archiveAugust 20, 2021

The Federal Government says about 794kms of road have been priotised for construction by eligible companies through Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme. The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed disclosed this in Washington DC during his on-going engagement with various global media outlets, global...

  By Mon-Charles Egbo At last, the tortuous journey to strengthen Nigeria’s oil and gas sector came to an end with President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB thus transforming it to Petroleum Industry Act, PIA. But quite instructively, the spate of reactions that trail this development...

The Federal Government has admonished fifth columnists and naysayers to stop spewing negative and false narratives around Boko Haram members who are surrendering in droves in the North-East. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...

  The Federal Government says from the 10 demands put forward to lift Twitter suspension, the microblogging and social networking platform has acceded to seven. Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed disclosed this in Washington DC during his on-going engagement with various global media outlets, global think tanks and influencers....

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has hailed the recent Appeal Court judgment affirming its operatorship of the Oil Mining License 11 (OML 11), describing it as a huge victory for Nigeria and the beginning of addressing decades of host community restiveness. The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Monday...

Presiding Bishop of The Sword of the Spirit Ministries, Ibadan, Bishop Francis Wale Oke, will ordain about 200 men and women as ministers in the ministry. This will form part of the activities to celebrate the 39th Holy Ghost Convention of the ministry scheduled to commence next Sunday. The week-long...

  The Federal Government has inaugurated four adolescent health and development policy from 2021 to 2025. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this at the opening of the 1st African and 2nd Nigeria conference on adolescent health and development on Thursday, in Abuja. The minister said that the...

  Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday, signed the Open Grazing Prohibition, Value Added Tax (VAT) collection and other bills into law. In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, the governor maintained that the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt...

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has faulted the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for not making concerted efforts at nation building. According to him, the administration had not been able to fix the country and made it work. Atiku who spoke on Thursday in Abuja at a public presentation of a...

The Minister of State for Petroleum Corporation, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the Federal Government will hold equity stake in trust for the federation in the proposed NNPC Ltd. in the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Sylva said this while briefing newsmen, in Abuja, on Thursday. “Just like in the Nigeria Liquified...