Stakeholders Commend FG’s Appointment of Abdulkadir Nasir As NSIP National Coordinator
From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja Abdulkadir Mohammed Nasir The Forum of Focal Persons of National Social Investment Program (NSIP) in Nigeria …
Read More
Read More
CON Award: Sports And Youth Ministry Hails Dare For Recognition
By Goodluck Ikiebe Dare Nigeria’s former Ministry of Sports and Youth Development has congratulated the former Minister, Mr Sunday Dare, …
Read More
Read More
JAF Rejects Hike in Petrol Price, Calls on NLC, TUC to Declare Mass Protest
By Ayo Kehinde Dr. Dipo Fashina and Abiodun Aremu The Joint Action Front, JAF, has described as unfortunate the ripple …
Read More
Read More
CNPP Urges Caution in Petrol Subsidy Removal, Says APC Worsening Masses’ Suffering
Chief Ezugwu The Conference Of Nigeria Parties (CNPP) has urged the Federal Government to exercise caution in implementation of the …
Read More
Read More
Commander 12 Brigade Pays Courtesy Visit To Heads of Security Agencies in Kogi, Seeks Inter-agency Collaboration
From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja The Commander of the 12 Brigade Nigerian Army, Brig. -Gen Isang Akpaumontia, has paid courtesy visits …
Read More
Read More
Meeting Between Nigerian Government and Labour Unions Over Fuel Subsidy Removal Ends In Deadlock
Left, NNPC ltd GMD, Mele Kyari, Dele Alake, middle and CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele, right, addressing journalists after the meeting …
Read More
Read More
OPEC Warns IEA of Further Undermining Oil Industry Investment
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has called on the International Energy Agency (IEA) not to further undermine the oil industry investments. OPEC Secretary-General, Haitham Al Ghais said this in a statement obtained in Abuja on Thursday while responding to the latest comments by the IEA again criticising OPEC and OPEC+. Al Ghais said the finger pointing and misrepresenting OPEC and OPEC+ actions was counterproductive and blaming oil for inflation was erroneous and technically incorrect as there were many other factors causing inflation. Al Ghais reiterated that OPEC and OPEC+ were not targeting oil prices, with the focus being solely on market fundamentals and enabling vital oil industry investments that the world desperately required. “The IEA knows very …
Read More
Read More
Why are the US and China fighting over chips?
The United States has moved to block China’s access to the most advanced semiconductors and the equipment and talent needed to make them in recent months, citing national security. China has dismissed those concerns, accusing the United States of “technological terrorism” and unfairly hindering its economic growth. It has sought to counter the US containment measures. AFP takes a look at the key issues in the so-called “semiconductor wars”: Why are chips important? – Microchips are the lifeblood of the modern global economy: the tiny slices of silicon are found in all types of electronics — from LED lightbulbs and washing machines to cars and smartphones. They are also critical to core services such as healthcare, law and order and …
Read More
Read More
Industrialists Back Aba Power, Flay TCN, Market Operator
Industrialists in Aba, Abia State, have risen in stout defence of Aba Power Ltd which was disconnected from the national grid last Friday by the Federal Government-owned Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) over an N896m debt owed as fees to government agencies in the power sector. The disconnection has paralysed socio -economic life in Abia State, adversely affecting the security apparatuses that depend on constant electricity for effective operations, as well as hospitals, medical laboratories, factories, and government establishments. But rising on Tuesday from an emergency meeting of its executive committee held in a prominent hotel in the city, the Association of Indigenous Manufacturers in Aba (AIMA) remarked that “Aba Power has been behaving most responsibly, as it has since …
Read More
Read More
TCN Plunges Abia into Indefinite Blackout
Most of Abia State has since Friday morning been thrown into unprecedented and indefinite darkness by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), using its arm known as the Market Operator to cut off electricity supplies to the state in a move regarded in the power sector as a punitive measure against the country’s newest electricity distribution company, Aba Power Limited, over payment of statutory fees to federal government agencies. The TCN, the country’s sole transmission firm, wrote a letter to Aba Power on April 19, 2023, with reference number TCN-MO-003-APL-049-VOL2-202, directing it to pay N869,210,059.58 within 30 working days, but the same day the same company wrote a letter, with reference number TCN-MO-003-APL049-VOL-202, to the Market Operator instructing it to …
Read More
Read More
Maritime Security: Norway Commends Nigeria’s Leadership Role in Gulf of Guinea
Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Bashir Jamoh, OFR (Right) presenting a souvenir to the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Her Excellency, Annie Huitfeldt during a bilateral meeting between the Royal Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs and NIMASA in Lagos. The Norwegian government has commended the Federal Government of Nigeria for her leading role in ensuring Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea and declared her readiness to deepen relationship with Nigeria. The Royal Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anniken Huitfeldt made her country’s position known shortly after a working visit to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. During the visit, her team toured the Marine Environment Management Laboratory and the Command, Control, …
Read More
Read More
‘Gay’ Yahoo Boy, Two Others Each Bag Two Years Jail Term in Kaduna
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Kaduna Zonal Command on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 secured the conviction of one Joseph …
Read More
Read More
10-man Brazil hit Tunisia 4-1 to earn quarterfinal ticket of world U20 championship.
…To meet Debutant Israel in the quarters. Ten-man Brazil on Wednesday dribbled out of the U20 world championship, African representative, …
Read More
Read More
There Was A Man Called John Jerry Rawlings, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Nigeria is more divided than ever, and the politicians of Nigeria have gone completely mad. It is as though everybody …
Read More
Read More
World U20: Yankees of America Beat New Zealand 4-0 to Sail into the Quarters on Sunday
…Nigeria faces Argentina in the R16 tomorrow Wednesday at San Juan at 2200 hours. The Yankees of America on Tuesday …
Read More
Read More
Popular Tiktok Musician, 31 Others Arrested for Alleged Internet Fraud in Kaduna
Operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC have arrested a popular musician on …
Read More
Read More
N105m Amnesty Fraud: EFCC Arraigns MD, Jonathan- Omo
The Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 25, 2023, arraigned one Ngozi …
Read More
Read More
Adegoke: Court Sentences Hotelier Adedoyin to Death By Hanging
Late Adegoke and Adedoyin By Ayo Kehinde Osun State High Court has sentenced to death by hanging, Dr Ramon Adedoyin …
Read More
Read More
AIT Founder, Dokpesi Dies, Aged 71
Dokpesi Founder and Chairman of DAAR communications, owners of Ray Power and African Independent Television, AIT, Raymond Alegho Dokpesi, has …
Read More
Read More
Ogun: Abiodun sworn in for second term, pardons 49 prison inmates, 3 condemned prisoners
Chief Judge Mosumola Dipeolu and Governor Dapo Abiodun Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has been sworn in for the …
Read More
Read More
Niger Ex Gov. Bello Boycotts Inauguration Of Successor
Former Governor of Niger, Abubakar Sani-Bello, on Monday boycotted the inauguration of his successor, Mr. Umar Bago and his Deputy, …
Read More
Read More