntary retirement. PRNigeria reported how 38 officers were compulsorily disengaged from the Nigerian Army in 2026 via announcement in the media even before they were eventually informed...
The Nigerian government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the global tech giant, Microsoft Corporation, to train five million citizens on high-demand technological skills that are needed to advance their respective careers. While signing the agreement on behalf of Nigeria on the margins of the ongoing GITEX...
The Enugu State Chairman of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Mr Edwin Aroh, has expressed worry over the rising cases of political violence in some parts of the state. Aroh spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Wednesday. He said that the...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 29 suspects and seized 493.263kg of illicit drugs in River State The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Ahmed Mamuda, the Rivers State Commander, disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement issued in Port Harcourt....
The Police on Wednesday rescued a 67-year-old man locked up in a room for over 20 years in Kaduna State. The man was found naked and locked up in a room at a house located on Bayajidda road in Kaduna. Residents of the building fled when a police team...
The 2023 Appropriation Bill on Wednesday scaled second reading in the Senate. This followed the presentation of the lead debate by the sponsor and Senate Leader, Ibrahim Gobir at plenary. Leading the debate on the general principles of the bill, Gobir said that it was laid before the chamber...
Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, says the creation of state police will help address insecurity in Nigeria. Okowa this in his remarks at the annual conference of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that there had been...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government says it has no plan to privatise the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu made the clarification in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Malam Isa Sanusi on Wednesday in Abuja. Aliyu...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred the national honour award of Commander of Order of Niger (CON) on Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum CON,. Zulum was conferred the award on Tuesday at the International Conference Center, Abuja among other hundreds of awardees spread...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – 24 hours after receiving the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) from President Muhammadu Buhari, the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust fund (TETFund), Arc Sonny Echono has been awarded a fellow of the Nigerian Association for Educational Administration...
Lagos, October 12, 2022 – A foremost Pan-African business magnate and social entreprenuer, Ichie (Dr) Nnaeto Orazulike has been conferred with a national honour in the rank of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) by the president, Muhammadu Buhari at the 2022 National Honours Award investiture ceremony...
Gov.Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Wednesday, approved the sum of N1 billion for emergency relief for flood victims in the state. Wike announced this in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kelvin Ebiri, in Port Harcourt. He said that the amount was to enable the...
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading the 2023 appropriation Bill, as members kicked against the continuous payment of fuel subsidy and high debt profile in the country The House also said that the two issues were the major factors crippling the nation’s economy. Rep. Abubakar Fulata,...
A new Permanent Secretary, Ambassador Gabriel Aduda has been deployed to the Ministry of Petroleum Resources. A statement on Wednesday by Mrs Enefaa Bob–Manuel, Director, Information of the ministry, said Aduda’s deployment was contained in a Head of Service circular dated Oct. 4, 2022, with reference number; HCSF/248/III/163. Speaking...
The House of Representatives has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to immediately suspend the sale of Polaris Bank Plc. The House said the suspension should be until the CBN deposit Insurance Corporation and the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria concluded all processes for open, transparent, and competitive...
The House of Representatives has resolved to probe circumstances that led to the setting ablaze of an oil vessel allegedly involved in oil theft by security operatives. This followed the adoption of a motion on urgent national importance moved by Rep. Onofiok Luke (PDP-Akwa-Ibom) at the plenary session on...
The Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva has reiterated Nigeria’s readiness to use gas to help fast track the country’s industrialisation agenda. Speaking at a dinner with the diplomatic community in Abuja, Sylva said that gas was the only single energy source that could help Nigeria diversify...
Local vigilance group “Hisbah’’ in Jigawa arrested 31 persons, including 25 women in Kazaure Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday over alleged “immoral acts’’. Hisbah commander in the state, Malam Ibrahim Dahiru, said the suspects were arrested at about 6 a.m. for allegedly engaging in prostitution and...