By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, Feb. 1, 2024 The Abia State Government says it has started discussion with the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) on how the government will get directly involved in distributing power in Umuahia, the state capital, and its environs. Gov. Alex Otti disclosed this on Thursday night during …
Read More »Minister visits Dangote Cement Ibese, lauds Plant’s promotion of best practices
…Commends coy. for vital roles in economic diversification The Federal Government has commended the leading roles being played by the Dangote Group to complement government’s efforts to diversify the nation’s economy and the company’s dedication to promotion of best practices in all its operations. The commendation came even as the …
Read More »CBN relaxes restrictions on fx rates quoted by IMTOs
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, Feb. 1, 2023 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has removed allowable limit of exchange rate quoted by the International Money Transfer Operators (IMTOs). This is according to a circular signed by Dr Hassan Mahmud, the Director, Trade and Exchange Department of the CBN, addressed to …
Read More »Actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, sentenced to six months in jail for tampering with Naira Notes
Popular actress, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, has been sentenced to six months in jail by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, for tampering with and spraying new Naira notes at a social gathering in Lagos. The conviction was reported by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) …
Read More »Dangote receives National Order of the Lion Award of Senegal; Tinubu, others congratulate frontline businessman
President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has been conferred with the prestigious award of the National Order of the Lion by President Macky Sall of the Republic of Senegal. The National Order of the Lion Award is the highest civilian laurel to be bestowed on any individual in the West …
Read More »ECOWAS: Is this the beginning of the end? By Azu Ishiekwene
Mali and Burkina Faso obviously have a lot more in common than squaring off in a game of football like they just did in the Round of 16 knockout stage of the African Nations Cup (AFCON), in Cote d’Ivoire. Along with Niger, these countries have been a great source of …
Read More »Imo journalist narrates how son escaped from kidnappers’ den
By Peter Okolie Owerri, Feb. 1, 2024 An Imo-based journalist, Mr. Reginald Mbajunwa, has narrated how his 17-year-old son, Nzubechi, was kidnapped by hoodlums on his way to Church for a crossover night on Wednesday, January 31. Mbajunwa, the Director of News at the Imo Broadcasting Corporation, told newsmen on …
Read More »Nigerian Academy of Science appoints President-elect, Vice President
The Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS), at its Annual General Meeting held in Lagos on Thursday, January 25, 2024 appointed Professor Abubakar Sani Sambo FAS as its President-elect. Sambo, who is the immediate past Vice-President of the Academy, is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. A statement by Dr M. Oladoyin …
Read More »Security: Gani Adams urges Ooni to organize Conference for traditional rulers
By Dorcas Elusogbon Ile-Ife (Osun), Jan. 31, 2024 The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, has charged the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, to organises a conference for traditional rulers where security for their communities will be discussed. Adams gave the charge during his courtesy …
Read More »Sen Lamido assists students of constituents with over N200m in Sokoto
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The Senator representing Sokoto East Senatorial District of Sokoto State, Ibrahim Lamido, Wednesday flagged off the disbursement of 50,000 naira each to 5,852 students from his constituency. Addressing benefiting students from across the eight local government areas of his senatorial zone, the Senator hinted that, his …
Read More »NSCDC arrests six for illegal petroleum dealing, impersonation in Akwa Ibom
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Akwa Ibom Command, has announced the arrest of six suspects in connection with criminal conspiracy, illegal dealing in petroleum products, and impersonation. The arrest was made on the Calabar-Itu highway on Monday, January 29, 2024, following a tip-off received by operatives of …
Read More »N683 billion grant: State Varsities tackle Reps; Say ‘your directive to TETFund won’t stand’
The Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities (COPSUN) has protested the decision of the House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to stop the implementation of the 2024 TETFund intervention in State Universities. The National Assembly had stopped the N683 billion TETFund intervention projects slated for 2024 …
Read More »Pipeline explosion kills 5 vandals in Imo – Police
By Peter Okolie Owerri, Jan. 31, 2024 The Police command in Imo on Wednesday, confirmed the death of five vandals in an explosion that rocked Obitti community in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Henry Okoye, who confirmed the incident …
