The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has cautioned the HydroCarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP), the agency responsible for the management of the Ogoni cleanup, against embezzling the Ogoni water project funds recently approved by Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari. President of MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke, made the call …
Read More »Zulum urges cordial relationship between Gov, Deputy Gov
By Yakubu Uba Maiduguri, May 19, 2021 Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno says cordial relationship between a governor and his deputy is very important in enhancing trust and good governance. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zulum, the first elected Borno Governor to transmit power to his deputy …
Read More »Senate names Chairmen of zonal public hearings, states position on Constitution Review; Wants maximum punishment for rail line vandals
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that the National Assembly holds no predetermined position on any issue of interest to Nigerians ahead of moves to amend the 1999 Constitution. Lawan made this known during plenary on Wednesday, in his remarks after reading a letter signed by the Chairman …
Read More »Tambuwal inaugurates 3rd national urban water project in Sokoto
By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto May 19, 2021 Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Wednesday inaugurated the Bado-Kasarawa Water Supply Project under the 3rd National Urban Water Sector Reform Project (3rd NUWSRP) in Sokoto. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project is part of the commitments signed …
Read More »Nigeria committed to relationship with The Gambia — Osinbajo
By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, May 19, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria will continue to support the aspirations and activities of the government and people of The Gambia especially in ways that promote African brotherhood. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said that the …
Read More »Ohanaeze Ndigbo South Africa seeks justice for slain member
By Emmanuel Afonne Abuja, May 19, 2021 The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, South Africa (ONSA), has prayed the country’s court to ensure that justice is served and quick too in the case of its slain 38-year-old member. Mr Mendis Uzodimma, a youth entrepreneur in South Africa, was murdered in cold blood by …
Read More »Diette-Spiff, Twon Brass Monarch, flees as protesting Agip host community in Bayelsa persists
The Twon Brass community in Bayelsa, hosts to Agip’s Crude Export Terminal, has continued ongoing protests against lingering power outage in the settlement and shunned entreaties from the Monarch, King Alfred Diette-Spiff. The people alleged that the monarch was complicit in several efforts by Agip to shortchange the community and …
Read More »President Buhari assures investors of stable fiscal policies, urges more training, employment of youths
President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Paris, France, urged investors to further explore vast opportunities of human and natural resources in Nigeria, while assuring that fiscal policies will be more favourable, predictable and measurably tilted towards creating harmonious business environment. The President held meetings with Chairman/CEO of Total, Patrick Pouyanne, Executive …
Read More »UNILAG attracts N12 billion research grants
By Chinyere Nwachukwu Lagos, May 18, 2021 The University of Lagos (UNILAG) attracted N12 billion research grants in the past three and half years, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has said. Ogundipe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos on …
Read More »Prison escapees rearrested in Imo – Police
By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, May 19, 2021 The Police Command in Imo says it has re-arrested three prisoners who escaped from the Correctional Centre in Owerri, following an attack on the centre on April 5, 2021. This is contained in a release signed by Police Public Relations Officer in the …
Read More »NLNG commissions ultra-modern, smart head office in Port Harcourt
Senate considers bill to prohibit ransom payment to kidnappers …proposes 15 years imprisonment for defaulters
The Senate on Wednesday considered a bill that seeks to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined. The Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which scaled second reading during plenary is sponsored by Senator Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi, the senator representing Imo east …
Read More »NLNG signs MoU with USAID to eliminate malaria in Bonny
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) today signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the U.S. Agency For International Development (USAID) to make Bonny Island, its operational base, malaria free. The MoU was signed by NLNG’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Tony Attah on behalf of NLNG and the United States Ambassador …
Read More »Arsonists set INEC’s offices in Ebonyi ablaze
By Douglas Okoro Abakaliki, May 19, 2021 Arsonists have attacked three offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi and set them ablaze in the early hours of Wednesday. The offices are located at Ezza North and Izzi local government areas of the state respectively . Mr Cornelius …
Read More »Buhari meets Macron, gets assurances of support; Seeks debt relief for African nations
President Muhammadu Buhari and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron have committed their two nations to working together to fight insecurity bedeviling the Lake Chad basin area and the entire stretch of the Sahel region. Speaking at a bilateral meeting, at which he hosted the Nigerian leader on the sidelines of …
Read More »Just thinking aloud… (III) By Bola Bolawole
turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 As the two lost-but-found friends lap up the remnants of their pepper-soup, washing it down with the last drops in their beer bottle, one of them suddenly went Afghanistan, as it were. He dipped his hand into his bag and brought out a black book saying, …
Read More »Movie producer, 19 others arrested for alleged internet fraud in Calabar
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday May 18, 2021, arrested one Emmanuel Eneji, a 23-year-old movie producer and nineteen others for alleged internet fraud in Calabar, Cross River State. The nineteen suspects whose ages range between 19 and 36 are: …
Read More »NSCDC impounds truck, arrests suspects with adulterated product in Bayelsa
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Bayelsa on Tuesday said it arrested four suspects and impounded a truck laden with suspected adulterated petroleum products. Mrs Christiana Abiakam-Omanu, Bayelsa Commandant of the NSCDC who announced the development in a statement issued in Yenagoa attributed the feat to …
Read More »Sub-Saharan Africa requires $40bn annually for energy transition plans — Osinbajo
By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, May 18, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Sub-Saharan African will require annual investment of 40 billion dollars to implement a robust energy transition plan. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja said that the vice president said this in his keynote …
Read More »Emefiele faults claims of imbalance in agric interventions …Tasks stakeholders on food security
ADO-EKITI The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has faulted claims in certain quarters suggesting that the Bank’s targeted interventions in the agricultural sector are tilted in favour of a certain section of the country. Mr. Emefiele made the clarification in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Tuesday, May …
Read More »Post-COVID-19: Nigeria, France must seize chance to strengthen military, economic ties
By Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Today, leaders from across Africa meet in Paris to discuss plans to recover from the impact of a common enemy – COVID-19. But for African nations from across the Sahel region and beyond, the issues are inseparable from the fight against another …
Read More »N2.343trn new borrowing request captured in 2021 budget – DMO
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, May 18, 2021 The Debt Management Office (DMO) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s request for N2.343 trillion new borrowing was already captured in the 2021 budget. The DMO made the clarification in tweets on Tuesday following Buhari’s request to the National Assembly to approve the …
Read More »President Macron of France confers with Aliko Dangote
Imo Police Command gets new Police Public Relations Officer
Imo State Police Command has announced the resumption of duties of a new Police Public Relations Officer for the Command, SP Bala Elkana who takes over from SP Ikeokwu Godson Orlando who has been redeployed to the Ondo State Police Command. A statement by SP Orlando, the outgoing PPRO for …
Read More »Aregbesola suspends processing of Nigerian passport applications
Processing of new passport applications and renewal of expired ones in all passport offices has been suspended effective Monday, May 17, 2021. The directive to this effect was issued by Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, through a circular by A.B Yarima, Deputy Comptroller General (PTD), for the Comptroller General …
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