archiveSeptember 12, 2023

The Minister of Interior, Mr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo on Tuesday, September 12, said that 55,000 passport application backlogs have been cleared out of 200,000 following his two-week deadline to the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). The minister who made the remarks in his office in Abuja during a meeting with the Minister...

The Labour Party (LP) has expressed deep concern over a series of judgments handed down by various National and State Assembly tribunals, which have removed some of their elected members from the legislative arm of government. In a statement by its national chairman, Julius Abure, the party questioned the impartiality...

Chief Ayo Adebanjo, acting National Leader of pan- Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has told President Bola Tinubu that the only option for the prosperity of Nigeria is restructuring by bringing about a Federal Constitution. Adebanjo made the remark on Tuesday while speaking at Goke Omisore Annual Lecture (GOAL 2023), themed:...

The Presidency on Tuesday said Nigerian cabinet officials and their Emirati counterparts will soon finalise the terms of Monday’s visa ban lift. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, revealed this to State House Correspondents on Tuesday. It comes a day after Tinubu and the President...

A Consultant Cardiologist, Prof. Simon Isezuo, says hypertension is a health disorder affecting one out of every three adults in the rural areas of the country. Isezuo stated this on Tuesday in a lecture titled: ”Current Approach in the Management of Hypertension in Rural Settings”, presented at the Biennial Integrated...

  The new Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr. Khalil Halilu, has charged the management team to commit fully to the new direction being charted for the agency. According to a press statement signed and sent to Business247 News Online, by Mr....

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has responded to the delay in the start of production at the 650,000 barrels per day Dangote Refinery, which was promised to begin in August. The refinery was officially commissioned by former President Muhammadu Buhari in May, but has...

    The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) launched the Power Outage Reporting System App in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The App which is available on Google Play Store and Apple Store, allows electricity consumers to report power supply disruptions to distribution companies (DisCos) as monitored by the Commission....

President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON has expressed sadness over the death of Nigeria's first indigenous chartered accountant, Chief Akintola Williams who died on Monday in Lagos at the age of 104. Akpabio in a condolence message signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Public Affairs and Communications,...

* says he epitomised integrity, resilience and resourcefulness President Bola Tinubu has shared in the pain of the loss with the family, friends and associates of the doyen of accounting in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa, Chief Akintola Williams, who passed away on Monday aged 104. The president, according to a...