Nigeria and the French Development Agency, AFD, signed a 25 million Euro grant for the Northern Corridor Project to increase power supply in the country on Wednesday. According to the Nigerian News Agency, the Northern Corridor Project is co-funded by the European Union and AFD, and is being implemented by the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. The project aims to …
UEFA announced on Wednesday that Arsenal’s Europa League match against PSV Eindhoven, which was originally scheduled for this week, will now take place on October 20. Due to a lack of police resources in the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II’s death last week, the group stage match has been moved from Thursday. With the queen lying in state between Wednesday …
President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over a virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the Presidential Villa Abuja’s Council Chambers. The meeting, which began at 09:00 GMT, is physically attended by Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari. Attorney General of the Federation …
By Shojobi Abisola The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who are accused of killing two officers last year. Chris Anyanwu, the state Police spokesperson, According to a statement, the suspects were apprehended in a yellow mini-bus on Ishieke road while on their way to a deadly mission. The police mouthpiece …
By Biodun Busari Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, has stated that if he wins the 2023 presidential election, he will disburse $10 billion as an Economic Stimulus Fund within the first 100 days in office. He stated that he would do so to encourage private sector infrastructure investments and to prioritise aid to agriculture, manufacturing, and …
Three people are said to have died during a fight over who will ascend the throne in Agosasa, Ogun State’s Ipokia Local Government Area. According to reports, the throne became vacant after the death of the first Oja of Agosasa, Oba James Elegbede, in February 2022. It was discovered that, following Elegbede’s death, the race to determine who would ascend …
President Muhammadu Buhari has praised Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma for his efforts in developing the state, saying: “You have written your own history,” he said after seeing the rebuilt House of Assembly’s ultra-modern chamber. The President made the remark on Tuesday in Owerri, the state capital, while on a working visit. President Buhari said his administration will leave a …
The Senate will reduce the import duty waivers proposed for the N19.76 trillion 2023 budget, which will result in a N12.4 trillion deficit. Solomon Adeola, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, stated this in Abuja on Tuesday during an interactive session with revenue-generating agencies on the 2023-2025 Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, and Fiscal Strategy Paper, FSP. According to …
Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, convicted and sentenced a Lokoja-born musician, Samuel Onojah, and two others to 20 years in prison for cybercrime-related offences. Onojah was convicted alongside Victor Kadiyamo and Jejelowo Segun on Monday, September 12, 2022, after pleading guilty to separate counts of internet fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s …
President Muhammadu Buhari praised the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), among other critical stakeholders, for the apex bank’s diligent work over the years to ensure financial system stability. Buhari also stated that his administration would continue to support the entire banking and …
Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State, has vowed to pursue the sponsors and perpetrators of the obaship crisis that claimed lives and property in Agosasa, Ipokia Local Government Area of the state. It was reported yesterday that three people died on Monday after some angry youths set fire to houses and cars. The youths were protesting the alleged efforts of …
Mr. John Kerry, the United States’ Special Envoy on Climate Change and a member of the country’s security council, assured Nigeria yesterday of the country’s technical assistance in its efforts to decarbonize its energy sources. Kerry, a former US Secretary of State, said during a visit to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, in Abuja that …
Motorists on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were stranded for hours yesterday as university students protested the continued strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The students, who were acting on behalf of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, obstructed traffic at the Sagamu Interchange. Oba Adekunle Oyelude, Tegbosun 111, the Olowu of Kuta in Osun State, …
Adoba Echono, Abuja According to a World Bank report, South Asian countries such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and the Maldives are engulfed in Chinese debt. Pakistan owes China $77.3 billion in foreign exchange, while Maldives owe China 31 percent of its GDP (GNI). By the end of 2020, the Maldives’ total debt will be MVR 86 billion, with external debt …
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has joined forces with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to combat some of the criminal activities plaguing the telecom industry, including telecom equipment vandalism and fraudulent registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. Professor Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, recently addressed a gathering of senior management staff of NSCDC …
In an exchange of gunfire, two suspected kidnappers were killed by Kwara State police command operatives. They were accosted in the bush while attempting to split the ransom collected from the families of two kidnapped victims. The kidnappers allegedly abducted Afusat Lawal (f) and her son Taofeek Lawal on Tuesday in Shao town, Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State. They …
According to Catriona Liang, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, the country is critical in Africa and remains a key ally and priority for the UK in many areas of mutual interest, including security, trade, energy transition, and climate change. She said this at a press conference in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, while reflecting on Queen Elizabeth the II’s life. Britain …
Rt Rev Victor Okporu, ANGLICAN Bishop of Western Izon Diocese of Ecclesiastical Province of Bendel, has lamented the country’s current state of insecurity, describing it as painful and crushing. He also bemoaned the country’s massive debt burden. Okporu stated at St Barnabas Anglican Church in Sagbama, Bayelsa State, during the second session of the Diocese’s fifth synod that the government …
The Anambra State Police Command confirmed on Monday that five people were killed, including two police officers and three civilians, when gunmen attacked the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of Anambra South on Sunday. Tochukwu Ikenga, the state Police Public Relations Officer, revealed this in an interview. On Sunday, while returning to his hometown of Nnewi, Ubah’s convoy was attacked …
Dele Ogunyemi and James Abraham Chief Frank Ozue, the Vice Chairman of Delta State’s Isoko North Local Government Area, has been kidnapped. The incident occurred on Sunday in Ogor town, Ughelli North LGA of the state, when his car was reportedly stopped by gunmen who whisked him away to an unknown location. When the incident occurred, the council vice chairman …
