The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has lauded the National Economic Council (NEC) for endorsing the 750million dollars World Bank-backed State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER) programme. This was made known in a statement by Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Special Adviser to the President on Ease of Doing...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Convener of Northern Pastors and Christian Professionals Forum (NPCPF) based in Gombe state, Pastor (Dr) Yusuf Lisman has reacted to the statement credited to one, Reverend Yunusa Sabo Nmadu, who opposed the All Progressives Congress (APC) Muslim-Muslim ticket for the forthcoming 2023 presidential...
The Senior Pastor, Dunamis International Gospel Center (DIGC), Dr Paul Enenche, on Sunday prayed for the nation’s armed forces and other security agencies. Enenche prayed for successful operations of the security agencies against the enemies of Nigeria. The Pastor tagged the Sunday service “Special Preservation, Impartation and Empowerment Service”...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) says it attention has been drawn to a misunderstanding arising from a recent short interview granted to a national newspaper on the procedure for result management during elections. In a statement by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information...
The Nigerian Correctional Service ( NCoS ), Lagos State , on Sunday said it had no fewer than 353 inmates currently on death row at its Kirikiri Custodial Centre. The spokesperson of the Service, Mr Rotimi Oladokun, confirmed the number in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
A notorious bandit kingpin Bello Turji has embraced the peace initiative of the Zamfara State Government as part of efforts to end banditry in the north-western state. Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Hassan Nasiha, disclosed this during a conference on security in Gusau, the State capital organized by...
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has been shortlisted for the Digital Communication Awards (DCA) for its campaign on Digital Innovation for Economic Prosperity. The NITDA campaign is shortlisted in the highly competitive Public Affairs category and will square up against campaigns from the likes of the Irish...
Minister of Transportation, Alhaji Muazu Sambo, has said that the Lekki Deep-Sea Port project would create 112,000 jobs to Nigerians upon its completion. Sambo gave the declaration on Sunday while speaking to newsmen in Jalingo. He said that the port, which was second in Nigeria after Onne Deep-Sea Port,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “urgently instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to urgently withdraw the threat to revoke the licenses and shut down the operations of 53...
Members of the Eastern Nigeria regional security organisation, Ebubeagu Security Outfit in Ebonyi disrupted a meeting of women in the state on Saturday. Participants at the 2022 August Women Meeting in the state consequently protested the disruption. They called on the Inspector-General of the Police (IGP) and rights groups...
The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, said there was no religious discrimination among the people of the state. The governor noted that religious tolerance was firmly rooted in Ondo State, adding that both Christians and Muslims as well as traditionalists were given equal treatment in the Sunshine State. Akeredolu...
Following the intervention of the Nigerian chapter of the International Press Institute, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the revocation of the operating licenses of 52 broadcast stations owing various sums in licensing fees. The NBC has now given the affected stations up to 6PM on Tuesday, August...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Kwara State Police Command has dissociated itself from a video on social media, regarding a protest by some policemen over non-payment of one year salary. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Ajayi Okasanmi debunked the report in a statement issued on Saturday in Ilorin,...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed says his administration has distributed economic strengthening items worth N1.35billion to 9,000 youths and women in 18 out of the 20 LGAs of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state government had previously distributed the economic strengthening items worth...
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has pledged his commitment to sanitise the specialised services of professional service providers by improving the processing of visas, passports, marriages and citizenship applications. The Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Mr Afonja Ajibola, made this known in a...
The acting Comptroller-General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Idris Jere, has said plans are underway to recruit additional 5,000 personnel into the service. Jere, who stated this while fielding questions from newsmen in Dutse on Saturday, said the gesture was aimed at addressing manpower deficit in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the electorate to verify their information on the preliminary register of voters on display from Aug.15 to Aug.21. This is contained in a statement by the INEC Federal Capital Territory (FCT) office, tagged “Nationwide Display of Preliminary Register of Voters”, made...
Farmers in Nigeria have bemoaned the high cost of fertiliser and expressed concern that the situation is threatening food security in the country. The farmers who expressed their worries in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the South-South, said government withdrawal of subsidy had aggravated...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that security would be increased across the country to try to stamp out widespread oil theft, a week after a supertanker was detained off the coast of Equatorial Guinea. “We will not allow a few criminals to have unfettered access to the nation’s crude...