Nigerians have been encouraged to embrace and sustain saving culture as one of the strategic and shrewd approach to make headway in the country’s distressed economy. Managing Editor/CEO, Premium Eagle Media Limited, publishers of The Eagle Online newspaper, Mr. Dotun Oladipo, gave the advice at the 2022 Annual General...
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he Senate has said the Federal Government will have to justify the fresh demand for N3tn for the extension of the subsidy on petrol before it is approved by the National Assembly. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Ajibola Basiru, made this known against...
The Civil Society Organisation and Media Policy Advocacy Network (CSOMPAN) has expressed dissatisfaction over missing electoral materials used during the Nov. 6 Governorship election in Anambra State. Chairman of the group, Chief Obunikem Asuzu, disclosed this while receiving members of Justice, Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) and Foreign, Commonwealth...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) Borno State Command has commended Peace Ambassadors Center for Humanitarian Aid and Empowerment (PACHA) and Managing Conflicts in Nigeria (MCN), British Council for their peace building, conflicts resolution and community policing to the society sequel to the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the entertainment industry in celebrating the 70th birthday of renowned songwriter, singer and journalist, Onyeka Onwenu. In a statement Issued by the presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, the President congratulated the multiple award-winning artiste and actress for leading a life...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Due to epileptic power supply within Calabar Municipality and its environ, a group of concerned electricity consumers in Cross River State has called for the resignation of its Zonal manager. The group issued two week ultimatum to the management of Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited started its week with the securing of a 5 billion dollars corporate finance commitment from the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) to fund major investments in Nigeria’s upstream sector. For NNPC, securing the facility is a milestone achievement, especially in its bid...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says there is a strong nexus between the kind of education students recieve in schools and what they turn out to be later in life Osinbajo made the assertion while speaking at a fundraiser for Igbobi College, his alma mater, on Saturday night in Lagos ....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three suspected trans-border drug traffickers with 48,000 tablets of 225mg Tramadol in Mubi, Adamawa. This is contained in a statement by the Director Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspects were apprehended while...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – Plans by the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) and the Nasarawa State Government to get the permanent demarcation line to end encroachment are on going as the team over the week meet at Orozo, a suburb of the FCT to continue with the demarcation.....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – Yobe State Government has described as misleading a post on social media purportedly from Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), claiming that the state is boiling. This is according to a statement issued on Sunday by Malam Mamman, Director General, Press and Media Affairs to...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over N3bn of public funds are missing from the Federal Ministry of Finance, and to ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be...
A soldier has been killed and two others injured as gunmen attacked troops in Rivers State. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday at the boundary bridge between the Asari-Toru Local Government Area in the Kalabari region and the Emohua Local Government Area of the state. Chairman...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Chairman of Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State, Rt. Hon Emmanuel Offiong Bassey has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deploy more Voter Enrolment Device (VED) in order to enhance the registration of voters in the state. Hon. Bassey...
No fewer than five residents of Ilesa, Osun State, have been killed during clashes between two rival cult groups and suspected land grabbers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the fight started on Friday afternoon after some youths, suspected to be cult members, stormed a new building...
The Kogi Government on Saturday permitted the state-owned Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU) to keep all its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to develop infrastructure in the institution. Gov. Yahaya Bello made the pronouncement during the university’s sixth combined convocation held at the institution’s auditorium in Anyigba. “Considering your prudent...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has detained the Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu. A source close to the anti-graft agency said that Okechukwu was detained over an alleged case of conspiracy, abuse of office and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N1.3billion....
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje on Saturday, presented the staff of office to Alhaji Aliyu Ibrahim, as the second Emir of Gaya. The new Emir was appointed following the death of his father, Alhaji Ibrahim Abdulkadir, in 2021. Gaya was among the four newly created emirates by the Ganduje...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ondo/Ekiti Area command, on Saturday, said that it supervised the exportation of 3,991 containers of cocoa beans in 2021. The Area Controller, Comptroller Uche Ngozi, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Lagos. According to her,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Northern youths under the aegis of Arewa Youth Assembly has called on successful private sector players in the country to contest for the 2023 presidency.. The Speaker, Arewa Youth Assembly, Mohammed Salihu Danlami, who made the call in a statement, said merging leadership with...