The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Sunday said it has commenced the rehabilitation and replacement of old circuit breakers in the nation’s transmission network. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’s General Manager, Public Affairs, said this in a statement issued in Abuja. According to her, the project is geared towards...
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The African Development Bank (AfDB), has earmarked $110 million for projects under the Special Agricultural Processing Zone in Kano State. The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, Mr Abba Anwar, stated this in a statement issued in Kano on Sunday. Anwar quoted the AfDB...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government said it has proposed a legislation to increase funding from the consolidated revenue fund to the nation’s basic education sector. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said the move would see an increase from the current 2 percent to 3 percent...
A team of Nigerian Medical Doctors has successfully conducted free open heart surgeries in Sokoto. Members of the team were drawn from Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. The surgeries were conducted at the Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, (UDUTHS) Sokoto,...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to completely remove fuel and electricity subsidies early next year. In its preliminary findings at the end of its official staff visit to the country under the Artile IV Mission, IMF also called for reforms in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it operatives has arrested a Brazil based drug dealer, Okafor Moses in connection with over 2.55 kilograms of cocaine. The NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, who stated this in a statement...
The North-South Economists’ Forum, NSEF, a focus group of development economists, has faulted the notice by some Nigerians to occupy the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in order to force the CBN governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, to resign. Some Nigerian youths under the aegis of Nigerian Youth Initiative for...
Senator Hezekiah Dimka (APC/Plateau Central) has trained over 1000 youths and women in his constituency on entrepreneurial skills and empowered them with take-off grants. This is contained in a statement signed by his media aide, Mr Katdapba Gobum and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Some Nigerian stakeholders in the North-East have identified obsolete environmental and forestry laws as a trigger for the continuous plundering of forests for firewood and charcoal in the zone. Others say that acute scarcity of kerosene and high cost of gas are major obstacles to effective conservation of forest...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Agricultural Mechanization Cooperative Society (NAMCS) has resolved to empowered about 15 million Nigerians, particularly women, in poultry farming. Vice President of the cooperative society, Dr Aminu Abdulkadir, stated this on Saturday at a news conference in Abuja. He also inaugurated the FCT...
BY JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to publish the names of those indicted in the alleged misappropriation of over N6 trillion in the running of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) between 2000...
Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company says it is seeking foreign technical expertise to halt the ongoing oil leak at an oilfield it operates in Nembe, Bayelsa. It was learnt that the oil leak occurred on November 5, 2021. Aiteo, in a statement issued by its spokesman, Mathew Ndianabasi,...
A former governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Senator Gbenga Aluko, is dead. The Ode-Ekiti-born politician was said to have died on Saturday after he collapsed in his office in Abuja. According to Television Continental, he was rushed to a hospital where he passed on. TVC reported that one of...
Kogi State’s Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, has said that the state government has facts to disprove the allegations the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had leveled against it. The commissioner disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists, stating that the Kogi Government...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, has ordered the immediate ban on the sale of motorcycles across the state. This follows the incessant security challenges in parts of the state, in addition to the demands for motorcycles as ransom by bandits and kidnappers in recent...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says no fewer than six startups owned by young Nigerians have grown from scratch to billion dollar businesses in recent years. Osinbajo was the Special Guest of Honour at the Graduation Ceremony of Senior Executive Course 43, 2021 of the National Institute for Policy and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday celebrated the former President Goodluck Jonathan as he marks his 64th birthday, saying Nigerians across the divides are proud of him. The National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, who stated this in a statement in...
Former Governor of Lagos State and a Chieftain of the All Progressive’s Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Saturday visited the Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, in his Abuja residence. Tinubu who arrived Kalu’s residence at 4:25pm and left at about 6:45pm, said that his meeting with...
Ekiti state, the land of honour, has emerged overall winner of the 34th edition of the National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST), held in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state. This was announced during the closing ceremony on Saturday, at the Ekiti Parapo Pavilion Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state. The theme for the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 850 road traffic crashes have been recorded in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) resulting in 159 deaths and 1,572 injuries between January and November, 2021. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), FCT Sector Commander, Mr Oga Ochi, revealed this at the...