archiveJune 1, 2023

Senator-elect representing Ogun East District, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has hailed President Bola Tinubu for his courage and the political will to declare the petroleum subsidy regime over. The former governor of Ogun state stated this while speaking on Arise TV on Thursday, stressing   that Tinubu was the only President, who...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday mandated his security chiefs to draw up a fresh blueprint that would guide security operations in the country. Tinubu gave the security chiefs the directive in his first them since assuming office, stressed that he had a personal philosophy about how security issues should...

Youths, claiming to be working on the instruction of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, are harassing private motorists in Lokoja, capital of Kogi State. According to reports, they force the unsuspecting motorists, especially private car owners to pay between N36,000 and N38,000 before they are allowed to continue their...

The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), in keeping with its mandate, creates opportunities to interact with its licensees on industry issues and new trends via stakeholder fora, with a view to gathering relevant information that would further advance the development of the industry, while improving regulations and service delivery to telecom...

At the resumed hearing on Thursday, the Chairman, Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT), Justice Haruna Tsammani, stepped down the petition of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi due to alleged poor scheduling of documents the petitioners sought to tender to prove their allegation of electoral malpractices...

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the new pump price of petrol fixed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC). The Federal Government and members of the organised Labour, comprising the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have on Wednesday opened discussions on the issue of...

The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation headed by Honourable Nnolim Nnaji has summoned the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Aviation, Dr. Emmanuel Meribole, to an emergency meeting over the Nigeria Air project. The emergency meeting, according to an invitation for the meeting signed by the Committee Clerk, Bassy E. Edem,...

As part of efforts to promote and sustain strategic media relations, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has announced the appointment of Babatunde Lasaki as its new General Manager, Corporate Communications and Strategy. This follows the retirement of Mr Godwin Idemudia, who previously served in the position. In a statement,...

  The African Development Bank (AfDB) has set up the SEFA-funded COP26 Rapid Response Facility to provide short-term, demand-driven advisory support to Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Morocco, and South Africa. This facility aims to offer solutions for grid integration of variable renewable energy generation and storage, electric mobility, bridging policy and...

  commend partnerships and bundled investment initiatives Nigeria's leading Retail Bank, Polaris Bank has announced the launch of its exclusive banking product aimed at serving its High Net-worth Individuals (HNIs) seeking innovative investment options in challenging economic times. The unveiling which took place in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday was attended...