The Senate has confirmed the nominations of five Executive Directors designate of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA). The confirmation of the nominees followed the consideration and adoption of a report by the Committee on Downstream Petroleum Sector at plenary on Tuesday. Those confirmed include: Francis...
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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki says people of the state will no longer subject themselves to any form of division irrespective of political party affiliation and religion background. “Edo is one, irrespective of senatorial districts,’’ Obaseki said on Tuesday in Benin while swearing in newly-appointed Permanent Secretaries. “We will...
The Federal Government has declared its intention to invest and focus attention on natural gas exploitation in the country. Addressing the 6th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari said enactment of Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) was designed to enable Nigeria to...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule on Tuesday urged the people of the state to turn out en-mass to receive President Muhammadu Buhari when he visits the state on Thursday. Sule made appeal in Lafia when he inspected the state’s Vocation and Skills Acquisition Institute. President Buhari is expected to...
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it is ready to tackle all concerns raised by port users on the implementation of the electronic scheduling system for trucks doing business in the ports. Its Managing Director, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, stated this on Tuesday in Lagos while reviewing the state of...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The Presidency on Tuesday revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari would sign the Electoral Amendment Bill into law in a matter of hours. Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesin made the this known while speaking as a guest on the Channels...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 6,082,639 Nigerians has done fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) as at 7 a.m., Monday. Feb. 21. The commission, in an update on the CVR Quarter 3, Week 7 released on Monday in Abuja, also disclosed that 3,329,204...
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) warns that linguistic diversity is increasingly threatened as more and more languages disappear globally. UNESCO Director General, Audrey Azoulay, in a message to mark International Mother Language Day on Monday, called on countries to defend linguistic and cultural diversity. According to...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Muhammadu Buhari has called on nations, institutions and bodies, both private and public, to return Nigeria’s artefacts in their possession. In a statement by the presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said the Nigerian leader made the appeal in the aftermath of the return of...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 575 commercial sex workers in Bauchi State are to be trained and empowered with various skills to make them self-reliant and encourage them to stop prostitution. Speaking at the flag-off of the training which held at Bayangari in Bauchi on Monday, the...
BY NANA AISHA, Jalingo – Some concerned Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) committed to social cohesion and violence prevention, have called on the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and The Muslim Council of Nigeria (MCN) to promote peace and unity in Taraba State. The call followed the recent tirades between...
The Federal Government says it plans to inaugurate a national sensitisation campaign against ritual murders soon. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this on Monday in Abuja when he paid official visit to the headquarters of Daily Trust Newspaper. According to him, the government is...
Detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, has dragged the Federal Government before a Federal High Court in Abuja challenging his continued detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, Kyari who is currently on suspension from the Nigerian Police Force is seeking an...
The United Kingdom’s Minister for Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, Vicky Ford is set for a maiden visit to Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement by the British High Commission in Nigeria on Sunday. The British High Commission explained that the visit will take forward efforts by...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – A 29-year-old petrol tank installer identified as Ahmed has suffocated and died while working on a petrol tank at a filling station along Offa garage road in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. It was learnt that the sad incident occurred opposite Adisco office, Ajase-Ipo...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has urged the youth in the state not to be intimidated by the circumstances of their birth. Speaking at the U.J.Esuene Stadium over the weekend during a Youth Summit organised by APC Youth in the state, Governor Ayade also...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Benin Republic, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Tukur Buratai (rtd), on Sunday, has distanced himself from contesting for the 2023 Presidential race. Recalled that a group known as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Door-to-door...
The residents of Benin City have come out to watch a suspected witch who landed on a very high cable tension. In a video that has gone viral, residents of Benin City were seen gathered together while watching a person on a very high tension cable. The individual on the tension...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) on Sunday said no fewer than 2,038 persons have died in air accidents in Nigeria in 53 years between 1969 and 2002. The Bureau commissioner, Mr Akin Olateru, gave the statistics during a press briefing to mark The 2022...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in collaboration with the Network Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL) have secured the release of 15 Nigerian girls trafficked to Mali. The girls, whom one of them is having a three-year old boy and two pregnant,...