The Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha has dedicated the 40-day prayer and fasting of the Lenten period to supplication for peace and security in the Southeast. Most Rev. Valerian Okeke, Archbishop of Onitsha and Metropolitan Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province said this in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday. The...
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The Federal Government says the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) has addressed the relationship with host communities with the creation of the Host Community Development Trust Fund (HCDTF). Sylva said this at the PIA session of the ongoing fifth Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2022) on Tuesday in Abuja. He...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, on Tuesday held a closed-door meeting in Ibadan with the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, in respect of his rift with Bola Tinubu, a National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The...
Senate, on Tuesday at plenary, passed a bill to empower lawmakers at the National and State Assemblies to summon the President and State Governors on issues bothering on security or any other issues on which they have powers to make laws. The bill seeks alteration to Section 67 of...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has lauded the Benue State government for the establishment of the Benue State E-Learning-Virtual Education Information Communication Technology, ICT Resource Centre, BESEVIC. The Minister gave the commendation on Tuesday through his Technical Adviser on Education, Mr Mahmud Mohammed...
***rejects pension for Presiding Officers of Legislature By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate has approved financial autonomy for state legislatures, judiciary and local governments in the country. The approval came on Tuesday during voting on the report of the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution...
The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Prof. Mansur Auwalu-Bindawa as a non-executive commissioner on the governing board of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The confirmation of the nominee at plenary on Tuesday followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Communications. The report was laid and...
The Senate has received a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari seeking an amendment of section 84 (2) subsection 12 in the 2021 Electoral Act. Specifically, President Buhari wants the National Assembly to amend section 84 (2) Subsection 12 which states that no political appointee shall be a voting delegate...
By EDDY OCHIGBO Kaduna – Lack of efficient and prudent treasury management in the country have been identified as the source of fraud and sharp practices in nation’s public and private sector. Dropping the hint during a breakfast meeting with correspondents in Kaduna during the week, the Registrar and...
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Tuesday, to participate in the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP@50). The event is to hold from March 3 to March 4 in Nairobi, Kenya. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, who confirmed this in a...
Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore has officially declared to run for President in 2023. Sowore is expected to contest on the platform of the African Action Congress (AAC). He was the party’s candidate in the 2019 presidential election. “SOWORE FOR President,” the activist posted on Facebook on Tuesday. Sowore...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined members of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), the Christian community, particularly clergymen in Nigeria and abroad, in celebrating with Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye on the auspicious occasion of his 80th birthday, March 2, 2022. President Buhari also felicitated...
The Federal Government on Monday announced that Air Peace and Max Air may begin the evacuation of Nigerians from Ukraine on Wednesday, The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, stated this during a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Onyeama said the evacuation will...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said for Africa to achieve the desired level of attainment, issues such as poverty, socio-economic rights, environmental and sustainable development alongside concerns about democracy and unconstitutional changes of governments, have to be dealt with. Prof. Osinbajo gave the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family, friends and professional associates of founder and Executive Chairman of Complete Communications Ltd, Dr Emmanuel Sunny Ojeagbase, whose vision and diligence transformed sports reporting and inspired a generation of media entrepreneurs. President Buhari also commiserated with...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has published the Notice of Election for 2023 general elections, in compliance with extant provisions of the law. The commission disclosed this in it daily bulletin issued by the Director of Voter Education, Victor Aluko, in Abuja on Monday. The commission stated that...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – A national stakeholders’ summit opened in Abuja on Monday with participants calling on the National Assembly to accelerate the passage of the Critical National Infrastructure Bill under consideration. They expressed the belief that when passed into law and assented to, the bill would help...
Executes over 10,000 projects nationwide By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of Tertiary Education Fund (TETFund), Kashim Ibrahim-Imam on Monday disclosed that between 2019 and 2021, the fund has disbursed over N300 billion as interventions fund in about 226 tertiary institutions across the country...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Attorney General of the Federation amd Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has been accused of playing numerous roles in a deliberate effort to destabilize the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Sokoto State. Expressing their disappointment with Malami’s open endorsement of one of the...