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By Muhammad Nasir Sokot, Dec. 14, 2021 The Sokoto State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the 2022 appropriation bill of N188.4 billion for Gov. Aminu Tambuwal’s assent. This development followed the adoption of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation at the plenary sitting of the …

By Emmanuella Anokam Abuja, Dec. 14, 2021 The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC) says it will continue to work tirelessly to ensure sufficient supply of petrol to every part of the country during and beyond the forthcoming festive period. Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Mr. Garba Muhammad, made …

By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, Dec. 14, 2021 (NAN) Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and Gov. Hope Uzodimma for their efforts in attracting the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Clinic to Imo. The Vice President gave the commendation on Tuesday in Owerri while commissioning the MSME clinic, …

By Chinyere Joel-Nwokeoma Lagos, Dec. 14, 2021 The Debt Management Office (DMO) has stressed the need for the Federal Government to increase revenue drive to reduce the country’s debt profile and reduce fresh borrowing. The Director General, DMO, Ms. Patience Oniha, said this during a virtual interactive session tagged: “Nigeria …

By Lizzy Okoji Abuja, Dec. 14, 2021 The United Kingdom has announced that Nigeria and 10 other countries would be removed from its red list from today, Dec. 15, following review of the latest risk assessment from the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The government of the United Kingdom made …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 The past many days, starting from Saturday, December 4, 2021, witnessed, for me, a flurry of activities, beginning with the Distinguished Great Ife Alumni Award hosted at the Marriott Hotel, Lagos by the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly the University of Ife). Sixty alumni …

The Canada Chapter of the Progressive Alliance Forum (PAF) has assured national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tirunbu of the readiness of its members to work with others to actualize his presidential dream. The Forum made their decision known in a letter to the former Governor …

At the end of their sixth meeting held in Damaturu, Yobe State, the Northeast Governors Forum on Tuesday night, issued a five-point communique, mostly bothering on security and power supply. The communique was signed by the forum’s chairman and Governor of Borno State, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, and read out …

Governors of the six states in the North East held a closed door session of their forum’s sixth meeting, in Damaturu, Yobe State capital on Tuesday. The meeting was led by Governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum who is Chairman of the North East Governors Forum, and was hosted …

Abuja, Tuesday, December 14, 2021 The Ghanaian High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency, Rashid Bawa says his country has no intention to harass and embarrass Nigerian citizens coming into the country with regard to COVID-19 Testing Procedures. The Ghanaian envoy was speaking when he visited Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians …

The Igbos have this belief that they are of Jewish stock. Often times, other people who are not Igbos join in this belief that the Igbos are of Jewish origin. This belief which festers without thorough scientific investigation and confirmation has its root in the ability and instinct of the …

Port-Harcourt  Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) Tuesday, in Port Harcourt, awarded postgraduate scholarships to eleven (11) Nigerians to pursue Masters’ degrees in leading universities in the United Kingdom (UK). NLNG offers post-primary, undergraduate, and postgraduate scholarships to students in her host communities and across the country. The Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme was …

By Hilary Akalugwu Nsukka (Enugu State), Dec. 14, 2021 Mr. Simon Odo, a native doctor popularly known as ‘King of Satan’ who married 59 wives with over 300 children and grandchildren is dead. The late Odo, who hailed from Aji in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, died …

Justice Maryam Hassan Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Jabi Abuja, on Tuesday, December 14, 2021, refused an application filed by a former Chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Dr. Ngozi Olejeme to proceed on an urgent trip abroad for medicals. Olejeme was arraigned on October …

Family seeks State’s posthumous honour for Hospital’s First Medical Doctor: Dr. Oguntola Odunbaku Sapara By Cynthia Sapara Your Excellency Sir, it gives me great pleasure to reach out to you on the page of this newspaper to call your attention to the laudable contribution of my great-grandfather, the late Dr. …

The Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa is among the heads of Nigerian Anti-corruption Agencies attending the 9th Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) to the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). The delegation is led by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, …

*Says consultation for next governor of Rivers State has began *Fintiri of Adamawa State inaugurates Ezimgbu Road in Port Harcourt Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says it is now obvious that the Federal Government is not interested in revitalising the nation’s economy because its programmes on stimulation of …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), today Monday, December 13, 2021 commenced the enforcement of Covid-19 vaccination compliance by staff of the agency in its offices across the country. In Abuja, staff of the Commission’s head office in Jabi were screened by management staff led by the Secretary to …

By Fabian Ekeruche Lagos, Dec. 11, 2021 A Relationship and Marriage Counsellor, Mr. Femi Oke, has cautioned youths against substance abuse and drug addiction. Oke, a member of African Network of Professional Counsellors (ANEPCO), gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in …

Dear Jagaban I wish to congratulate Your Excellency, Sen. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the giant strides you have made in Nigeria’s social and political life. Some of us who have followed your political trajectory with keen interest and admiration will readily attest to the enormous value Your Excellency has …

Nzuko Ozo Ndigbo has thrown its weight behind the actualization of a President of Nigeria of South East extraction in 2023. This was one of the major resolutions reached by the representatives of all the Ozo titled men from Igbo land on Sunday, December 5, 2021 at the Donbid Royal …

Monday, 13 December 2021 There is a huge noise over Chief Bisi Akande’s autobiography released on Thursday, December 4, 2021 in Lagos. I have not read the book. But I have read what the media says the book contains. I have also read the book review by a brilliant professor …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Dec. 12, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria’s young generation can find solutions to present and future local and global challenges, with the right ideas, innovation and application of technology. The vice president said that the Federal Government’s National Development Plan 2021-2025 was aimed at …

The UK-Nigeria Diaspora Covid-19 Response Consortium has called on the UK government to immediately rescind its decision to place Nigeria on the Red List of countries resulting from the Omicron variant of Covid-19. The position of the Consortium is contained in a statement in which it stressed that “a failure to reverse …

Containing the spread and impact of Covid-19 is a herculean task for Africa and African governments. It is even more challenging when western countries and their allies deliberately conspire to allow politics and economic nationalism instead of science to define global response to a virus that we know little about. …