archiveSeptember 17, 2023

  Olubiyi calls for improved telecommunications facilities, power supply The Vice Chairman of Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta, has stressed the importance of a multidimensional collaboration in enhancing the country's payment system. He said this in his presentation at the 2023 annual conference of the Finance Correspondent Association...

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has said that the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with Indorama will generate over $18 billion in revenue and monetize over 1.7 trillion cubic feet of gas. The company said this in a statement signed by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer,...

  The Federal Government has again invited the leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress to a meeting in order to resolve issues over the looming industrial action. The meeting between the two parties had been scheduled for Monday September 18,2023. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday, by...

  The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Cuba on food security and agriculture advancement. The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, signed the MoU on behalf of Nigeria on the sidelines of the G77 + China Leaders’ Summit in Havana, Cuba. According to...

President Bola Tinubu has nominated Dr Jamila Ibrahim and Mr Ayodele Olawande as Minister and Minister of State of Youth respectively pending their confirmation by the Senate. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Sunday in Abuja....

  Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has recounted his narrow escape after the engines of a private jet that was supposed to convey him from Lagos to Abuja failed in quick succession. The incident took place on September 5, 2023, at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, when Adeleke had intended...

The Senate has described as a ruse the rumour making the rounds in a section of the media that some Senators were planning to impeach the Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Yemi Adaramodu, made the clarification in a statement in Abuja. Adaramodu’s clarification...

  Minister of Women Affairs, Barr. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye has apologised to all parties offended by her comments in a leaked audio conversation credited to her on an alleged sexual harassment controversy in the University of Calabar, (UNICAL). The minister’s apology came after Civil Society Organisations demanded at the weekend, that...

  Osun state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has reacted to the communal clash between Ilobu amd Ifon communities, imposing curfew on the affected communities to enforce law and order. The notice of curfew conveyed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Hin Kolapo Alimi reads as follows: This is...