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...
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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...
The House of Representatives Committee on Commerce has said that it will consider an upward review of the budgetary allocation to Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT). The committee also sought the implementation of the judgment the tribunal passed against Multichoice Nigeria Ltd. on “Pay-As-You-Go“. Ayotomiwa Ayodele, CCPT Head...
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Business mogul, Dr Jimoh Ibrahim, on Friday said that his N10 million donation for renovation of a council secretariat in Ondo State was not for political aggrandisement. The billionaire businessman said that the donation was in the realisaton that government alone could not meet all needs. Ibrahim made this...
Osun State Government has launched a N20- million monthly social support scheme in Osogbo on Friday to tackle poverty and to protect vulnerable persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the initiative targets 4,000 beneficiaries to widen the state’s social inclusion net, empower the less privileged and...
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has advised the winner of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) Pageant, Miss Ada Eme, to remain focused and resilient. Ikpeazu gave the advice when Eme paid him a courtesy visit at the Government Lodge, Aba on Friday. According to him, being resilient...
ECOWAS Fact-Finding Mission for the Nigerian Elections during a courtesy visit to Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, the Lagos PDP Governorship Candidate and his campaign team at Liberty House in Ikeja on Friday. The ECOWAS Fact-Finding Mission for Nigerian Elections, says the 2023 general elections remain important to African continent and...
The Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning said the ministry was not consulted on the new monetary policy announced by the CBN to redesign N200, N500 and N1000 naira notes with effect from Dec 15. Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said this in Abuja on Friday,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As political campaigns entered the critical stage, Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has called for effective collaboration between the Commission and security agencies to address the menace of political violence by arresting and prosecuting violators. He noted that the...
The UNESCO on Friday adopted the Abuja Declaration that preferred global funding of Media and Information Literacy (MIL) as panacea to the global scourge of fake news, disinformation and misinformation. The declaration was adopted by acclamation of 65 UNESCO-member countries physically present and others who participated virtually at the...