NIPCO Gas Ltd. and its Joint Venture Partner, NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd. (NGML), on Wednesday inaugurated a gas supply project for the Lekki Free Zone Development Company (LFZDC) in Lagos. The project is delivering over 100 Million standard cubic feet (MMscf) of gas daily. During the inauguration, the Managing...
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas, has condemned state complicity in the ongoing farmer-herder clashes across the country. Abbas made this statement on Wednesday at a stakeholders’ meeting of the House of Representatives Committee on Environment, which aimed to address the impact of climate change...
A former federal lawmaker, Mr Sam Onuigbo, has intervened in the political dispute between Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, and Abia State Governor, Alex Otti. He urged those fueling the crisis to desist, warning that their actions could create unnecessary tension in the state....
The Kwara Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday in Ilorin announced the seizure of a large consignment of cannabis sativa valued at about N57.6 million. The Command’s Area Controller, Comptroller Faith Ojeifo, told newsmen the seizure was made on July 3 based on credible intelligence. ”It...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – To ensure full compliance with the Federal Government’s 2020 policy to link all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) to National Identity Numbers (NINs), the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has directed all Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to complete the mandatory verification and linkage of SIMs to...
The Centre for Crisis Communication (CCC) has sounded the alarm on Nigeria’s escalating kidnapping crisis, urging the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency to address the national security threat. The Chairman of the CCC, Major General Chris Olukolade (Rtd), in a press release, expressed concern that the...
A university lecturer, Dr Stella Aririguzuh, has said banning under-18 students from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will lead to capital flight. Aririguzuh, who is the Head, Department of Mass Communication, Covenant University at Ota in Ogun, stated this on Wednesday while speaking with...
Ten foreigners were killed when a bus they were traveling in overturned in South Africa’s Limpopo Province Tuesday night, local authorities said Wednesday. The bus was en route to Johannesburg from neighboring Zimbabwe when the accident happened on the N1 highway near Makhado, the Limpopo Provincial Department of Transport...
The Plateau House of Assembly has reduced the tenure of elected local government officials from three to two years. The House Committee Chairman on Information, Mr Matthew Kwarpo, told newsmen on Wednesday in Jos that the reduction was in line with amended Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC) Law...
Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri has pointedly addressed the issue of fuel smuggling to neighbouring countries, saying that smugglers would continue to have a field day as long as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited imports fuel and sells it below the landing cost....
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command, says 16 people were burned to death and five injured in a road accident on Tuesday night. Ondo State Sector Commander of FRSC, Samuel Ibitoye, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Ibitoye said that...
The late President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Emmanual Iwuanyanwu is to be buried on Nov. 1. The national burial committee announced this in Abuja shortly after its inauguration by Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo . The inauguration which held on Tuesday in Abuja had South-East stakeholders including serving and...
The police in Enugu State have detained a 30-yearold man for the alleged murder of his neighbour’s four-year-old daughter while she was sleeping. This is contained in a statement issued by the Enugu State Police Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukw. ”On Aug.18, police operatives serving in the command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigeria Immigration Service has ordered the immediate repatriation of a Zimbabwean cleric, Mr Eben Nhiwatawi for allegedly violating immigration laws. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Mr Kenneth Udo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja. It would be recalled...
The Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, is currently in Niger Republic for a meeting with the Nigerien Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Mousa Barmo. The Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, made this known to newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. The photographs released...
The Correctional Officers Pencom Retirees Association of Nigeria (COPRAN), says the contributory Pension Commission (PenCom) scheme is worsening the challenges of retirees. COPRAN, in a petition to President Bola Tinubu, Senate President, Speaker House of Representatives, Minister of Labour, and Human Rights Commission, among others, said that pensioners were...
As the inflation occasioned by weak naira inflation, a wide dollar gap and high energy cost impacts on Nigeria’s economy the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) is conceiving various means to ameliorate the situation. Improving the volume of Foreign Exchange (FX) into the economy as means of moderating the...
The police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a 38-year old man, Lucky Ugwauka, in Badagry for allegedly defiling his 10-year-old daughter. Ugwauka, whose address was not provided, is charged with defilement, before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Insp Ayodele...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Governing Council of Akperan Orshi Polytechnic Yandev, Gboko has sought for royal blessings and wise counsel from the paramount ruler of the Tiv nation, HRM Tor Tiv Professor James Ortese Iorzua Ayatse. The Governing Council was led by its Chairman, Dr Victoria...