Breaking: Stranded Nigerians in Ukraine en route to Abuja
About four hundred and fifty stranded Nigerians are on their way to Abuja. The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this on her Instagram page.
APC-led FG makes promises, but Nigerians get failure — Wike
By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has stated that the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government has kept making promises while the people only get failures, reiterating that it was time to vote out APC. Wike also said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has the capacity to reverse the suffering […]
Can Nigeria become a superpower overnight?
By Donu Kogbara SOMEONE recently made a very interesting assertion on Twitter, being that “Nigeria is only one truly great leader away from being a superpower”. Many netizens disagreed because they believe that it will take much more than one truly great leader to not only drag an ailing country out of the doldrums but […]
Insecurity: Benue Gov flags off reconstruction of dreaded road to prevent militia attacks
IT used to be a dreaded route. The mere mention of Makurdi-Yogbo-Udei-Branch-Udei Road-usually evoked fear and anxiety for one major reason: mass killings. Security men, farmers and passers-by perished in large numbers along this axis of evil.
FAAC shortfall: NLC kicks as Kano govt slashes workers pay
KANO State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, rejected plans by the state government to slash February salaries of workers, as a result of short fall in Federation Accounts Allocation Committee, FAAC allocation shared among the states.
Only 4 states complying with Contributory Pension for workers — PenCom
By Rosemary Iwunze There are indications that only four states, namely Lagos, Kaduna, Edo and Benue, remitted their workers pension contributions fully as at December 2021, in line with the mandate of the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS. According to the 2021 fourth quarter report, Q4’21, released by the National Pension Commission, PenCom, five other states […]
FG empowers women farmers with cooking gas to tackle deforestation
The Federal Government, Thursday, empowered women farmers in the North Central geopolitical Zone with distribution of cooking gas cylinders to tackle deforestation as one of the major causes of climate change
Apapa gridlock: NARTO, truckers accuse LASTMA, security agencies of extortion
THE leadership of the National Association of Road Transport Owners, NARTO, yesterday, decried the continued involvement of officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, in the control of trucks into the port, saying it has worsened the traffic situation along the port access roads.
Energy crises: Electricity output plunges
Long queues for fuel worsens Lagos traffic Motorists lament, defy Sanwo-Olu Unwholesome practices slow down govt efforts on electricity lElectricity growth sluggish in 2021 By Udeme Akpan, Olasunkanmi Akoni, Sebastine Obasi, Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Ediri Ejoh & Elizabeth Adegbesan Nigeria’s energy sector woes appear worsened as electricity generation, yesterday, dropped to 4,227 megawatts, MW, from 4,544.2MW, […]
Zero remittance: Govs question NNPC profitability status
By Obas Esiedesa Abuja—Following the failure of the NNPC Limited to remit any revenue to the Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting for February, the Nigerian Governors Forum has questioned the corporation’s profitability status. NNPC had last declared a trading profit of N250 billion. But speaking at the Governors panel at the Nigeria International Energy […]
Abba Kyari faces dismissal by Police, trial by NDLEA
*Police move to dismiss Abba Kyari before extradition *Extradition to provide him opportunity to clear himself —Source *NDLEA files 8-count charge against him, 6 others By Kingsley Omonobi & Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja Few days after the Federal Government approved the request by the United States for suspended Commander of the Police Intelligence Response Team, DCP […]
