Streaming video-on-demand service platform, Showmax, has partnered with ‘Firewood Jollof Nigeria’ to host its first food festival. Executive Head of Marketing West Africa, MultiChoice Nigeria, Tope Oshunkeye, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Oshunkeye said that the inaugural event was set to redefine food festival experiences...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has responded to a video clip by Timothy Mgbere, a self-described “community person,” who claimed that the recent restreaming of the Port Harcourt Refinery and truck-out of petrol were false. NNPC Ltd. stated that they would...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has insisted on plans to embark on two weeks warning strike from Dec. 2. President of ASUP, Mr Kpanja Shammah, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of its 112th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Thursday in Abuja. Shammah said...
The Senate, on Thursday, at plenary, paid glowing tribute to the late Joseph Wayas, who died on Nov. 30, 2021, at 80. Wayas was Nigeria’s Senate President during the Second Republic. The Leader of the Senate, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, while leading the valedictory session in honour of the late...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has frowned at the “increasing numbers of first-class graduates” churned out annually by private universities in the country. The ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, raised the concern on Thursday at an event organised by the body in honour of Prof. Andy...
The Senate has passed for second reading fours bills designed to reform Nigeria’s tax system. This followed the presentation of the general principles of the bills by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti), during plenary on Thursday. The four bills, which were first read on Oct. 30, are:o Joint...
The Senate has received President Bola Tinubu’s request for confirmation of appointment of three persons as members of Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the letter was read on Thursday by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, at plenary. The president, in the...
The Federal Government has handed over the completed 62-kilometre, 3.02 billion dollars Port Harcourt-Aba railway project to the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). The Port Harcourt-Aba section is part of the larger Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Eastern Narrow Guage railway project, initiated under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Ayo Dada,...
The Federal Government has handed over 15 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)-powered buses to the transport unions in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Clean Energy Transport Scheme. Speaking at the handover ceremony in Abuja, the Minister of Transportation, Sen. Said Alkali, said the scheme was designed to ease...
Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, said closing gender gaps has the potential to add N15 trillion to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Productivity (GDP) annually by 2025. Sulaiman-Ibrahim stated this on Thursday in Abuja at the joint UN Accountability Forum and Orange/Lighting ceremony, themed: ” Towards Beijing +30: Unite...
Senator Ali Ndume has reiterated his opposition to the tax reform bills, saying that the hurry by the Presidency and some lawmakers to pass the bills looks suspicious. The tax reform bills which passed for second reading at the Senate on Thursday have raised a lot of controversies since...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos– The Plateau State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to creating a supportive environment for a thriving tech ecosystem that will enhance economic activities in the region. Governor Caleb Mutfwang emphasized that his administration prioritizes empowering the younger generation to harness their potential in the tech...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – As Sokoto state executive council Wednesday gave approval for the 2025 budget draft to be presented to the state assembly on Friday for consideration, the commissioner of Lands and Housing, Barrister Nasiru Dantsoho has assured that the governor, Ahmed Aliyu is on course to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC Borno South) has bagged ‘The Sun Newspaper Courage in Leadership 2024’ by standing and always defending the plights of Nigerian Masses, especially his constituents at the National Assembly. Recall that even at the last Wednesday Plenary presided over by...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Ododo, has unveiled an ambitious plan to revolutionize the state’s urban and housing landscape. The Governor announced this development during a 2-day symposium themed: “Modern Housing and Urban Development” held at the Glass House, Government House in Lokoja. The governor...
The Senate, on Thursday, resumed its debate on the Tax Reform Bills. The bills are a set of four legislative proposals to increase Value-Added Tax (VAT) distributable to the sub national governments to 55 per cent while reducing the federal government’s share to 10 per cent. These far-reaching initiatives...
The seventh prosecution witness, Mr John Adetola, in the ongoing trial of ex-governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, narrated how he collected the sum of $400,000 on behalf of the ex-governor. Adetola, who was the former personal assistant to Emefiele, made the revelation on Thursday while giving evidence before...
The House of Representatives has confirmed the appointment of Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede as substantive Chief of Army Staff of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Lt. Gen. Oluyede’s confirmation by the House follows his screening by an ad hoc committee which submitted its report that...
Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has said his administration has begun payment of ₦85,000 minimum wage for state workers, despite attempts by those he described as “enemies of the state” to deprive his administration of funds. Speaking during the launch of the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Emblem Appeal Fund...