Africa’s wealthiest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on Wednesday received the ‘Champion of CILT’ award, for his contributions to transport, logistics and supply chain management in Nigeria and Africa. A statement by Dangote Industries Ltd Media Office said the industry giant was conferred the award when the leadership of the...
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Fire outbreak on Wednesday, razed down one room apartment and destroyed property worth over N2 million at Ologo New Layout in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State. Eye witness report showed that the inferno was caused by bush burning which extended to a refuse dump close to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate on Wednesday considered a critical bill seeking to cater for poor, aged and vulnerable Nigerians. The bill was tagged, “A bill For An Act To Establish The National Social Security Commission For The Regulation, Management And Administration Of Social Security Benefits and...
…Pledges support for frontier exploration By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) for repositioning the Nigerian oil and gas industry into a competitive business environment. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Bassey Albert Akpan,...
Senate has confirmed seven nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari as National Commissioners and Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission) INEC. The confirmation of the nominees on Wednesday at plenary followed the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on INEC. Those confirmed include: Mohammed Haruna...
Residents in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital have decried the rising cases of missing persons and killings for rituals across states of the federation, urging concerned government agencies to checkmate the trend. In a vox pop by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, they attributed the reason for quest...
Three comedians in Imo, who were thought to have been eating their faeces in a trending video, have denied doing so, saying that they were only making a comedy skit. Great Egbuchulam, Solomon Mbata and Arinze Mbah aged 21, 20 and 21 respectively debunked the video reports while speaking...
President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigerians in the North East will, in the coming months, witness a change from the protracted insurgency to peace and development in their respective communities. The president stated this at the inauguration of the Presidential Committee on the Repatriation, Return and Resettlement of Internally Displaced...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed a total sum of N3,668,506,659.36 billion to the six Area Councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of December 2021. The figure indicates a decline in revenue...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senate has urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, send fighter jets to flush out terrorists in their hideouts who are behind the kidnappings and killings of Nigerians. The call was made on Tuesday during plenary in resolutions reached following...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Registrar/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO), National Examinations Council (NECO) , Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi has commended Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum for his regular payment of NECO examinations fees since he assumed office in 2019 to date. Professor Wushishi also requested Borno State...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – No fewer than two persons have lost their lives on Wednesday in a tanker explosion on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Ogun State Sector Commander of FRSC, Mr Ahmed Umar, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in Ota, said the accident occurred at about 6.05...
The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the Nigeria Customs Service to pay N390,000,000 as compensation to victims of extrajudicial killings and injuries caused by its officers across the country. This is sequel to the recommendations in the reports by the House Committee on Customs and Excise after...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government has revealed that no fewer than 1,192 persons have been killed by armed bandits in Kaduna State in 2021. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in an annual report on security which was presented...
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, says the number of new leprosy cases detected annually has significantly dropped from more than 7,827 in 1994 to less than 2,000 in 2020. Ehanire said this at a news conference on Monday in Abuja in commemoration of 2022 World Leprosy Day...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ahead of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council election scheduled for February 12th, 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured FCT residents of a secure and safe environment for the electorate to come out and vote on election day. INEC Chairman,...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday announced the appointment of Maj. Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr of Nigeria as the Force Commander for the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). Sawyerr succeeds Maj. Gen. Kefyalew Amde Tessema of Ethiopia to whom the secretary-general is grateful for his dedication, invaluable...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the Director -General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh on Tuesday donated relief items, COVID-19 Personal Protection Equipments (PPEs) and other rapid testing kits worth millions of naira to Borno,...
…As bill to regulate payment mode passes second reading By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A bill seeking to make the annual payment of rent illegal in the Federal Capital Territory has scaled second reading in the Senate. Tagged: “A Bill for the Regulation of Advanced Rent on Residential Apartments,...
The U.S. Mission in Nigeria has announced the commencement of no-interview-visa-renewal services with a view to assisting non-immigrant visa applicants in Nigeria who have qualified to renew their visas. The U.S Mission in Nigeria disclosed this in a statement by its Public Affairs Department on Tuesday. It stated that...