Read More »Rivers Court stops Police action against Gov. Fubara’s Chief of Staff; Abuja Court orders his arrest
A Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has granted an ex-parte motion filed by Edison Ehie, Chief of Staff to Governor Sim Fubara. The motion seeks to restrain the Nigerian Police and other security agencies from arresting, detaining, or harassing Ehie regarding his alleged involvement in the explosion at …
Read More »The Beautiful Game is the only Nigerian vehicle By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
It’s only one vehicle bearing the legend “One Nigeria” that plies the badly maintained roads to the turf of this benighted country. That long-suffering vehicle is called football or soccer or, on the aficionado frequencies, the beautiful game. When Nigeria plays, all men and women and children, plus even the …
Read More »FBN Holdings appoints Otedola Chairman, Board of Directors
By Rukayat Adeyemi Lagos, Jan.31, 2024 FBN Holdings Plc on Wednesday appointed Mr. Olufemi Otedola its new Chairman, Board of Directors. The Holdings announced this in a notification signed by the Company’s Secretary, Mr. Adewale Arogundade, and sent to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) in Lagos. The appointment was a …
Read More »We will win Saturday’s by-election in Ondo State – LP says
By Muftau Ogunyemi Akure, Jan. 30, 2024 The Labour Party (LP) in Ondo State, says it is optimistic that its candidate, Mr. Ibrahim Abass, will win the by-election in Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West Federal constituency. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the by-election scheduled for Saturday, Feb. …
Read More »PDP clears 10 aspirants for Edo guber primaries (See who is in)
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Jan. 30, 2024 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cleared 10 aspirants for the Feb. 22 Edo governorship primary election. The PDP National Organising Secretary, Mr. Umar Bature, said this when he spoke with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the aspirants had been …
Read More »CBN pays additional $64 million, concludes fx payment of verified airlines claims
By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, Jan. 30, 2024 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has concluded the payment of all verified claims by airlines with an additional 64.44 million dollars. Mrs. Hakama Sidi-Ali, CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, said this in a statement on Tuesday. Sidi-Ali said that the apex …
Read More »Court orders Sen. Victor Umeh to repay N136m bank debt to AMCON
By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Jan. 30, 2024 A Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered Sen. Victor Umeh to pay about N136 million to the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) over his unpaid bank loan. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/AMC/12/2022, also ordered Umeh, who represents …
Read More »How Bafarawa diverted N4.6bn from Office of National Security Adviser (See who got what)…. Witness.
A Second Prosecution Witness, PW2, in the trial of a former governor of Sokoto State Attahiru Bafarawa, Kassim Yusuf, on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, recounted before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja, that the former governor diverted a staggering N4.6billion he received as security …
Read More »Police arrest suspected kidnappers 24 hours after killing of 2 traditional rulers in Ekiti State
T The suspects Opeyemi Gbemiro Ado-Ekiti, Jan. 30, 2024 Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of five suspected kidnappers, 24 hours after the killing of two traditional rulers in the state. However, the Police Public Relations Office stated that it could not confirm whether the kidnappers were connected …
Read More »Fidelity Bank supports Temile Development Company to boost Nigeria’s gas revenues
In what has been termed a significant milestone in the advancement of Nigeria’s domestic gas industry and the generation of gas revenues, Temile Development Company Ltd – a key indigenous player in the oil and gas industry, has commissioned a 23,000 cubic meters ultramodern Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Carrier. Named …
Read More »Nigerian Senate summons security chiefs amid escalating insecurity
In response to the escalating insecurity plaguing Nigeria, the Senate has taken decisive action by summoning the nation’s security chiefs to appear in the upper chamber of the National Assembly. This move comes as the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, presented a motion on urgent national importance during the plenary …
Read More »Police commence investigation into dumping of dead body in Uyo
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has commenced investigation to fish-out persons responsible for the killing and dumping of a dead human body in the Uyo metropolis of Akwa Ibom State. Residents of Ekpri Nsukara in the Uyo metropolis woke-up in the morning of Monday, January 29, 2024 to the …
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