A State High Court sitting in Owerri, the Imo capital, has ordered the Imo government to stop the demolition of structures at the Central Market Layout, Owerri. The Judge, I. C. Ibeawuchi, gave the order of interim injunction against Uzodimma and five others, on Thursday. The order of interim...
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Dangote Group’s industrialisation stride in Nigeria has received yet another momentum as federal lawmakers back the company’s stride. Members of the House of Representatives who visited Dangote Cement Plc in Obajana, Kogi State, expressed their delight at the economic impact the company has made in Nigeria’s cement subsector. Speaking...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Media Team of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has issued a warning regarding individuals and groups fraudulently using the governor’s compendium, “5th Verdict”, to solicit money from prominent personalities. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr. Abdurrahman Ahmed Bundi, the Senior Special...
The House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and Related Services has pledged to engage with tertiary institutions to address challenges in accessing crucial intervention funds. The Chairman of the committee, Miriam Onuoha, made the pledge on Thursday when she led the committee’s members on a...
World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked manufacturers of Mpox In Vitro Diagnostics (IVDs) to submit an expression of interest for Emergency Use Listing (EUL). The organisation made the request on Thursday in a statement, adding that the global body had been discussing with manufacturers, about the need for effective...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rains from Friday to Sunday across the country. NiMet`s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja forecasts thunderstorms on Friday over parts of Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, Taraba, Jigawa, Gombe and Bauchi States during the morning hours. According to the agency,...
The Nigerian equity market rebounded from its previous session’s loss on Thursday with N118 billion gain. Investors’ interest in Guaranty Trust Holding Company (GTCO), Nigerian Breweries, Julius Berger, Oando Plc, among other advanced equities pulled the market performance up. Notably, the market capitalisation which opened at N55.261 trillion, added...
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah has said the Enugu mega asphalt plant has the capacity to produce 3,200 tons of asphalt daily. Mbah said this on Thursday at the inauguration of the plant at Emene in Enugu East Council Area. He said the state would also produce inputs for...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Sept. 12 for the signing of Peace Accord for the Edo Governorship election in Benin City. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at an extraordinary meeting with political parties on the 2024 Edo governorship election on Thursday in Abuja. Yakubu...
Maxwell Opara, a lawyer to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, says the Police have retracted their earlier reasons for summoning the labour leader. Opara disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, shortly after the labour leader in company with his lawyers returned from honouring the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of plotting to violently subvert the will of the people in the Sept. 21 governorship election. Media Director of the APC Governorship Campaign Council, Mr Kassim Afegbua, on Thursday in Benin, alleged that the State...
Mr Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has launched an infant and maternal health care initiative, ”Drug Banks for Indigent Patients in Obstetrics & Gynecology and Pediatric Pharmacy Intervention’. This is in the bid to cushion the nation’s efforts towards reducing infant and maternal mortality statistics. Tinubu,...
The death toll from devastating floods that have ravaged South-eastern Bangladesh for weeks reached 52 on Thursday. According to a report from the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry, millions of people remained cut off in parts of the country. Twenty-one more flood-related deaths were reported in Bangladesh on Thursday,...
The Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), says it has arrested two suspects for allegedly supplying illicit drugs to the Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) insurgents in Lake Chad region. The suspects were also alleged to be supplying uniforms and flag materials to the insurgents....
U.S. President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, on Thursday said the U.S. was not seeking a new Cold War with China or change China’s system. Sullivan made this known during a meeting with President Xi Jinping of China in Beijing. He explained that the revitalisation of U.S....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended a four-man syndicate for allegedly impersonating and blackmailing its Chairman, Mr Ola Olukoyede, in a one million dollars fraud. The EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said...
Nigeria has jumped four places in the latest edition of the FIBA World Ranking Women, moving into the top 10 of the rankings and into eighth place. Nigeria, represented by D’Tigress, the senior national women basketball team, had entered the history books few weeks ago at the Paris Olympic...
Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) candidate for the Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State, Dr Abass Mimiko, has called on residents to vote for qualified candidates instead of rotational arrangements. Mimiko, who is the younger brother of former governor Olusegun Mimiko, made the call during a media chat on...
Alhaji Aminu Alkali, Deputy Governor of Taraba, on Thursday requested the North East Development Commission (NEDC), to intervene on the collapsed Namnai bridge along Jalingo -Wukari Federal Highway. Alkali made the request when he received the management team of the NEDC, who paid him a courtesy visit in Jalingo....