Nick AguleEmail: nick.agule@yahoo.co.ukX: @NickAgule, FCAFacebook: Nick Agule, FCA President Tinubu never lets an opportunity to slip to showcase the reforms embarked upon by his government chiefly of which are removal of petrol subsidy and unification of foreign exchange rates. Recently in China, the President told a group of Nigerians...
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Ahead of the 21 September governorship election in Edo, the Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) has endorsed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo. Dr Samson Isibor, CRPP State Chairman, made the announcement on Friday at a meeting attended by state and local government executives in Benin....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Spotify, online music streaming platform has announced Afropop sensation, Yemi Alade as its EQUAL Africa artiste for the month of September. Spotify’s Head of Music for Sub-Saharan Africa, Phiona Okumu, announced this in in a statement on Friday in Lagos. The head of music...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – A high ranking officer of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore Akinbuwa Ayodele, has reportedly used his military might and demolished a twin flat housing four units of houses belonging to Dr. Andrew Ayabam and a rice farm, all in Makurdi. The...
Severe flooding in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has claimed at least 30 lives and forced 400,000 people from their homes, officials said Wednesday. “The death toll is 30,” National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesman Ezekiel Manzo told AFP a day after water from an overflowing dam swept...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has reported that 1,048,312 people have been affected by flooding in Nigeria between April and September 2024. The Director-General of NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, disclosed this at the National Emergency Coordination Forum (ECF) in Abuja on Thursday. Umar stated that 625,239 persons had...
Bandits have killed seven security personnel, including three soldiers of the Nigerian Army and four personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, in an attack on the Zamfara highway on Thursday. The security personnel were repelling the bandits’ attack when they were ambushed and killed. The state’s Commissioner of Police,...
The People Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo on Thursday called on Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, to redeploy the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Anugbum Onuoha, over alleged ties with FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike. Dr Anthony Aziegbemi, the state Chairman of PDP told newsmen in Benin that the...
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has called on Labour Party (LP) supporters in Edo to safeguard their votes during the state’s Sept. 21 governorship election. Otti, who joined the LP candidate for the Edo governorship election, Olumide Akpata, during campaign rallies on Thursday in Benin, said that the...
he Federal Government has signed the Cape Town Convention (CTC) Practice Directions to reduce the cost of airline operations in Nigeria’s aviation sector. The signing took place during a stakeholders’ meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), chaired by Vice-President Kashim Shettima at the Presidential Villa, Abuja....
· Says Governor of Peace, Mayor of Peace, and Queen of Peace will create Community of Peace By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Renowned real estate success strategist, My-ACE China, has declared that Port Harcourt can compete with Dubai, if peace is promoted effectively by all stakeholders. Better known as...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed payment service providers to begin the tracking of all Point of Sale (PoS) transactions. In a circular issued recently, , the CBN ordered Payment Service Providers (PSPs) to regularize their connections with Payment Terminal Service Aggregators...
President Bola Tinubu has welcomed the latest report on the country’s trade balance by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to the report, Nigeria recorded another trade surplus in the second quarter of 2024, hitting N6.95 trillion, which is 6.60 per cent higher than the N6.52 trillion surplus...
A total of 40 female farmers in Delta, on Thursday, received grants worth N10 million to boost their agro-businesses under the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) of the Wife of the President, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu. Also, no fewer than 1,200 indigent households received food items, courtesy of the president’s wife...
The domestic bourse, on Thursday, rebounded with N178 billion profit, following gains from Tier-one banks, as well as some large and medium capitalised stocks. Investors’ renewed interest in Guaranty Trust Holding Company(GTCO),FBN Holdings, Access Corporation, Nestle, Transnational Corporation and Oando Plc, among other advanced equities drove the market up....
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Owan Enoh says the National Youth Games (NYG) holds special significance as a beacon of hope for the revitalisation of the sports industry in Nigeria. The minister said this on Thursday in Asaba at the opening of the 8th edition of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has said that the state government would support rebuilding of the GSM village at Kpata in Lokoja ravaged by fire on Thursday to enable victims of the fire disaster have their sources of livelihood restored. Governor Ododo gave...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Iormem Alia has sworn in the new and first female Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Mrs. Deborah Serumun Aber at Government House, Makurdi. Performing the ceremony on Thursday, the Governor informed that the SSG would be coordinating...
UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, is positioning itself at the forefront of Africa’s green revolution, advocating for climate action and a greener future. In a bold move to champion environmental sustainability across Africa, the UBA Foundation has embarked on the...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, restrained the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, SKECC Nigeria Ltd and others from taking any action that would jeopardise a suit filed in respect of a mining site in Kishi, Oyo State. Justice Emeka Nwite, who gave the order, also ordered...