By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, Feb. 20, 2024 The Debt Management Office (DMO) said on Tuesday that it raised N1.495 trillion from Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) bonds at its monthly auction of Feb. 2024. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the DMO offered N1.25 trillion seven-year bond, …
Read More »Reps query Access, Citi, Ecobank, Fidelity banks over N11.632 trn FG revenue collected
By Femi Ogunshola Abuja, Feb.20, 2024 The House of Representatives has queried Access Bank, Citi Bank, Ecobank and Fidelity Bank over N11.632 trillion revenue collected on behalf of Federal Government through REMITA platform between 2015 and 2022 fiscal years. Rep. Bamidele Salam, Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, issued the …
Read More »NAF nabs alleged notorious kidnapper in Kano
By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Feb. 20, 2024 Troops of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) deployed at Durbunde in Takai Local Government Area of Kano State have apprehended a 35-year-old alleged high-profile kidnapper known as Isah Abdul. This is contained in a statement by NAF’s Director of Public Relations and Information, …
Read More »AFCON 2025 : Preliminary round draw holds on Tuesday
By Aderonke Ojo Abuja, Feb. 19, 2024 The Preliminary draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) will hold on Tuesday at the Confederations of African Football (CAF) headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. CAF made this known in a statement released on its official website, communications@cafonline.com, by its Communication Department on …
Read More »Why parliamentary govt. is best for Nigeria – Lawmaker
By Deborah Coker Abuja, Feb. 19, 2024 The lawmaker representing Delta North Senatorial District, Sen. Ned Nwoko on Monday said that a parliamentary system of government in Nigeria will promote participatory democracy. Nwoko said this would in turn foster greater accountability and responsiveness in governance. The legislator who said this …
Read More »PDP, again, accuses APC, Tinubu government of lack of capacity to address hardship in Nigeria
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has launched another scathing attack on the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the government led by President Bola Tinubu, accusing them of failing to address the hardship presently being experienced by Nigerians. In a statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Debo …
Read More »Patriot, Prof. Ben Nwabueze’s burial rites begin Thursday
By Adeyemi Adeleye Lagos, Feb. 19, 2024 The Prof. Ben Nwabueze National Burial Committee on Monday, announced activities for the burial of the foremost constitutional lawyer, who died on Oct. 29, 2023 at 92. The committee, co-chaired by Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Commonwealth Secretary-General, and Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, President-General of …
Read More »Nigeria’s Gen. Esho assumes duty as deputy force commander UN MINURSO
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Feb. 19, 2024 A Nigerian, Brig.- Gen. Gabriel Esho, who was recently appointed the new Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), has assumed duty. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that …
Read More »Nigerians in Canada proud of Chidinma Thompson’s appointment – NIDO official
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Feb. 20, 2024 Nigerians living in Calgary, Canada, are so proud of the appointment of Dr Chidinma Thompson as the first black Justice of the Kings Court of the Bench in Canada. Mrs. Lillian Alli-Balogun, President of Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) Americas, Calgary Chapter, …
Read More »Matawalle reiterates ban on camouflage uniforms
By Deborah Coker Abuja, Feb. 19, 2024 The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, has reiterated the ban on unauthorised use of camouflage uniforms in the country. Matawalle said the present security situation warranted that only the Armed Forces and the Police should use camouflage uniforms while on joint …
Read More »Missing gaps in renewed hope agenda By Alabi Williams
19 February, 2024 Cries of hunger and despondency in the land have left the realm of speculation. The confusion and hardship in communities have reached a pitiable state, where citizens don’t have assurances of how the next meal can be put together, not because they’re lazy, just that the means …
Read More »Nigeria’s unemployment rate rises to 5% in Q3 2023, NBS Report reveals
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released its “Nigeria Labour Force Statistics Report Q3 2023” on Monday, February 19, indicating a significant increase in the country’s unemployment rate during the period. According to the report, the unemployment rate surged to 5.0% in the third quarter of 2023, marking an increase …
Read More »Abia Govt to build tuition-free schools for skills acquisition; Geometric Power Generating Company to be commissioned Saturday
