National
13 Dec
Two years after the Petroleum Industry Bill 2021 was signed into law by former President Muhammadu Buhari, the House of Representatives has disclosed plans to review the act to meet local and global needs. Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, who made the revelation at the inaugural meeting of the committee, stressed…
13 Dec
Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, has said airlines will start to compensate passengers for delayed or cancelled flights by January 2024. Keyamo said this at Tuesday’s Joint National Assembly Committee on Aviation where he defended his ministry’s budget for the 2024 fiscal year. He gave assurance that a list of airlines that delayed or cancelled…
13 Dec
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Rivers has charged Gov. Siminalayi Fubara to refrain from acts capable of escalating the political crisis rocking the state. The state caretaker committee chairman of the party, Tony Okocha, gave the charge at a news briefing in Port Harcourt. Okocha was reacting to the exparte order granted to the…
13 Dec
Gunmen on Monday ambushed vehicles conveying Daewoo workers and killed two drivers and four soldiers escorting the expatriates in Rivers. No fewer than two expatriate workers of the company were reportedly kidnapped by the gunmen. Maj. Danjuma Danjuma, Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division, Nigeria Army, Port Harcourt, confirmed the killing in a statement issued in…
13 Dec
The Rivers Government has begun the demolition of the House of Assembly complex to give way for its rebuilding, following the recent fire that gutted parts of the building. The demolition started at about 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday with the chambers and auditorium. The process is in progress and other segments of the building may…
13 Dec
The Senate Committee on Trade and Industry has questioned the Ministry of Trade and Investment for allegedly allocating the sum of N1 billion for a foreign trip to Geneva, Switzerland. Members of the Senate Committee knocked back the allocation during a budget defense session. The panel in its condemnation expressed deep worries about the excessive…
13 Dec
The Gombe State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed N208.064 billion as the state’s budget for 2024, reflecting an increase of N300 million over the N207.75 billion submitted by Gov. Inuwa Yahaya. This is contained in a statement by the Chief Information Officer of the House, Mr Umaru Ma’aji, on Wednesday in Gombe. The Speaker…
13 Dec
The Nigerian Army has sacked the Commander, 23 Armour Brigade, Yola, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Gambo, over the midnight invasion of Adamawa Police Headquarters (HQ), where many army personnel and a police inspector lost their lives. Last month, the former commander mobilised 12 trucks of heavily armed soldiers to invade the headquarters. Gambo is replaced with Brig-Gen. Paul…
13 Dec
In its desperate bid to survive the realities of climate change and petrol subsidy removal, the engineering team in the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) of Kwara State University (KWASU) has converted Sedan, Hilux and 22-seater Coaster buses to electricity-powered vehicles
13 Dec
A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Bauchi state, Miss Rahila Garba, has constructed and inaugurated a block of two classrooms worth N3.5 million in Gudun Hausawa Primary School, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis. During the inauguration of the project, yesterday, the corps member, who was serving in the Office of the Bauchi…
13 Dec
A former Chairman of Nigeria Breweries and governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples’ Democratic People (PDP), Asue Ighodalo, yesterday, said he would unite the party in Edo State ahead of the forthcoming governorship election.
13 Dec
The Enugu State government has announced a collaboration with two estate developers, Hymac Real Ltd and Toshel Ltd, for the development of Conquest and Kateland estates located at Phase 7, Trans Ekulu, Enugu.
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The Rivers Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Isaac Kamalu, resigned his appointment on Wednesday. He is the second commissioner to resign from the cabinet on Wednesday after Gov. Siminialaye Fubara, announced a slight cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday. The first to resign was Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice. In the cabinet reshuffle, the governor…
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In furtherance of efforts to sanitize the mining sector, the federal government has revoked 924 dormant licences spanning exploration, mining, small-scale mining, and quarrying Licenses, six months after revoking 1,663 licences. The revocation licences include 528 exploration licenses; 20 mining licences; 101 quarry licenses, and 273 Small Scale Mining Licenses (SSML). Minister of Solid Minerals…
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President Bola Tinubu has approved the take-off of the first phase of the Consumer Credit Scheme (CCS) starting with members of the civil service. This is contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
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Multichoice Nigeria on Wednesday announced another price increase on the DStv and GOtv packages. The company in a statement said that the new prices will take effect from Wednesday, May 1, 2024. In the new price list for DStv, Premium bouquet, the price moved from N29,500 to N37,000; Compact+ from N19,800 to N25,000; Compact from…
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Bayelsa Deputy Governor Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo has been appointed as head of the Ondo State’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election scheduled for Thursday. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Akure by Mr Kennedy Peretei, the Publicity Secretary of PDP in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria…
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The Nigerian government has suspended Dana Air a day after one of its aircraft crash-landed in Lagos. Nigeria's aviation minister Festus Keyamo directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to implement the suspension on Dana Air over safety concerns. "In light of these incidents and with the paramount priority being the safety and well-being of…
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The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) predicts sunshine and thunderstorms throughout the country from Wednesday to Friday. NiMet's weather forecast, released on Tuesday, predicted a sunny atmosphere over the northern region for the entire forecast period. NiMet predicted isolated thunderstorms in parts of Kebbi, Taraba, Zamfara, and Kaduna during the afternoon and evening hours. The agency…
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Tradegy struck as a newborn baby drowned inside a well at Ruguzau in Takai Local Government Area in Kano. This is contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, on Wednesday in Kano. He said the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon. ”We received an emergency…
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<img src="https://guardian.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/download-6-1.jpeg" alt="" width="299" height="168" class="size-full wp-image-2377592 The Kaduna Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) on Wednesday sealed the United Bank for Africa branches in the state metropolis over alleged N14.3million unpaid tax. Speaking to newsmen after the exercise, Hajiya Aysha Ahmad, the KADIRS Board Secretary/Legal Adviser, said the enforcement was to ensure tax compliance in the…
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The Federal Government on Tuesday announced the appointment of 12 Consuls General to some Nigerian Missions abroad the appointment also includes five new five new Chargé D'affaires. The Consuls General are, Auwalu Jega Namadina, Atlanta, USA; Nnamdi Okechukwu Nne, Bata, Equatorial Guinea; Francis Ntui Enya, Douala, Cameroon; Gbadebo Afolabi, Shanghai, China and Oludare Ezekiel Folowosele,…