The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization held on 9 November the 2nd High-Level Consultations with the CEOs of leading COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing companies. At the meeting, all participants agreed on the urgency of delivering more vaccine doses to...
Nigerian News
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with President Mohammed Bazoum of Niger Republic over the death of 25 school children during a classroom fire outbreak in the Maradi region of the country. The victims were aged between five and six years. President Buhari’s condolence message...
The Federal Government told a Federal High Court, Abuja that a team of lawyers of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on a Wednesday, staged a walkout before the trial opened. Counsel to the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Abubakar, told Justice Binta...
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company (AEEPCO), operator of Oil Mining Lease (OML 29) has said the volume of oil leakage from its operations in Bayelsa was yet to be determined. The management of AEEPCO in a statement issued on Wednesday by its spokesperson, Mr Mathew Ndianabasi, confirmed that...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- Exactly one year and four months after receiving their appointment letters from The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, members of the Cross River State Selection Committee has expressed disappointment over the non payment of their entitlement months after the beneficiaries has been...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says N6,396,159,060.00 has been approved for 217 research proposals recommended by the National Research Fund (NRF) under the 2020 grant cycle exercise. The approval of N6.3 billion 2020 grant is an improvement over that of 2012 to 2019...
There is tight security at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday morning, as the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is produced to face his trial. Recalled that on Oct. 21, reported heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the court premises...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has hosted a send off dinner in respect of Edward Kallon who was the UN Residents Coordinator in Nigeria since 2016 and now transferred to Zimbabwe. Governor Zulum, who was represented by Borno’s Deputy Governor, Hon Umar Kadafur at...
By RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Batch ‘C’ stream one corps members posted to Nasarawa state have been enjoined to be exemplary in their conduct while serving at various places of their primary assignment. The Nasarawa state Coordinator of the scheme, Abdullahi Ahmad Jimkashi,...
The Kogi House of Assembly has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the Managing Director of Sterling Bank Plc., Mr Abubakar Suleiman. The assembly said it would effect the arrest, if the managing director failed to appear before it on Nov. 16. Speaker of the House, Mr...
The Federal Government is collaborating with Signature Advisory Limited, a real estate company, to explore the benefits of National Housing Bond to tackle the challenges of funding in housing financing in the country. The plan to explore the National Housing Bond was unfolded on Tuesday in Abuja when the...
Delta Government and Stallion Auto Keke Limited have reached an agreement to establish tricycle manufacturing plant in the state. The Chief Economic Adviser to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa, Dr Kingsley Emu, said this at the exhibition of the new Auto Keke Bajaj tricycle in Asaba. Dr. Emu said that the...
Mrs Aisha Buhari, the wife of Nigerian President, and also Global Tuberculosis (TB) Ambassador, on Tuesday urged stakeholders to work together to eliminate the disease in the country. Mrs Buhari made the call at the 2021 National TB Conference on Tuesday in Abuja, FCT. The theme for this year...
Two persons, including a soldier, identified as Sgt. G Abdullahi, have been burnt to death while pursuing a petroleum smuggler on motorcycle on Badagry-Seme border expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred at about 8:15p.m. last Saturday at Sitto area during a head on...
Professor Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has swept to victory in the Anambra governorship elections, winning 19 of the 21 local government areas of the state. “That Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government on Tuesday inaugurated 8 member Technical Working Committee (TWC) for The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Sub-National Strategy Workshop under the Chairmanship of the Hon. State Commissioner, Ministry of Trade, Commerce and Tourism Alhaji Yarima Lawan Kareto. Other members of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Former Lagos Governor and All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has congratulated the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, on the 15th anniversary of his ascension to the throne. He said since he ascended the throne in November 2006, the royal...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday afternoon arrived in Paris, French capital, for a one-day official visit as guest of President Emmanuel Macron at Palais de l’Élysée, and will afterwards attend the three-day Paris Peace Forum (PPF), November 11-13, 2021. A statement issued on Tuesday by...
As part of efforts to ensure that the autogas conversion of vehicles yielded the desired results, the Federal Government says it has set aside N250 billion for willing investors in autogas assembly plants in the country. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, disclosed this on...
The trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300-level Mass Communication student of the University of Lagos, accused of murdering Super TV’s Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, was stalled on Tuesday at the Lagos State High Court, sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square Annex. Defence counsels complained that the statements contained...