archiveJuly 2021

 Mr. Kingsley Ujuma (APC-Imo),  a member of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) says the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will now be accountable with the passage of the bill. Ujuma said this while briefing newsmen on Friday in Abuja, following the passage of the PIB on July 1, by the...

   The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched a five-year Strategy for Economic Governance in Africa (SEGA) to promote sustainable economic performance in African countries. The launch, held virtually on Friday, noted SEGA was aimed at fostering transparent and accountable governments and institutions to secure inclusive, sustainable development. SEGA also...

Former Borno Gov. Kashim Shettima, has called for a power shift to southern Nigeria in the 2023 administration. Shettima made the call in Abuja on Friday at the public presentation of the book titled: “Standing for the Truth with Courage”. The book is written by Prof. Emeritus Njidda Gadzama, Chairman,...

The Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria (AHCN) have held a 3-day National Workshop on pragmatic approach to unlocking hidden opportunities for financing affordable housing in Nigeria. The workshop which had major stakeholders and decision makers in the housing sector in attendance, took place in Lagos under the auspices of...

The Federal Government on Friday said it would shut the Ijora ramp of Eko Bridge from midnight, to be able to fix a major expansion joint  undergoing rehabilitation. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, said this during an inspection of the bridge. He said that construction...

Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Amb. Wilfred Machage, has denied the alleged involvement of his home government in the extradition of leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu’s family had earlier made an allegation that the IPOB leader was extradited from Kenya through the aid...

Yorubas in Diaspora on Friday protested at the Nigerian Embassy in United Kingdom over the attack launched by the Department of State Services (DSS) on the residence of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho on Thursday. Report has it that the protesters chanted different solidarity songs,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of an African University of Aerospace and Aviation to be located in Abuja. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika made known when he led management team of the Aviation Ministry on a working visit to the Executive Secretary of the National Universities...

    Prof. Emmanuel Ikani, Executive Director, National Agriculture and Extension Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), has called for investment in cassava value chain. Ikani said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday. The don emphasised the need to improve the value-chain of...

  The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has faulted alleged planned sale of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba said this in a statement entitled:  “This Kite will not Fly’’ on Friday in Abuja. “The NLC has learnt with great consternation, a surreptitious plan to...