By Omeiza Ajayi The Federal Government said it has succeeded in establishing a Command of the Federal Fire Service FFS in each state of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory FCT. This was as it announced its resolve to arrest and prosecute anyone who attacks fire service personnel in the line of duty. Minister […]

By Michael Eboh The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, Tuesday, disclosed that as part of key strategies to ensure cost effectiveness and drive down cost of crude oil production per barrel in the Nigerian oil and gas industry,  it is already entrenching best practices in the industry in line with global standards. In a statement […]

THE National Universities Commission, NUC, has said the visitation panels to 38 federal universities and four inter-university centres recently approved by President Muhammadu Buhari would be gazetted.

By Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives has called the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing to make provision for the reconstruction of the Katsina–Ala–Abaji–Tordonga–Harga axis of the road in the 2021 Supplementary Budget proposal. Besides, the House urged the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development to provide relief […]

By Dirisu Yakubu A group, the National Interest Forum, NIF, has called on the Boko Haram sect, bandits, kidnappers and sundry criminal elements in the country to give peace a chance by embracing dialogue in the interest of Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora. The group which aims at deepening understanding of the core […]

Delta State Governor Dr.Ifeanyi Okowa on Tuesday tasked social media operators to constantly cross-check their facts if they were to earn a reasonable reputation like the conventional media. Okowa gave the charge in his remarks at the 2nd edition of the Delta State Strategic Communication Workshop held for media aides, journalists, social media influencers, and […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu – Abuja Senate on Tuesday directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to prioritize enlarging the capacities of Indigenous shipping firms and also patronize them to save Nigeria of the $120 million annual loss to foreign companies in the shipment of petroleum products. This was a decision reached by the Senate Committee […]

Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, Nigeria’s capital market infrastructure, was decorated with the Securities Services Company of the Year award at the eighth edition of the reputed Banks’ and Other Financial Institutions (BAFI) Awards 2020.

Calls on govts to provide enabling environment By Chioma Obinna The World Health Organisation, WHO, on Tuesday launched a year-long global campaign for World No Tobacco Day 2021 tagged:  “Commit to Quit” even as it called on all governments to ensure their citizens have access to brief advice, toll-free quitlines, mobile and digital cessation services, […]

By Peter Okutu GOVERNOR David Umahi of Ebonyi State, Monday stated that he has forgiven all those who wronged him including former Governor Sam Egwu and Senator Anyim Pius Anyim. The Governor also asked for forgiveness from them should in case he had offended them. The trio had been at loggerheads since the defection of […]

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The National Universities Commission, NUC, has said the visitation panels to 38 federal universities and four inter-university centres recently approved by President Muhammadu Buhari would be gazetted. The commission’s Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, who according to a statement Tuesday, by Ibrahim Yakasai, Director, Corporate Affairs of NUC, disclosed this while […]

By Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved for expenditure the N199.240 billion revised 2020 statutory Appropriation Act (budget) of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, after considering and adopting the report of the House Committee on FCT. The National Assembly had in December 2019 passed N278.35 billion FCT statutory budget for […]

Real Madrid value success in the Champions League above all else, but the 13-time champions head into Wednesday’s game against Borussia Moenchengladbach with their qualification hopes hanging by a thread. Should they suffer a humiliating group stage exit, ending their remarkable run as the only team to ever avoid elimination at this phase, coach Zinedine […]

By Tordue Salem – Abuja Members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday dismissed as the low, the N45.32billion allocated for infrastructure in the region. They argued that the sum allocated to the North East Development Commission is insufficient to raise the standards of people in the conflict riddled region. The legislators pushed back at […]

As the euphoria generated by the peaceful conduct and the unassailable victory of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the recent by-elections in the Lagos East Senatorial District and Kosofe 2 of the Lagos State House of Assembly, continues to reverberate throughout the nation, the eloquent message therein should not be lost on all and sundry.