Rights Group Says Buhari’s Committed To His Cousins In Niger Republic, Faults Halting Of Eastern Railway Project
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Friday, faulted the non-completion of the narrow-gauge eastern railway corridor, saying President Muhammadu Buhari is rather committed to completing the $1.96 billion, 284-kilometer Kano-Katsina-Maradi railway project to Niger…
CNPP, CSOs Urge FG To Investigate Allegation Of Plots To Frame Emefiele In Terrorism Financing, Stop Cashless Policy
The Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) in conjuction with civil society organisations under the umbrella of the Coalition Of National Civil Society Organisations (CNCSOS) has tasked the Federal Government of on thorough investigation of allegation of plots to frame…
FG Rakes In $547m From 5G Auction
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the auctioning of the 5G spectrum, which generated 547 million dollars. The president attributed the feat to the digital economy, which had driven growth, created employment and generated revenue for the country, The president said…
Mining: Minister Charges Inductees To Uphold Professional Ethics
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Olamilekan Adegbite has charged inductees of the Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientists (COMEG) to join hands with the Council to uphold the ethics of the profession, as stipulated in the…
NOGASA Blames Increasing Cost Of Diesel, Bad Roads for High Operational Costs for Oil and Gas Suppliers
… Confirms DSS Intervention Helped Ease Fuel Queues Mr. Bennett Korie, the national president of the Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association (NOGASA) has blamed the cost of diesel and the dilapidated nature of bad roads across the country for…
Cash Limits: CBN Clears the Air On Bulk Withdrawals For PoS Operators, Others
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has countered claims that its new policy limiting cash withdrawals is targeted at point-of-sales (PoS) agents in particular. Though the apex bank, on December 6, set the weekly withdrawal limit at N100,000 and N500,000…
21,438 Vehicles Failed Roadworthiness Test, 1,120 Traffic Offenders Prosecuted In Abuja – Candido Reveals
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Friday hinted that between January and November 2022, 21,438 vehicles in Abuja failed roadworthiness test while the Mobile Court tried about 1,120 traffic offenders. Abdullahi Candido, the Secretary of Transportation for FCTA, made…
Lagos Red Line To Move 3.5m Passengers Weekly As Lawmakers Confirm 85% Project Completion
The chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Transportation, Hon. Temitope Adewale, has disclosed that trains in the Red Line of the State’s rail mass transit will move 500,000 passengers daily. This amounts to 3.5 million passengers…
Presidency Clears the Air On Alleged CBN’s Diversion of N89 trillion Stamp Duty
The Nigerian Federal Government has reacted to the allegation by a Federal lawmaker, Gudaji Kazaure who stated publicly that the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele has diverted over N89 trillion Stamp Duty largesse between himself…
Breaking: Lagos Assembly Passes ₦1.768Trn 2023 Budget
… Obasa Commends Colleagues for their Sacrifice The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday passed a total of ₦1,768,014,155,285 as the budget for 2023 with the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, thanking the lawmakers for their collective sacrifice and…
“Take Advantage Of Abundant Mineral Resources In Nigeria: Adegbite Tells Foreign Mining Companies
Nigeria Mining and Metal Sector is set to witness increased interest of foreign investors as a result of the successes recorded by the Segilola Resources Operating Limited (SROL) in gold production, a West African subsidiary of Thor Exploration Limited which…
