By Busayo Onijala President Bola Tinubu has urged the media to expand its monitoring role to states and local governments to ensure that allocated funds were judiciously used to cater for the people and build a self-sustaining economy. Tinubu made this call on Tuesday at the 40th Anniversary Lecture ofContinue Reading
By Aisha Gambo Alhaji Abdullahi Haruna, the Chairman, Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD), Kaduna Unit, says the association is intact and indivisible under the leadership of the new National Chairman, Augustine Egbon. Haruna stated this on Tuesday during a news conference shortly after interacting with the members of PTD at theContinue Reading
Dr Bello Matawalle, the Minister of State for Defence, has advised groups and individuals seeking to foment trouble to steer clear of Nigeria in their own interest. He gave the warning on Friday in Port Harcourt, at the flag-off ceremony of this year’s Chief of Naval Staff Annual Sea InspectionContinue Reading
By Yusuf Yunus In a bid to accelerate development of alternative energy sources, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has expressed its commitment to providing technical support for the provision of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the country. Mr Ahmed Farouk, Chief Executive Officer of the authority,Continue Reading
By Naomi Sharang To enhance effective service delivery, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr Mohammed Idris, has called for the review of laws governing the operations of agencies under the ministry. Mohammed stated this on Wednesday in Abuja during an interactive session with members of the Senate CommitteeContinue Reading
By Taiye Agbaje The British national, Mr James Nolan, who jumped bail in the alleged 9.6 billion dollars Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) Ltd scandal, on Monday, opened his defence in absentia without calling any witness. Nolan’s counsel, Mr Michael Ajara, told Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High CourtContinue Reading
By Ismail Abdulaziz President Bola Tinubu has called for German investment in critical sectors of Nigerian economy such as power and rail transportation. A statement by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale, said Tinubu made the call at a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, on the sidelines of the G20 CompactContinue Reading
By Sumaila Ogbaje VThe Nigerian Navy (NN) says it has rescued a Cameroonian registered fishing vessel, MFV AFKI, which drifted off its course since Oct. 24 with two crew members on board. The Director of Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said in a statement on Monday in Abuja, that theContinue Reading
By Doris Esa The Federal Government on Monday in Abuja, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with John Deere, Asia (Singapore) Ltd. on agricultural mechanisation to enhance food security. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that John Deere Ltd. is a tractor manufacturing company. Speaking at the event, theContinue Reading
By Cecilia Ologunagba United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Matthias Schmale says President Bola Tinubu-led administration is on track in addressing humanitarian crises in Nigeria. Schmale said this while answering questions from the UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York on his experienceContinue Reading
