archiveOctober 2019

  The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), says the renewal of the National Identity Card will cost five thousand naira (N5,000) payable through remita. This was disclosed by its tweeter handle (@nimc_ng) monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday, and confirmed by a staff of...

  The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has granted Nigeria’s wish and increased its oil output under the petroleum production quota deal member states renewed in December 2018, according to a report by Reuters. The deal will see Nigeria produce 1.774m barrels per day, as against the 1.685 it...

Mrs Zainab Ahmed, the Minister for Finance, Budget and National Planning says under-recovery of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly referred to as fuel subsidy will gulp N450 billion in 2020. She said this on Monday in Abuja, at the public presentation of the 2020 budget proposals. Ahmed said it was...

The Southeast Governors Forum will meet with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja over the welfare of Igbo people. This was the major decision taken at the meeting attended by other leaders from the region on Monday. The meeting was held at the Government House in Enugu and was...

    The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Dan Mallam Muhammed, has restated the State Police Command’s position that there was no attack on the person or residence of former Governor of the state and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. Muhammed, who said this...

  VP receives ICC prosecutor Nigeria is fully cooperating with the International Criminal Court (ICC) preliminary examination into issues related to insurgency in the North East to ensure the process is forthrightly concluded, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this today when he received at the Presidential...

  Says State will take full advantage of Ibadan Dry Seaport   The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde said on Monday that the state government was ready to partner with the National Agency for Foods, Drugs, Administration, and Control (NAFDAC) to rid the state of illicit drugs. Governor...

The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) crucial market indicators rebounded by 0.09 per cent on renewed bargain hunting on some blue chips, after prolonged days of bearish trend. The All-Share Index rose by 23.66 points or 0.09 per cent to close at 26,557.44 against 26,533.78 achieved on Friday while the market...

  As State govt announce procedures for transfer to public schools The Government of Oyo State has announced that it was pleased to discover that measures taken thus far in the implementation of the free education policy have started yielding fruits. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor...

  The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan on Monday justified the current move by the Senate to amend the law on Production Sharing Contract in the oil industry. Lawan said "it has become absolutely necessary for us to do so as a country so that we can generate more...