Strong indications have emerged that the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu may have ignored a Presidential directive on the pending issue of the appointment of a substantive rector for the Federal Polytechnic, Offa. The delay in announcing a rector for the institution several months after a letter from the Presidency appointing a rector has caused…
UPDATE: Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu @jidesanwoolu today performed the Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Lagos Central Food Security Systems and Logistics Hub at Ketu-Ereyun, Epe, Lagos. Earlier this year, Governor @jidesanwoolu launched the 5-Year Agricultural & Food Systems Road Map (2021-2025) in April 2021, The objective is to achieve synergy in all food…
The World Bank and the US Export-Import Bank (EximBank) say they will commit over $3 billion to the implementation of Nigeria’s energy transition plan.The international organisations made the commitment on Wednesday at the official global launching of the Energy Transition Plan by Yemi Osinbajo, vice-president. Shubham Chaudhuri, Nigeria country director, World Bank, said the international…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has warned the 36 state governors to desist from calling on the federal government to respond to natural disaster in their areas without first taking immediate action, describing it as unlawful. At the same time, the presidency, yesterday, reacted to a recent editorial by The Guardian newspapers, canvassing for the impeachment of…
The United States Government has honoured Deborah Samuel, the 200-level student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), Sokoto, who was stoned to death on campus by some Islamic extremists for blasphemy on May 12. Deborah’s picture was uploaded on the website of the US Office of Religious Freedom, which is saddled with the responsibility…
The Director of Finance and Accounts in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Eno Ubi-Otu, is currently being grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in relation to a case of alleged diversion of over N25billion tax remittances. The suspect who arrived at the Commission in the early hours of Wednesday was still…
The Nigeria Football Federation on Wednesday explained that a number of factors, including the inability to secure transit visas for players and officials of the U20 Girls National Team, Falconets, at the Istanbul Airport, led to the team having to stay 24 hours at the airport in Turkey on their way from the FIFA U20 Women’s World…
A member of the House of Representatives, Farah Dagogo, that was prosecuted by the Rivers State Government this year for allegedly promoting cultism in the state, has declared support for the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State. Farah Dagogo who represents Degema/ Bonny Federal Constituency…
ExxonMobil Corporation, Chevron Corporation, and Equinor ASA have said they will withdraw their lawsuits of about $3 billion, against the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. According to court letters, dated August 22, seen by Bloomberg yesterday, the oil majors told two New York federal judges that they had agreed to settle with NNPC.It added that…
Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Wednesday, said elections of leaders for the country should be based on competence and not ethnicity. He said candidates’ agenda should also be scrutinised “so as to know what we are going into before we get into it.”Sanusi spoke at The August Event 2022 organised by the…