By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Lawmaker representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, over the weekend, distributed cash to market women in some markets. The Senator who was at home for fertiliser empowerment programme aimed at supporting farmers in the district took the opportunity to visit markets in...
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By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang has called for enhanced dedication and collaboration among organizations, philanthropists, and policymakers to deliver surgeries, rehabilitation, and reintegration programs for Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) patients in Nigeria. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Vesico Vaginal Fistula is a medical condition that...
The Federal Government has said that a switch over from petrol-driven vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) vehicles would reduce the cost of transportation in the country. The Minister of Transportation, Said Alkali, said this during a working visit to an International Liquified Natural Gas Energy Conversion, Transportation and...
In its determined bid to bolster the eastern ports development agenda, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has unfolded plans to implement the Electronic Call-Up System at the Onne Port Complex. The Federal Executive Council had already given the NPA the approval to embark on the project. Managing Director/CEO of...
By BARBARA KALU, Asaba – The Chairman, Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Chiedu Ebie, has hailed His Royal Majesty, Obi (Prof) Epiphany Azinge, SAN, OON on his emergence as the Asagba of Asaba designate, praying that Asaba kingdom will experience more peace and development...
The Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHED) has denied allegations of N4.3 billion misappropriation involving its chief executive officer and other directors. PHED’s Head of Corporate Communications, Mrs Olubukola Ilevbare, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, described the...
The Federal Government says it will begin crude oil sales in Naira to Dangote Refinery and others in October. This is according to a statement by the Director Press and Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Mr Mohammed Manga in Abuja on Monday. Manga said that...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Tinubu on Monday departed Abuja for Paris, using the new Airbus A330, which replaced the 19-year-old Boeing B737-700 (BBJ) bought under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. A statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman as the Executive Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). This is contained in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the presidential spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale. The statement said...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of a new management team for the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC). The president’s approval was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Mr. Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday in Abuja. The new members of the...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has commenced the implementation of the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems to enable real-time monitoring and control of power grid. The Managing Director of TCN, Mr Sule Abdulaziz, said this when members of the House of Representatives Committee on Power went...
The Ebonyi State Government has reiterated its commitment to restoration of power supply in Afikpo communities after a 13-year outage in the area. The state Commissioner for Power and Energy, Mr Peter Oga-Ali, gave the assurance on Monday, after inspection of the power project in Afikpo, Afikpo LG council...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has supervised the distribution of the federal government’s donated food relief to over 10,000 families in Mafa local government area. The distribution took place on Tuesday in four centres at Mafa town, the headquarters of the local government...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development, a Maiduguri-based NGO, organized a one-day training for media forum members on survivor-centered advocacy for transitional justice in Borno State. The event took place at the Hajja Mangal Memorial Banquet Hall in Maiduguri on Saturday. In her...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The authority of Akwanga Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State, said it is on top of the security challenges in the area, as such the council has constituted a joint security task force to tackle the challenges. Executive Chairman of Akwanga LGA, Safiyanu...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), has passed into second reading ‘A Bill for a Law to Repeal the Nasarawa State Electricity Power Agency Law, 2018’ and Provide for Electricity Generation, Transmission, System Operation, Distribution and Supply in the State and for Other Matters...
In an exclusive and profoundly revealing interview with Chude Jideonwo on the viral #WithChude show, Obi Cubana Iyiegbu, the renowned Nigerian businessman, shares his untold story for the very first time in three years. Known for his opulent lifestyle and the extravagant funeral he held for his late mother,...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has declared N3.3 trillion profit for the 2023 financial year. Chief Financial Officer of NNPC Ltd., Alhaji Umar Ajiya who addressed newsmen on Monday on the development, said that this was the highest profit declared by the company since inception. Meanwhile,...
The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu has called for a bill for stringent punishment for electricity vandals and power theft. Adelabu made this call in Abuja on Monday while addressing the House Committee on Power who were on oversight function to the ministry. ”There must be punitive punishments...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has voiced its concern over the ongoing national and international controversies surrounding the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals Industrial Free Zone Enterprise (DPRPI). This is contained in a statement by by Prof. Tanko Muhammad -Baba, ACF’s National Publicity Secretary, issued on Monday in Kaduna...