By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As the Nigerian Legion begins activities to mark the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration, the FCT Administration has pledged its support to ensure its success. The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello who made this pledge while receiving a delegation from the Nigerian...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja All the ad-hoc staff involved in the conduct of the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school based candidates have been fully paid by the National Examinations Council (NECO). The ad-hoc staff includes, 18,243 Supervisors, 887 Assistant Supervisors and 65,159 Examiners. In a statement...
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Maiduguri, have vacated their camps, ahead of the Nov.30, dateline for the closure of all Displaced Persons camps by the Borno Government. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited some camps on Wednesday, reports that most of them have been deserted by...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan, on Wednesday, sentenced a 36-year-old man, Saheed Olapade , to two years imprisonment for unlawful possession of human head. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful possession. The Senior...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Interior Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has commissioned a new passport Issuing facility that would offer the 10-year validity Passport to Nigerians at the Nigerian High Commission in London, the United Kingdom. A statement issued by the spokesman of The Nigeria Immigration Service,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has called on the Federal Government to prioritise investment in infrastructure to improve the country’s business environment and boost economic growth. The CBN Governor, Mr. Mr Godwin Emefiele, made the call on Tuesday night in Abuja while reading the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum is in Southern Borno Senatorial District to commission 22 government projects, mostly schools and healthcare centres in towns and villages. Governor Zulum arrived Biryel, headquarters of Bayo Local Government Area on Tuesday evening and passed the night there. He...
The World Bank has said that economic growth in Nigeria is being threatened by certain macroeconomic challenges, including dollar shortage, petrol subsidy and the fiscal deficit financing by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The bank disclosed this in its Nigeria Development report, which was released on Tuesday. The report...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has again shown that he is a compassionate leader with his approval of a 4th multi-billion naira bailout for states in six years. The Buhari Media Organisation said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke,...
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) has berated Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company over alleged poor response to the Nov. 5 spill from its oilfields in Nembe, Bayelsa. The group noted that it was wrong for Aiteo to attribute the wellhead leak within its oil bloc in the Nembe...
Federal Capital Territory primary and secondary school teachers have insisted that nothing will avert an indefinite strike if their demands are not met by Thursday, Nov. 25. The FCT Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Mr Stephen Knabayi, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria...
President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the inauguration of the newly constituted Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC). The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, announced this on Tuesday in a statement titled ‘Suspension of Inauguration of Newly Constituted Board Of NNPC LTD.’...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Nigerian Alliance (TNA), a platform determined to transform politics and improve governance with clearly defined ideas, policy pillars and new cohort of servant politicians said it is ready to form alliance with any political party who is ready with its 7 policy pillars....
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has described late Mr Babatunde Omidina, a.k.a. Baba Suwe, as a bundle of talents. Commiserating with the Omidina family over the actor’s demise, the governor expressed his heartfelt condolences to the Nigerian entertainment industry on the passage of the comic actor. “The late...
The Federal Government has again dismissed reports on plans to hike fuel price in the country. Chief Executive Officer of the Midstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, who made this position known in Abuja on Tuesday, reassured that there were no plan to increase the official price of Premium...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has directed AITEO Eastern Exploration and Production Company Ltd. (AEEPCo), to stop operation of oilfield in Bayelsa State due to oil spillage. A statement issued on Tuesday by Mr Saghir el Mohammed, Press Director, Ministry of Environment, said this in Abuja,...
The Director General (DG), National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Moji Adeyeye, said on Tuesday night, that “Without Quality Trade, the Pakistan-Africa Trade Development will be short lived”. Prof. Adeyeye said this at the dinner event of the 2nd Pakistan-Africa Trade Development Conference, a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is currently interrogating a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode. Officials of the anti-graft agency confirmed this to Channels Television on Monday in Lagos. The former minister was invited to answer questions relating to the forgery of a medical report which he...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A veterinary student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Ms. Esther Gbeja has emerged winner of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Essay Competition on Fifth Generation (5G) Technology. The NCC organised a prize presentation ceremony for the 3rd National Essay Competition on Tuesday...
Benue House of Assembly on Tuesday approved a request made by Gov. Samuel Ortom to borrow N18.225 billion from the Federal Government. Ortom asked for approval to take the loan to cushion the effect of repayment of bailout funds collected in 2015 and 2016. He told the House in...