Stakeholders in the implementation of the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme in Delta, have called for an upward review of the N70 per meal earmarked for each pupil, to reflect economic realities. They stated this on Friday in Asaba, during the handover of feeding utensils to beneficiaries by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development....
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti, has lauded Gov. Kayode Fayemi, for his recent decision to contest for president in 2023. Fayemi had on May 4 declared his interest to contest for Nigeria’s presidential seat. This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Ado-Ekiti by the Ekiti APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Segun Dipe, who also expressed confidence that Fayemi...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says it will track 550 projects in 18 states in the fourth phase of its Constituency and Executive Projects Tracking Exercise (CEPTE). The Spokesperson for ICPC, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said the exercise would commence on May 9. Ogugua said that the...
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has pledged to tackle the insecurity plaguing the country. Amaechi made the promise on Friday when he visited Oba of Benin, Oba Ewaure II, in his palace. He further promised to give priority to education as his major focus if given the opportunity to serve as president in 2023. The former Rivers Governor...
The New Sector Commander, Kogi Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, has assumed duty and tasked officers on resilience and hardwork to safe lives on our highways. A statement signed and issued in Lokoja by RC Ayodeji Oluwadunsin, Sector’s Public Education Officer, on Friday, said the new FRSC boss took over on April 29 from CC Solomon...
Mr Folorunsho Coker, the Director-General of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), says Nigeria will host the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) conference on culture and sustainable development through tourism in November. Coker, in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday, said that the hosting followed the discussions with UNWTO Secretary General, Zurab...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to grant state pardon to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Rev. Fr. Ibrahim Nwali made the appeal on Friday in Abakaliki while speaking on behalf of CAN members in a town hall meeting with Buhari who was on a two-day state...
The Supreme Court on Friday, in a landmark judgment, resolved the ownership dispute of 17 oil wells between Rivers and Imo states in favour of Rivers. In the judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court dismissed the counter claim ownership put forward by Imo State Government. The oil Wells, located in the territories of Rivers and Imo States,...
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulations Commission (NUPRC) says its harmonised regulations will be operational by June 2022. It said it would enable the Petroleum Prospecting Licenses (PPL) to be issued to 2020 marginal field awardees. The NUPRC said the harmonised regulations would soon be forwarded to the Federal Ministry of Justice for vetting before becoming operational. Mr Gbenga Komolafe, Commission...
The Zamfara House of Assembly has approved the creation of two additional emirate cpuncils in the state. This followed the amendment of the state Emirate Council Establishment Law No. 15 of 2000, to enable the state create additional emirates. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the Press Secretary to the House, Malam Nasiru Biyabiki....
The Imo Hoteliers Association has called on the state governor, Sen. Hope Uzodimma to arrest rising cases of taxation of its members by unauthorised persons. The Association’s Chairman, Mr Chima Chukwunyere made the call in an interaction with newsmen in Owerri on Friday. He said that in a bid to checkmate illegal taxation, the governor had earlier ordered the suspension...
Sen. Ike Ekweremadu’s campaign group, Ikeoha Campaign Organisation, has raised concern over the persecution of their supporters in Enugu. The Director-General of the group, Chief Charles Asogwa, disclosed this on Friday in Enugu while briefing newsmen on the controversy that trailed the delegates’ congress of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Recall that the PDP had on April...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), said it has introduced an online platform to expand public engagements in the fight against economic and financial crimes in the country. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the Head of Media and Publicity of the commission, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said the inauguration of the virtual town hall meeting,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief as several people were feared dead after a boat capsized in Mai’aduwa Local Government Area of Katsina. Reacting to the incident in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday in Abuja, Buhari said he was extremely pained by the incident. The boat was carrying mostly children returning from Sallah celebrations. He...
The Presidency has welcomed the decision by the United Kingdom to proscribe the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made this position known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. According to the media aide, the violent secessionist organisation has long been proscribed as such...
APC stalwarts at the meeting Meeting By Adeyemi Lawanson Lagos, May 6, 2022 (APC) A former national chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande, says South West presidential aspirants of the party , governors and other leaders are united ahead of the 2023 general elections. Addressing newsmen at the end of a meeting with presidential aspirants from the zone...
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended birthday greetings to Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau. In a congratulatory message issued by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Friday in Abuja, the president prayed for Lalong’s long and healthy life. Buhari described Lalong as “a tireless peace worker whose government has shown decisiveness in resolving the many conflicts between the different communities...
UN Deputy Secretary General, Amina Mohammed, will travel to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on Saturday to attend the opening of the high-level segment of the Fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention to Combat Desertification (COP15). UN Spokesperson, Mr Stéphane Dujarric, said this at a news conference on Friday at UN headquarters, New York. Dujarric said Mohammed would be in...
The Federal Government says it will resume negotiations with the striking Academic Staff of Universities Union (ASUU) next week, with a view to ending the prolonged closure of Nigerian public universities. Labor and Employment Minister Senator Chris Ngige had this to say in his opening remarks at a meeting between the government side and the striking National Association of Academic...
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that 70 percent of infections can be prevented in healthcare settings when good hand hygiene and other infection prevention and control (IPC) measures are followed. The WHO affirmed this in its first global report on infection prevention and control (IPC) presented on Friday at its headquarters in Geneva. The UN health agency stated that...
