By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – More than 700 dump drivers from Akwa Ibom and Cross River States on Wednesday protested over the invasion of the haulage business in both states by foreigners. The drivers protested under the auspices of Dump Drivers Association and was lead by its National Chairman,...
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The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), an NGO, has urged the Federal Government to shelve the planned 5.5 per cent increase in the services in the telecommunication sector. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Finance Budget and National Planning Minister Zainab Ahmed, during a stakeholders’...
Nigerians have been urged to make the right choice in 2023 election as the wrong choice will consume the whole nation. Former President Olusegun Obasanjomade the call when he spoke at the Wilson Badejo Foundation’s 15th annual lecture with the theme, ‘Overcoming the twin challenge of poverty and insecurity...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Sulaiman Usman SAN has reiterated that the state has zero tolerance for perpetrators of all forms of crimes including, that of Gender Based Violence (GBV), harmful practices, amongst others. Sulaiman SAN stated this on Wednesday in...
The Plateau Government says it will partner with a private finance firm, United Capital, to clear the backlog of about N18 billion of gratuities, death benefits and arrears of pension of its erstwhile civil servants. The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Dan Manja, disclosed this at a media...
WildAid, an environmental NGO, on Wednesday said Nigeria’s lions were on the verge of extinction. This is contained in a statement signed by Kelechukwu Iruoma, WildAid Representative in Nigeria and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. WildAid said that it launched a weeklong campaign...
The Comptroller – General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (CGIS), Mr Idris Jere, on Wednesday warned officers to stay away from extortion and sharp practises in the processing of passports. Jere gave the warning at the opening of a three-day workshop for officers and men of the Provost and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed the former Permanent Secretary, Ecological Project Office (EPO), Dr Habiba Muda Lawal, as Special Adviser to the President, Policy and Coordination. The President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Before retirement, Lawal...
The Anambra State Government says it will empower women cooperative societies involved in agricultural activities with N1.08 billion. Dr Foster Ihejiofor, the State Commissioner for Agriculture disclosed this when he received members of a Non-governmental Organisations, Ultimate Business Women And Farmers Association of Nigeria (UBWFAN) on Wednesday in Awka....
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, says plans are on to incorporate and internalise climate change into the national policy and achieve net-zero emissions in the country. Adamu made this disclosure at a two-day Nigeria National Committee for UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme (NNC-UNESCO-IHP) at the 2022 National...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with revered Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abdul Hafeez Abou, on his centenary celebration. President’s Buhari in his congratulatory message issued on Wednesday by his spokesman Mr Femi Adesina, also rejoiced with his family members, friends and associates for the mercies...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) in Borno State, on Tuesday in Maiduguri, commended Governor Babagana Zulum for the release of N705 million to clear outstanding leave grant owed workers. Governor Zulum had on Tuesday, 2nd August,...
A father, 60, Malam Bala and his son, Sunusi Bala, 35, died in a well at Sabon Garin Bauchi, in Wudil Local Government Area of Kano State, while draining water from it. A statement from the spokesperson of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, said on Wednesday in...
Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said that the agency received 13 Nigerians from Khartoum, Sudan. Abdullahi disclosed this while receiving the returnees in Kano on Tuesday. The returnees arrived at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport at about 3:00 p.m. on...
The House of Representatives’ adhoc committee on subsidy regime has issued a one-week ultimatum to the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed. The committee gave the ultimatum after the minister failed to honour its invitation but instead sent a representative. The lawmakers are, among other things, investigating the total...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, has debunked a Facebook post claiming that he advised Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to give Labour Party flag bearer, Peter Obi a chance ahead of the 2023 election. The Facebook post making the rounds...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged political leaders to stay focused and uphold the ultimate objective of promoting interest of the country. The president, who made the call when he received former State Chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, said:...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudiness and thunderstorms from Wednesday to Friday across the nation. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Tuesday in Abuja predicted cloudy atmosphere over Northern region on Wednesday with prospects of thunderstorms over parts of Adamawa and Gombe state during the morning hours. According...
The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) says that the Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have the potential to cause entrepreneurial revolution in industry, agriculture and commerce. The Director-General of the Agency, Mr Olawale Fasanya, said this on Tuesday in Owerri, while declaring open the...
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, says there is no passport booklets shortage in Nigeria, as the Federal Government has cleared all backlogs of passport applications. This is contained in a statement issued by the Minister’s Media Adviser, Mr Sola Fasure, on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, the ministry...