Minister of Works, Engr. David Nweze Umahi has said equipment worth 1.2 million euros would be imported into the country for the maintenance of the Eko bridge. The Minister stated this during a working visit to Third Mainland, Carter, Falomo, ...
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Feed SubscriptionTroops Arrest 2 Terrorists’ Arm Suppliers, Recover Weapons, Ors
Sequel to credible intelligence, troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army have arrested two terrorist collaborators and ammunition suppliers in Awon general area of Kachia Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The criminals were arrested in their various houses around ...
Read More »Court Nullifies IPOB Proscription, Awards N8bn Damages
A High Court sitting in Enugu State and headed by Justice A. O. Onovo, has declared as unconstitutional the proscription and designation of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation by the federal government and the South ...
Read More »FAAN Conducts Bomb Threat Simulation Exercise At Lagos Airport
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), on Thursday, said it conducted a full-scale security emergency exercise at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos In a press statement by the director, Public Affairs & Consumer Protection, FAAN, Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, ...
Read More »Nigeria’s $5bn Annual Gas Earnings Below Par – FG
…Seeks urgent public, private sector partnership Nigeria’s $5billion earnings from natural gas has been declared below par, given the huge potential in the sector, the federal government declared yesterday. Vice President, Senator Kassim Shettima who made the declaration in Abuja, ...
Read More »Investigate Free Trade Zone Operations, MAN VP Urges FG
The vice president of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), South-West Zone, Dr. Kamoru Yusuf has called for immediate review of the policy surrounding operations at the free trade zones in Nigeria, which has been subjected to serious abuses with ...
Read More »Reps To Probe N39bn Meters Supply Loan Grant To Ziglaks
The House of Representatives has agreed to investigate the N39 billion settlement loan granted to Ziglaks by the defunct Ministry of Power, Works and Housing to supply meters to power Distribution companies (DisCos). The Federal Ministry of Power, Works, and ...
Read More »Hike In Fees And Out-of-school Syndrome
Recently, the principal of Federal Government College, Maiduguri, Umar Habeeb Jibril, revealed that only two out of the 89 students offered admission by the school showed up for registration as others stayed away because of a recent increase in school ...
Read More »Varsity Workers Reject New Condition For Payment Of Withheld Salaries
National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has rejected the idea of Document of Understanding (DoU) as a pre-condition for payment of the withheld salaries of its members. The union appealed to President Bola Tinubu to rescind his decision and approve ...
Read More »Recalled Ambassadors’ Tenure Not Extended – Minister
The tenure of Nigerian career and non-career Ambassadors which end on October 31 has not been extended, the special assistant on media and communications strategy to the minister of foreign affairs, Alkasim Abdulkadir has said. He clarified this in a ...
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