The Federal Government has put hold on sales of its 23 silos nationwide to address the challenge of food shortage. The Minister of Agriculture, Mr Audu Ogbe disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a town hall meeting organised by the Ministry of Informational and Culture. Ogbe said that the silos with the capacity of […]

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Tuesday said that a total of 35,655 mobile number porting activities were recorded in the month of October. This is contained in the ”Incoming and Outgoing Porting Activities of Mobile Network Operators” report, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. The report showed that there was […]

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in Kano State has threatened to embark on strike over alleged nonpayment of 18 months bridging claim to its members. The IPMAN Chairman, Alhaji Bashir Dan-Malam, made the threat in an interview on Tuesday in Kano. “If by the first week of January the Petroleum Equalisation Fund […]

By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa For the first time in five months, the Bayelsa State government yesterday declared N3.5bn as balance of funds available for spending at the end of November, 2016. In October, like in the three previous months, the state recorded a deficit balance of N160.4 million, due to the shortfall in revenues from […]

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Tuesday, lambasted the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris for constituting a panel of investigation over the alleged threatening phone call by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State.