President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Professor Adesoji Adesugba as the new Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority(NEPZA), a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Trade and Investment. The President’s approval was given in a letter addressed to the Minister, dated 26th June, 2020 and signed by Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the Chief of Staff to the Read More
Jigawa state, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has directed Shawarin weekly market to be closed down indefinitely for flaunting and refusing to observe social distancing order. The Governor also declared that the impressive development has been made, therefore the state government asked officers from grade level 12 upward to resume work from next Monday July 6th, 2020 according NCDC’s directive. The Read More
Poultry farmers in Ogun state Tuesday raised the alarm of an imminent collapse of the poultry industry, following what they called an arbitrary increase in the price of maize and other essential ingredients used in poultry feed production. The chairman of the Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Ogun state, Mrs. Alawode Blessing Isioma, who spoke to journalists at a press Read More
Ondo state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), through a release signed by the director of media and publicity, Zadok Akintoye, Tuesday, dissociated itself from a statement credited to former South-west PDP publicity secretary, Mr. Ayo Fadaka, calling on Ondo deputy governor to resign his position. Akintoye said “the party wishes to inform the general public that the position expressed by Mr. Read More
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has said more companies are relocating to the state because of the attractive investment climate. He told journalists after an inspection tour of ongoing projects in the state Monday that a deliberate implementation of strategic policies has brought the investments. The governor stated that the improvement in the state’s security architecture with the help of Read More
Recently, a building within the premises of the Nigerian Embassy in Ghana was demolished leading to diplomatic hiccups between the two West African neighbours. Joshua Egbodo writes on the position of the House of Representatives. General condemnation Beside the wide condemnation generated by the demolition of a segment of the Nigeria High Commission in Ghana, the House of Representatives appeared Read More
The House of Representatives has asked Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, to provide it with details of how a loan of about N54 billion reportedly obtained in 2014 to pay pension of staff of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) was sourced and expended. The House’s committee on public accounts, which made the demand, Tuesday also Read More
Saudi Arabia, de facto leader of the OPEC cartel, held a call with fellow member Nigeria as the organization strives to deliver production cuts aimed at bolstering global crude markets.Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari discussed “ways of cooperation to enhance the stability” of the market during a phone call on Monday, the state-run Saudi Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that delivery of the 614km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline project is part of his Administration’s Next Level Agenda for sustainable development and Nigeria’s economic prosperity. The President, who stated this Tuesday while flagging off construction works on the AKK project via virtual link from the State House in Abuja to two locations in Ajaokuta in Kogi Read More
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, says the federal government is creating a gold ecosystem that will minimise the high rate of illegal gold mining in the country as well as link small scale miners to markets.The minister made this known at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group webinar, said the gold ecosystem would also bring about an Read More
President Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Prof Adesoji Adesugba as the new Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA).According to a statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment’s Media Assistant, Mr Julius Toba-Jegede, on Tuesday said the President’s approval was given in a letter addressed to the Minister, Read More
By Benjamin UMUTEMEAbujaThe Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has stated that it will undertake a compliance ranking of all companies and government agencies that are participating in its ongoing 2019 oil and gas industry audit. The ranking exercise which is instituted to examine levels of compliance to the data gathering component of the NEITI’s audit process among participating entities Read More
Just as the Nigerian aviation sector is about to come alive from the shackles of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, indications emerged on Tuesday that the industry may soon witness another major disruptions over the planned concession of four major airports in the country.The concession project has been a single project of the Minister of Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika since he Read More
The federal government has moved to recover a backlog of unremitted revenues accruing to it through the Stamp Duty Tax in the last six years.The government disclosed this on Tuesday at the official inauguration of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Audit and Recovery of Back Years Stamp Duties and the Launch of the FIRS Adhesive Stamp held at the Transcorp Hilton Read More
The Senate, Tuesday stated why President Muhammadu Buhari-led government should subsidise electricity for Nigerians.The electricity distribution companies of Nigeria had on Monday told the National Assembly leadership that the only condition to halt tariff hike was for the federal government to bear the difference between the current tariff and the proposed one. Addressing journalists on behalf of the red chamber Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Tuesday met separately with the leadership of the National Assembly, and agreed on the deferment of electricity tariff hike meant to kickoff Wednesday, July 1, 2020.The National Assembly leadership had on Monday intervened in the planned hike of electricity tariff by the service providers, saying the timing was wrong in the wake of Read More
The lingering crisis that engulfed the ruling APC ahead of 2023 elections will serve as a litmus test whether the party will cross the political rubicon or not. It will also prepare the party to put its house in order. The leadership tussle will also expose the party’s weakness. The crisis is believed to have started as the result of fall Read More
An air interjection by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has led to scuttling of cattle rustling operation and arrest of two foreign bandits at Kasuwan Ango Community in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger state. Several bandits were also killed during the air strikes by the NAF helicopter gunship that was executed on the night of 28 and early hours Read More
Taraba state Governor Darius Dickson Ishaku Tuesday said that the local government elections conducted in the state was peaceful and transparent. Ishaku, who stated this in Takum while casting his vote, said that voters turnout was impressive. “Before coming to my polling unit, I have gone to observe other polling units and I can tell you that the process was Read More
United Traders Association, a non-governmental organisation, Tuesday, said it has empowered over 150 market women in Anambra state with some palliatives aimed at cushioning the effects of coronavirus on them. The President and founder of the association, Mrs Nkiru Duru, who disclosed this in an interview with Blueprint, said the NGO which would in the next two months visit destitute and Read More
A group, the All Electricity Consumers Protection Forum, has urged the Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to implement the cap on estimated billing alongside the upward review of their tariffs. The group made the demand in a statement signed by its National Public Relations Officer, Mr Gideon Balogun, in Lagos. DisCos had earlier announced plans to increase electricity tariffs for all Read More
Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have lamented the hike in the price of gas and called for the Federal Government’s intervention in order to ensure effective service delivery in the power sector. They said the cost of gas remained one of the key determinants of the electricity tariff in Nigeria, adding that it is high time the government found a way to Read More
The people of Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra state, Tuesday, confirmed the death of a middle-aged woman who was allegedly raped to a coma in a farmland in the community by suspected herdsmen some months ago. According to the President-general of Ebenebe, Mr Paul Nnatuanya, the woman whose name was given as Agnes Okekpe died in Read More
Coalition of Nigerian Civil Society Organisations have called for increased funding for the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster management and Social Development and N-Power to further cushion the impact of Covid-19 on Nigerian youths, vulnerable and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The Coalition, while hailing the ministry for including skill acquisition in the N-Power programme, noted that the Ministry has touched so Read More
The Premier League has offered English women’s football £1m to help enable the 2020-21 season to start, chief executive Richard Masters has told MPs. That investment would help cover coronavirus testing costs at the top end of the game. Masters also told the Department of Culture, Media and Sport select committee he would like the Premier League to take over Read More
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