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William Attah, Gombe The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Japanese Government are implementing a one year programme in Gombe State that is aimed at improving the lot of marginalized groups, especially women and girls. It will specifically provide second chance education opportunities, incorporating training on …

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has congratulated one of its former Presidents, Garba Deen Mohammed (FNGE), on his appointment as the Group General Manager (Public Affairs) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).   In a press statement signed on Thursday by its President, Mustapha Isah and the General …

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has charged members of the Board of the NNPC Greenfield Refinery Limited (NGRL), to explore all available options to bring an end to the current challenge of petroleum products importation. Mallam Kyari gave the charge Thursday …

By Funmilayo Adeyemi Abuja, Aug. 20, 2021   President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Prof. Ishaq Oloyede as  Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)  for another five years.   Buhari also approved the reappointment of the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof. Adamu Rasheed, …

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has hailed the recent Appeal Court judgment affirming its operatorship of the Oil Mining License 11 (OML 11), describing it as a huge victory for Nigeria and the beginning of addressing decades of host community restiveness. The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Monday …

The African Diaspora Congress (ADC) has condemned in strong terms, what it described as “the inhuman treatment of a Nigerian Diplomat by Indonesian Immigration Officers,” insisting that “it breaches all ethical, diplomatic, and international protocols.” The ADC, in a statement by its Secretary General and Director of Media & Publicity, …

By Michael West August 20, 2021 In what looks like an adultery scandal, the news went viral a couple of weeks ago about one Pastor Moses Adeeyo, General Overseer of Word Bank Assembly, Eneka, Obio/Akpor local council area of Rivers State, who was alleged to have “snatched” one Tina, from …

By David Adeoye Ibadan, Aug. 20, 2021 A former Governor of Anambra, Mr Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government to invest the funds being borrowed in profitable ventures to enhance the nation’s socioeconomic development. Obi made the call on Thursday, while speaking with newsmen shortly after his courtesy …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Aug. 19, 2021 The Presidency has constituted a presidential delegation ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Kano for the marriage of his son, Yusuf Buhari, to Zahra Bayero, on Friday. Zahra is the daughter of Nasiru Ado Bayero, the Emir of Bichi in Kano State. …

By Jacinta Nwachukwu Abuja, Aug. 19, 2021 The Managing Director, Nestle Nigeria, Mr Wassim Elhusseini, on Thursday, restated the organisation’s commitment to training and equipping youths with employable technical skills. Elhusseini gave the assurance at the graduation ceremony of the 2019/2021 Batch two Technical Training Centre Students in Abaji. He …

  By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Aug. 19, 2021 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says 11 political parties have substituted their nominations for the Nov. 6 Anambra governorship poll. In a statement on Thursday in Abuja, Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said …

The country has been agog this week with fallout from the signing of the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law. That legislation has now become Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). President Muhammadu Buhari has done what Napoleon couldn’t do. Again and again. The Bill had defied Olusegun Obasanjo who introduced …

Lately, the local and international media has been awash with the frightening developments in Afghanistan. Albeit, those abreast with the sequence of events in the South Asian country can only see the takeover of power by the Taliban as an inevitability, rather than a surprise. This is what happens in …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Aug. 19, 2021  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says it is in the nature of God to create new beginnings, stressing that Nigeria is on course for one, regardless of all doubts. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, said the Vice President …

My belief in the efficacy of market forces as the cure for voodoo economics remains unshaken. And so I welcome the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) which came into effect this Monday. What irks me is its lateness in coming, and what I dread is its shoddy implementation.  Twenty wasted years …

Former Abia State governor, Senator Theodore Orji was arrested, Thursday by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives in Abuja. Orji,who  represents Abia Central Senatorial District at the Senate, was picked up the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at about 10am and brought to the headquarters of the EFCC at Jabi, Abuja where …

Dennis Udoma, Uyo Worried by the alleged procurement frauds rocking the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN), Oron, Akwa Ibom State, the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has concluded plans to carry out a forensic investigation of the financial transactions of the institution. This followed petitions to the Economic and Financial …

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has set up an in-house panel to study in details available documents related to the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP Abba Kyari, former head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, of the Nigeria Police Force indicted by a Report of the Federal Bureau of Investigation …

Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) will be ministering, today, Thursday, August 19, 2021, at the 25th Annual Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) The Americas. The theme of the Silver Jubilee Anniversary of RCCG The Americas is A New Beginning and the program is …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Aug. 18, 2021 The UN has said that four days after the devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit south-western Haiti, the level of destruction and desperation was becoming increasingly evident as the death toll surged to nearly 2,000. The global body said on Wednesday that the …

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja said Nigeria lost an estimated $50billion worth of investments in ten years, created by the uncertainty of non-passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), lack of progress and stagnation in the petroleum industry. In his remarks at a ceremony on the passage of the …

  Ahiazu Mbaise, Imo State Nigeria, August 17, 2021: The Imo State government has been told to urgently rehabilitate roads in Mbaise, especially those that have become death traps for users. The call was made by a high powered delegation, to the just concluded 2021 Iriji Mbaise (New Yam) festival, …

Seeking best-in-class ways to safeguard the resources of its customers, Access Bank PLC has introduced the *901*911# USSD code, a solution that allows customers act swiftly to prevent fraudulent activities on their accounts.  The service allows customers of all account types to deactivate a USSD profile simply by dialling *901*911# …

   By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto, Aug. 18, 2021 Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday inaugurated tree plantation of 2 million seedlings for 2021 to improve the economic growth of the state through economic trees. The state Ministry of Environment in partnership with state Zakkat and Endowment Commission flagged …

Les Cayes (Haiti), Aug. 18, 2021 Haitians on Wednesday voiced anger over the lack of government aid as they spent the fourth night in the open, many without clean water and food. Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who flew to visit the worst-affected town of Les Cayes in southwest Haiti soon …