The accountant general’s claim contradicts that of the attorney general who said the Ibori loot would be used to fund some federal projects. The £4.2 million recovered from the former governor of <a target=”_blank” href=”https://twitter.com/DSGovernment”>Delta State</a>, James Ibori, has been paid to the Delta State Government, the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, said […]
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The new cases have increased the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 166,098 with the new figure of fatalities standing at 2,071. Exactly eight days after the last fatality was recorded, four Nigerians were reported to have died of the dangerous coronavirus disease on Tuesday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) […]
A total of 30 oil companies spilt 41,216 barrels of oil in Nigeria between 2019 and May this year. Between January 2019 and May 18, 2021, a total of 30 oil companies in Nigeria spilt 41,216 barrels of crude, data published by NOSDRA, a government-run satellite tracker, showed. This is equivalent to 6.5 million litres […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its Production Sharing Contract (PSC) partners yesterday executed joint agreements to renew Oil Mining Lease (OML) 118 for another 20 years. The corporation also urged investors to take interest in opportunities in its frontier basins, gas fields, pipeline networks as well as its integrated power supply assets. The […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and contractor parties, comprising Joint Venture (JV) oil firms have signed five agreements on the Bonga Production Sharing Contract (PSC) to explore about two billion barrels of oil under the Oil Mining Lease (OML) 118. At the pacts signing ceremony at the NNPC Towers in Abuja yesterday, the company on […]
Borno Internal Revenue Service (BO-IRS) yesterday sealed off 10 shopping malls where owners had allegedly failed to remit withholding tax to it after receiving notices. Addressing Journalists in Maiduguri during the exercise, Head, Legal Services and Board Secretary, BO-IRS, Barrister Ardo Buba, said the service was left with no option but to seal off the […]
No fewer than 20 people have died while 322 others have been infected with cholera following the recent outbreak of the disease in Bauchi State, the state Ministry of Health has confirmed. The state Commissioner of Health, Dr. Aliyu Mohammed Maigoro, who disclosed this yesterday at a press conference in Bauchi, said 322 cases of […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said all the states that benefited from the bailout loans will pay back just as it has agreed that banks should recover their funds. The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele disclosed this while briefing the press during the May 2021 Monetary Policy Committee Meeting (MPC). The MPC also […]
The federal government has appealed to electricity consumers to cooperate with the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), in the price review of electricity to be implemented in July. In a statement from the ministry of power yesterday, the Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Jedy-Agba, said the review is in compliance with the Electric […]
The Benue State government on Tuesday said there is no land to be bequeathed for cattle grazing routes or any such adventures. Reacting to a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, on the plan of the federal government to commence rehabilitation of grazing reserves in […]
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Nigeria Sliding Into Disaster, Says NEF
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has said that if the country is to survive its current difficulties and build a better nation, President Muhammadu Buhari must improve his levels of competence, and awareness that the nation is sliding into disaster and be sensitive to the frustrations of Nigerians. In the same vein, the forum said, […]
Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, yesterday picked holes in the presidency’s position on the ban on open grazing by governors of the southern extraction. Specifically, Akeredolu who is chairman of the Southern Governors’ forum noted that the senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, lacks the authority to […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is opposed to open grazing of cattle, the presidency said yesterday in an apparent effort to douse the rising critique of its statement on Monday, quoting the president as querying the legality of Southern governors’ ban on open grazing. Presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, while fielding questions on ARISE NEWS CHANNEL, the […]
The leaders would be discussing the growing security threats in Sahel and Lake Chad region, political relations and economic ties as well as the situation in Chad. President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned an extraordinary summit of Heads of State and Government of Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC) at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. The News […]
by David O Royal It is prohibited at Ossiama, Egbopuloama, Aweama and Ogbunuana and Koluama riverine communities in Sagbama and Southern Ijaw Local Government Areas, Bayelsa State, for any person to slaughter and cause injury to crocodiles. We see crocodiles as deities – HRH Edike Amananaowei (monarch) of Ossiamaowei Kingdom comprising the first four communities, […]
Umar Sani Labaran, Popularly known as Umar Gombe, is a remarkable Kannywood actor, director and a producer who has starred in over a one hundred movies and a number of television and comedy shows. In this interview, he talks about the growth in Kannywood and his transition as a producer, and more. Daily Trust: Why […]
For the listening pleasure of its audience, Daily Trust has entered a partnership with Mdundo.com, a music platform. Under the partnership, music lovers who are Daily Trust readers can download their favorite songs on the newspaper’s website. The music includes top Naija hits, highlife, Afro Pop, and different traditional ones, including Hausa. Mdundo is authorised […]
SUB: Basansan primary healthcare centre in Kware Local Government Area of Sokoto State where ‘illegality’ is taking place in the name of saving lives…. The primary healthcare centre at Basansan, a community in Kware Local Government Area of Sokoto State is very popular in the eastern part of the state. This is not because of […]