By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the current trend in the global economy, climate change and the Ukrainian conflict all present opportunities for closer ties among developing economies especially in refocusing attention on trade and energy access for the benefit of the people. Prof....
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The Senate on Tuesday expressed reservation over the actualisation of the Mambila power project, describing it as a mirage. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, Sen.Gabriel Susuwan (PDP-Benue), said this at the 2023 budget defence of government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) under the Ministry of Power in Abuja...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has described late Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, elder statesman and nationalist as “a quintessential titan, icon and trail blazer”,. Amechi, a first Republic Minister of Aviation, popularly known as ‘The Boy Is Good’, died on Tuesday at his country home, Ukpo at the age of 93. The...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received another batch of 117 stranded Nigerians from Libya. NEMA disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos, saying that the stranded Nigerians were assisted back to the country by the International Organization for Migration (IOM)....
2023: Presidency not against e-transmission of results, has no plans to sack INEC Chairman – Adesina
2023: Presidency not against e-transmission of results, has no plans to sack INEC Chairman – Adesina
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Special Adviser to the President, Media and publicity, Mr Femi Adesina has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari is not against the introduction of technology towards free, fair and credible election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2023. Adesina who disclosed this...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the indices of development in the mining sector has improved as Nigeria, for the first time, has a world-class goldmine in Segiola, Osun State. Buhari disclosed this on Tuesday in his address at the 6th Edition of the Nigerian Mining Week at the International Conference...
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says he has no regret being a minister in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. The minister stated this on Tuesday in Abuja when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Information and National Orientation to defend the ministry’s 2023 budget...
Mr Kola Adesina, the Group Managing Director, Sahara Power Group, says African countries will require an average of $40bn power grid investments annually for five years to deliver stable electricity to citizens on the continent. Mr Bethel Obioma, the Corporate Communications Manager of Sahara Group Ltd., said this in...
President Muhammadu Buhari says the huge investment in, and prioritisation of the mining sector in the government ‘s economic diversification efforts, have started impacting positively on the economy. Buhari said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Nigeria Mining Week. The News Agency of...
The Federal Government is committed to ending all undemocratic and uncultured activities against journalists. Attorney-General of the Federation Abubakar Malami, SAN, made this known in Abuja at the 2022 International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists with the theme: “Policy Dialogue on Media, Civil Society and Violence-free...
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has emerged the 2022 Best Senator of the Year in Constituency Projects Leadership Excellence Awards. In a nationwide online poll, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Kalu, who is representing Abia North senatorial district at the Upper...
First Republic aviation minister, Chief Mbazulike Amechi is dead, aged 93 years. Chief Amechi who hailed from Amihe village in Ukpor, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra died on Tuesday in a brief illness, his family has stated. The elder statesman was the only surviving member of the...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) valuation system has recorded huge success since its introduction. The Deputy Comptroller Timi Bomodi, National Public Relations Officer of the service, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday. Bomodi...
The Adamawa State Government has released N1.3 billion contract variation for the completion of the ongoing township roads in Jimeta metropolis. Dr Umar Pella, the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, confirmed this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Tuesday. He...
Pope Francis has granted audience to 112 pilgrims from Nigeria currently in Rome for the 2022 special pilgrimage organised by the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC). The pilgrims were led to the papal audience at the Vatican City by His Grace, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama, among other high profile personalities....
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said that Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan (ETP) would require funding of about 1.9 trillion U.S. dollars up to 2060. Osinbajo represented by the Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, said this in Abuja while declaring open the ECOWAS Sustainable Energy Forum(ESEF)2022. ”For the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a public health advisory following the declaration of an Ebola virus disease outbreak in Uganda. The Director-General, of NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, gave the advisory in a statement issued on Monday. Adetifa said...
Lady Maiden Alex-Ibru, Publisher, Guardian Newspapers, and the Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, among other African women have bagged the top ‘100 Travel and Tourism Personalities in Africa’ award. The awards were presented on Monday at the ongoing 18th AKWAABA Africa Travel and...
The Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and its Joint Venture (JV) partners, on Monday delivered food and essential commodities to some 260 communities impacted by flood in Rivers, Bayelsa, Delta and Imo states. A delegation of the JV began distribution at the host communities of Ob/Ob Gas Plant after...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government will collaborate more with the private sector, especially in the relevant policy formation process and the management of skills centres in the country. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, stated on Monday in Abuja, that the vice-president made the declaration when he...