The Federal Government has officially ratified and adopted a comprehensive roadmap for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) through the approval of the National Integrated Electricity Policy (NIEP). Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser on Strategic Communications and Media Relations to the Minister of Power, disclosed this in a statement...
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Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi,has announced that President Bola Tinubu will inaugurate a 30-kilometer, over 70 per cent completed portion of Section One of the Lagos-Calabar coastal highway before May 25. Umahi made this statement while briefing State House Correspondents following the fifth Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting...
The Minister of Works, Mr Dave Umahi, has announced that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved alterations to the scope of several inherited road projects across the country, within the available funds. Umahi made this statement while briefing State House Correspondents after the fifth FEC meeting on Monday....
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will prosecute any developer caught developing illegal structures on waterways and green areas across the city. Coordinator, Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC), Chief Felix Obuah, stated this during a joint inspection of parts of the city on Monday. During the inspection,...
Prof. Aminu Ado, has emerged as the elected acting Vice-Chancellor, (V-C), Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), in Katsina State. Ado, until his emergence as the acting V-C on Monday, at the 130th special Senate meeting, was the Deputy vice-chancellor of the university. This was announced in a statement in Katsina...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted haziness and thunderstorms from Tuesday to Thursday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Monday in Abuja envisaged slight dust haze over parts of Katsina and Kano states during the forecast period on Tuesday. It anticipated thunderstorms over parts of Taraba...
Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, has set up a 5-man committee to probe the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Elemoro Division for alleged attempting to jail two innocent mechanics. Jimoh, made this known in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin in Lagos...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The European Union (EU) and United Nations (UN) agencies with DRC Monay launched three Initiatives worth €60 Million in Sokoto with the aim of enhancing social protection, access to health and resilience-building in the state. The launch officially done by Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has received with deep sorrow preliminary reports indicating that members of professional hunters on a route patrol along Duguri , Mansur and Dajin Mada forest were ambushed and killed by suspected bandits in Mansur village, Alkaleri Local Government Area...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR , Maiduguri – The Network of Civil Society Organizations Borno State (NECSOB) has pledged to collaborate with the Borno State Agency for the Great Green Wall (BSAGW) to combat climate change and promote sustainable development in the state. During a congratulatory visit to Ambassador Usman Aliyu,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The staff of the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) has commended President Bola Tinubu for the appointment of Professor Patricia Manko Lar which they said had saved the institution from sinking. In statement jointly by Dr Godwin Okaneme,Department of Philosophy,Faculty of Art, Dr. Iheanyichukwu Hilary...
Afrobeat superstar Davido, celebrity bar man, Cubana Chief Priest and other Nigerians have condemned the arrest of social media influencer and activist, Martins Otse, also known as VeryDarkMan(VDM). The celebrities and fans of VDM said his arrest was carried out like an “abduction”, which left many Nigerians worried, and...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the statistical analysis of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. The statistical analysis was released on Monday via the board’s official X handle. From the statistics released, out of 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the 2025 UTME, more...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of trying to provoke him into using nuclear weapons in Ukraine. Putin made the comment on a documentary film about his 25 years in power, local media reported. “They wanted to provoke us, they wanted to make us make mistakes,” he...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – A group known as the Concerned Northern Forum has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the former governor of Zamfara State, Bello Mohammed Matawalle on how he handled over N528 billion from Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), Joint Account Allocation...
…says we can’t standby watch state agencies abuse their powers The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has condemned in the strongest terms the arrest and continued detention of social campaigner and activist, Martins Otse, popularly known as Very Dark Man (VDM), by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
President Bola Tinubu has approved the deployment of two newly appointed Federal Permanent Secretaries to key ministries. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Eno Olotu, Director, Public Relations, Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF), on Monday in Abuja. Olotu said...
Rivers Sole Administrator, Ibok-Ete Ibas, has charged Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) participants to provide practical solutions to insecurity issues in their study tour reports. Ibas gave the advice when the Senior Course 47 of the Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, paid him a courtesy...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has called on the South-South and South-East regions to increase their participation in the student loan scheme. The Fund stated this during its stakeholders’ engagement session and technical workshop on system automation and the loan application process in...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Many persons have feared killed following an ambush attack by bandits on a combined team of professional hunters from Duguri and Gwana District in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed this in...