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The governor achieved this through prudent management of resources. Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has said that since the assumption of office on May 29, 2023, a total of ₦55 billion had been paid to offset debts and contractual obligations. Addressing newsmen at a dinner to give his administration’s stewardship, on Thursday night in […]
Nigeria may add 480,000 barrels to its daily crude oil output as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and ExxonMobil took a step towards resolving the disagreement surrounding the sale of the latter’s asset to Seplat Energy. On Thursday, the NNPCL confirmed it had signed a settlement agreement with ExxonMobil companies in Nigeria over the […]
A driver named Benalayefa Bako Asiayei has been tragically killed allegedly by an officer of the Nigeria Police Force in Bayelsa State. It was gathered that the driver was shot dead following his refusal to pay a ₦200 bribe to the cop. Reports revealed that the sad development has sparked outrage among the public and human […]
On June 12, 2023, President Bola Tinubu enacted the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023, which provides interest-free loans to financially disadvantaged students for their studies at any Nigerian university or college. The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, announced that the federal government’s student loan scheme would be extended […]
The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has called for better pay, insurance cover and pension for journalists across the country. Ajaero made the call when he visited the President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Dr Chris Isiguzo in Abuja. He explained that while journalists played significant roles in the fight for […]
President Bola Tinubu, will Saturday, in Lagos, commissioned the newly constructed paved roads to the nation’s gateway ports in Apapa and Tin Can Island, Lagos. The commissioning is expected to bring relief to port users and operators, who had suffered great losses as a result of the bad roads and traffic problems. The situation had […]
The Federal Government has said it was unaware that billionaire Aliko Dangote’s Dangote Refineries imports its crude oil from the United States of America (US). Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), said this in Abuja on Thursday at the Ministerial Sectoral Updates to mark President Bola Tinubu’s one year in office. Lokpobiri […]
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said that the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is unfit to lead the country. This, he said, had become evident with the conduct of his supporters, popularly known as ‘Obidients’, during electioneering of the 2023 general elections. He said that Obi’s failure to reign on his supporters […]
Gunmen, on Thursday, attacked a police checkpoint along the Abakaliki-Enugu Highway and set a police patrol van belonging on fire. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened at the Ishieke Junction on the outskirts of Abakaliki metropolis. Gunmen killed one policeman and abducted another, but this could not be independently verified as of the time […]
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has rejoiced with the President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on his 67th birthday. Yusuf described Dangote as an illustrious son of Kano, whose philanthropic gesture breeds life and livelihood to millions of households in Nigeria and Africa. This is contained in a statement by the governor’s Director-General, Media […]
