The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says it is upgrading and deploying the National Production Monitoring System (NPMS) facility toward curbing crude oil theft in Nigeria. A statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos by Mr Paul Osu, said Mr Gbenga Komolafe, Chief Executive, NUPRC, spoke recently in Abuja...
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The Police in Anambra have arrested six persons, including a native doctor and two women, for allegedly involving in parading a widow naked in public. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the woman was accused of causing the death of her husband through her alleged infidelity. Commissioner...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – The Minister of Power, Engineer Abubakar Aliyu, has said the activities of pipeline vandals is responsible for the current blackout being experienced in the electricity sector. In the last 7 days, electricity supply across Nigerians has been very erratic due to the system collapse...
Former Anambra State governor Peter Obi has called on the Nigerian government to prioritize investment in education, noting that Ghana is doing well because of such investment. The former Anambra State governor who made the call in his keynote speech at the maiden education summit of the National Association...
A senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, says votes cast in any election in the country belong to the political parties, not candidates. On March 8, Inyang Ekwo, the presiding judge at a federal high court in Abuja, sacked David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi, and Eric Igwe, his...
Tragedy struck on Wednesday as publisher of Hallmark Newspaper, a business, policy and finance daily newspaper, Prince Emeka Obasi, passed. He was aged 58. The news of his death was reported by THE WITNESS online newspaper. It said that Obasi, a veteran journalist and public relations expert, died from...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – In continuation with its vision and strategy to ensure promptness, effectiveness and efficiency in the handling of emergency call services through the Emergency Communication Centres (ECC), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has embarked on the deployment of Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) solution. This bolstering...
The Kaduna State Government has directed all political appointees and public servants aspiring for political offices in the 2023 general elections to resign on or before March 31, 2022. This directive is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to the state government, Balarabe Abbas, who said that...
Borno Government on Wednesday confirmed the abduction of a health worker with the General Hospital Gubio, Mr Bulama Geidam, by the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that ISWAP insurgents attacked Gubio on Wednesday at about 2a.m. and looted food items...
Search engine, Google on Wednesday celebrated Nigerian potter, Ladi Kwali, with a doodle on its home page. Kwali was an educator, ceramicist, glass worker, and potter, who helped introduce the international community to the beauty of Nigerian art through intricately decorated earthenware designs. She learnt pottery in her childhood...
It was the American author who was best known for his inspirational book, Life’s Little Instruction Book, Horace Jackson Brown Jr., better known as H. Jackson Brown, Jr. who said: Don’t work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition! So, it was for the Director General of the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the Governing Board of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), following the expiration of the tenure of the former board. This is according to a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by The Minister of Information and...
VONa Communications has become the largest shareholder at Global Village Extra, thereby necessitating a change of name at the organisation. The website will hitherto change to voiceofnaija.ng, a shift from globalvillageextra.com, which followers and audience have been accustomed to for the past six years since operation kicked off. VONa, which...
All roads lead to the prestigious Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos on Tuesday March 22 as Freedom Online, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing online newspapers, hosts its fourth annual lecture. A statement by the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief, Gabriel Akinadewo, says the Guest Speaker is Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Former...
Fire has destroyed an unconfirmed number of trucks parked at a facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The incident occurred on Monday morning at an exhibit dump of the anti-graft agency located at Iriebi in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Some passers-by have rescued a newborn baby abandoned in a carton in Osogbo, Osun capital. The Coordinating Director, Osun State Ministry of Women, Children and Social Affairs, Mr Jide Falade, said in a statement that the baby was rescued on Feb. 25. According to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday in Abuja, chaired the inaugural meeting of a technical working group under the main Presidential Committee on Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of Displaced Persons in the North-East. The broader committee was constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari who...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The Director-General of the the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) , Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has charged corp members in the country to be proactive in the discharge of their duties during their service year. Maj. Gen. gave the charge on Tuesday while declaring...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Eteng Jonah Williams on Tuesday sworn in Dr Ekeng Efiom Edet of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), representing Akpabuyo State Constituency. The newly sworn in member had, in the February 26 Akpabuyo State constituency by-election,...
The police have arrested 11 suspects who set ablaze a traditional ruler in Ogun State. A petition was received from one Odetola Okuribido ‘m’ on behalf of the entire Okuribido Royal Family of Agodo town, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. According to the petition, the traditional ruler,...