Coastal Highway: Obi Screams Again, Says FG Adamant On Misplaced Priority as Poverty and Hunger Spread
The Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi has again cried out loud that the Federal Government is going ahead with the inessential projects amid the spread of poverty and Hunger in the land. Obi had…
FG Launches Gender Strategy, Prioritises Equity In Mining and Steel Sectors
The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, has unveiled the gender strategy for the Nigerian Mining and Steel sectors, as a pioneering initiative to foster diversity, empowering women and enhancing the overall sustainability of the…
N200bn: Oil Marketers Blame NMDPRA, NNPC Limited For Fuel Scarcity, Reveal Next Line of Action
Amid current scarcity of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, across the country, petroleum marketers have placed the blamed on the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NMDPRA) and Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited). The…
Court Grants EFCC Order to Freeze 1146 Suspicious Accounts
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court Abuja, has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) an interim order to freeze One Thousand, One Hundred and Forty Six (1,146) bank accounts belonging to individuals and companies being investigated…
Extravagant Overseas Events: PRP Tackles Northern Governors, Other Government Officials
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has strongly condemned the recent attendance of some Northern Governors at a symposium on insecurity held in the United States of America, instead of within the Northern region where the issue persists. The party Acting…
SERAP Sues NNPC Over Alleged Missing $2.04bn, N164bn Oil Revenues
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited over the “failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing USD$2.04 billion and N164 billion oil revenues.”…
Naira to Dollar Rate: BDCs Proffer Solutions To Depreciation
Bureaux De Change Operators (BDCs) under the umbrella of the Association of Bureaux De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON), has revealed plans for a unified retail end of the foreign currency market to tackle the recent Naira depreciation. The president…
Customs Area 1 PH Hits N43 Billion Revenue Generation in First Quarter of 2024
By Bon Peters The Nigeria Customs Service Area 1 Command Port Harcourt, Rivers state says the Command has generated and collected the sum of ₦43,625,986,168.40 in the First Quarter of 2024. The figure represented a 23.68 per cent of the…
Prof. Aliyu Mamman Elected Chairman of Rectors
Prof. Aliyu Mamman, the rector of Federal Polytechnic, Daura, Katsina State has been elected as chairman of Committee of Federal Polytechnic Rectors (COFER). Mamman will assume office on May 15, 2024, when the tenure of the current chairman, Engr. Yahaya…
Obi Makes Case for the Poor in Areas of Water and Education, Says 200,000 Rich Nigerians Can Do More
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 General election, Peter Obi has challenged rich Nigerians to do more for the poor in our society in the area of provision of water and education. Obi said at a…
EFCC Hands over 14 Forfeited Properties to Enugu State
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, handed over 14 properties initially forfeited to the Federal Government and now ceded to the government and people of Enugu State. The transfer of the properties to Enugu…