By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Umuahia, Feb. 19,2024 The Abia Government says that plans are under way to set up tuition-free schools for skills acquisition in the three senatorial zones of the state. This is as arrangements are in top gear for the commissioning of the Geometric Power Generating Company on Saturday, …
Read More »Ogun Assembly summons ex-Information Commissioner, Odusile over alleged financial infractions
By Abiodun Lawal Abeokuta, Feb. 19, 2024 The Ogun Assembly has summoned a former Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Waheed Odusile, for clarification of some financial infractions contained in the 2021 and 2022 audit reports. Mr Damilare Bello, Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts and Anti-Corruption, issued the directive …
Read More »Woman gives birth on Lagos road (See picture)
By Henry Oladele Lagos, Feb. 18, 2024 A pregnant woman on Monday was said to have delivered a baby boy on a Lagos road. The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who made this known in a statement, said the mother and the baby …
Read More »Online publisher, Rose Moses’ father, Pa Moses Ehiri, passes on to glory at 93
Beloved community leader, Elder Moses Ndukanma Ehiri, the father of Newsmart Online publisher, Rose Moses, has passed on to glory, aged 93. Ms. Rose Moses, a former Editor of Saturday Champion as well as Daily Times Nigeria, shared the heartbreaking news of the passing of her beloved father, said in a …
Read More »Former Abia Assembly Deputy Speaker decamps from PDP to APC
The immediate past deputy speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Ifeanyi Uchendu, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Uchendu, who hails from Isiama Ward, served in the 7th Abia Assembly and represented the Ohafia South State Constituency. Notably, he …
Read More »Tragedy as lion attacks, kills OAU staff
The management, staff, students and the entire Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, campus community have been thrown into mourning following the untimely death of Mr. Olabode Olawuyi. A release by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju, stated that Mr. Olawuyi, a Veterinary Technologist, who has been …
Read More »Dangote Cement trucks wrongfully intercepted in Adamawa – Management
…We don’t need to export to Cameroun where we have an existing cement plant The management of Dangote Cement Plc has stated that two of its trucks that were wrongly intercepted in Adamawa State have been released. The company stated that the two trucks loaded with 900 bags of cement …
Read More »Court discharges Sowore, Bakare, orders DSS to release seized items
By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Feb. 19, 2024 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, discharged Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare of alleged treasonable felony preferred against them by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Lateef Fagbemi, SAN. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling after counsel for the AGF, A.R. …
Read More »Bukar Abba Ibrahim: The man who touched my life (2) By Hassan Gimba
Adamu Maina Waziri is one politician most people misunderstand. He is one man who does not suffer fools and, unlike the typical politician, he shoots from the hip, the reason some saw him as “crude”. His word is his bond; and if you asked him for a favour that he …
Read More »NNPC Biennial Sports Fiesta opens in Abuja
By Aderonke Ojo Abuja, Feb. 18, 2024 The Biennial Sports Fiesta of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has opened in Abuja on Sunday with athletes from the company’s three zones participating. The athletes will compete for laurels in football, basketball, volleyball, chess, squash, scrabble, 8-ball pool, golf, tennis, …
Read More »Presidency cautions Atiku against negative economic assumptions
By Ismail Abdulaziz Abuja, Feb. 19, 2024 The presidency has cautioned former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, against negative assumptions about the economy in the face of the various positive reforms instituted by the administration. Mr. Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, stated this in a …
Read More »NUJ urges security agencies to heighten interception of grains at int’l borders
By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto Feb. 18, 2024 The Sokoto State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged security operatives tasked with intercepting truckloads of assorted grains to heighten their operations along the international borders. In a statement issued to newsmen in Sokoto on Sunday, signed by Dalhatu …
Read More »Provide passport printers in New York, Nigerians in US urge FG
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Feb. 19, 2024 Nigerians in New York, USA, have again appealed to the Federal Government to provide passport production printers to the Nigeria Consulate to enhance smooth passport services in the U.S. The concerned Nigerians made the call at the virtual 12th Town Hall Meeting …
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