Owerri- Ahead of 2023 general elections, a socio-cultural group, Ogbako Umunwayi Igbo Worldwide, OUIW, on Sunday called on Nigerians not to vote for any presidential candidate based on religion or ethnicity. OUIW, President and founder, EziAda Ifeoma Nwadike, made this appeal while speaking to newsmen in Owerri, regarding the forthcoming 2023 elections. According to them, […]
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Six persons were trapped under the rubble of the collapsed building, an official said. Six persons have been trapped after a seven-storey building collapsed in Lagos on Sunday. The incident occurred at Oba Idowu Oniru street beside Avi Maria hospital, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu said in an update. […]
The government says the deal achieved through the alternative dispute resolution framework saves the country money as the company demanded $5.258 billion. The Nigerian government says it has agreed to pay $496 million to settle a multibillion dollar claim by Global Steel Holdings Limited over the control of Ajaokuta Steel Company. Attorney-General Abubakar Malami said […]
In faraway Washington, DC over the weekend, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo propounded new ideas on how best to bring developing nations to contribute adequately to the course of global net-zero emissions targets, facilitate energy access and development of African countries. Speaking at a lecture on a just and equitable energy transition for Africa at the […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has offered to submit itself for forensic audit of fuel supply and subsidy management, insisting that daily fuel supply is 68 million litres. The NNPC made this known on Sunday in a statement signed by Malam Garba Muhammad, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC. Muhammad […]
If and when Nigeria’s idea for a Debt-For-Climate Swap deal, tabled last week in the United States at different fora and events including at the White House by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, is widely accepted, the Federal Government would be reaping a huge debt relief from some creditors ranging in the order of billions […]
Gunmen on Saturday abducted scores of travellers on Benin-Owo Expressway in Ifon, the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The number of victims could not be ascertained as some sources said the victims were over 40 while others gave their number as 32. One of the sources at the town who disclosed […]
The kidnappers emerged from the bush and intercepted the travellers At least 11 travellers were on Saturday evening kidnapped on the Benin-Owo Expressway in Ifon, the headquarters of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the travellers were in a Coaster bus from Akure to Benin City, Edo State. They were, […]
The company says it imported 16.46 billion litres of petroleum between January and August 2022, translating to an average of 68 million litres per day. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited on Sunday insisted that the country consumes 68 million litres of petrol daily. NNPC Limited in a statement by its group general manager, group […]
Mikhail Gorbachev was the last leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He presided over the end of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States as well as the dissolution of the union of socialist republics. In the West, he is commonly seen as a towering historical figure who changed […]
In a call that can at once significantly advance the course of global net-zero emissions targets, facilitate energy access and the development of African countries, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has proposed a Debt-For-Climate (DFC) swap deal. Explaining the concept yesterday at a lecture on a just and equitable energy transition for Africa at the Center […]
The Controller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col Hameed Ali, retd, has queried why the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, NNPCL, would allow the release of 98 million litres of petrol per day for local consumption, instead of 60 million litres admitted by its own computation. He wondered where 38 million litres were always taken. […]
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar has reaffirmed his commitment to restore Nigeria’s leadership role in regional security and development. Atiku gave the assurance yesterday when he and his delegation, including the Governor of Delta State and the PDP Vice Presidential candidate, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa and PDP national chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, met […]
As the 2023 general elections, gradually approaches,the Chairman Diaspora committee of the Labour Party Hon Chibuike Amadichi, has disclosed that the party and it’s presidential flag bearer Mr Peter Obi, is positioned to usher the birth of a “New Nigeria” if elected into office in the 2023 elections. He disclosed this yesterday in Abuja at […]
The President of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners, Olutoyin Ayinde Thursday blamed the incessant building collapse on the federal government’s poor planning. Ayinde said this on Thursday during the inauguration ceremony of the Ogun State branch of the Association of Town Planning Consultants of Nigeria (ATOPCON), in Abeokuta. He said the Nigerian government lacked […]
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday floated an autonomous funding mechanism that will keep all its tertiary institutions including Lagos State University (LASU), Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) and the Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) on the path of sustainability. Sanwo-Olu also disclosed plans by the government to set up the Lagos […]
The spokesperson for the police in Lagos State, Benjamin Hundeyin, broke the news in a tweet Friday morning, detailing how the singer was arrested. Nigerian rapper, Panshak Henry Zamani, popularly known as Ice Prince Zamani, has been arrested for allegedly abducting a police officer. The spokesperson for the police in Lagos state, Benjamin Hundeyin, broke […]
Lagos State Government has revealed that 80 per cent of residents patronize the traditional and alternative health care practitioners for their health care needs. This came as it released a code of conduct handbook for traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practitioners as part of efforts to regulate the practice of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine […]