Nigeria has approved that the Aviation Security personnel should bear arms to enhance security of passengers and installations at the airports. The Minister of State for Aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika, unveiled on Wednesday at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. He said his ministry […]
Boniface Okoro, Umuahia A labour leader in Abia State has warned that the state government may plunge the state into industrial crisis if it continues to delay clearing backlog of salaries of workers and pensioners. Comrade Christopher Uche Ezekiel, in a chat with News Express in Umuahia, said it amounted to insensitivity on the part […]
Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Wednesday wheeled out about 3,959 megawatts of generated electricity to the 11 distribution companies as the country’s power supply gradually stabilised. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the power generation data is obtained from daily forecast on the Nigerian Electricity System Operator (SO) website. The daily power […]
Nigeria plans to spend about N270 billion over three years for the rehabilitation of 50 bridges, following the decay of many of the existing ones. The government plan to start with about N70 billion to N100 billion in year one, Power, Works, Housing Minister Babatunde Fashola, said on Tuesday in Lagos. He said government would […]
The Nigerian Navy has recorded more successes in its efforts to get rid of oil thieves in the Niger Delta region as its patrol team deployed by NNS PATHFINDER has again arrested two barges at Taraba Jetty in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for alleged involvement in illegal oil bunkering. One of the arrested barges, according […]
The Federal Government has dispatched a team of experts from the Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, to Cross River State to investigate a suspected polio case. The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, confirmed this to Channels Television via a phone interview. The case, involving an infant, was detected […]
Pamela Eboh, Awka The Governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano, on Tuesday said that his government will constitute a Task Force to enforce compliance on stoppage of collection of taxes and levies from hawkers in markets across the state as the implementation is yet to get in motion. He made the declaration in Uke, […]
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the state’s 2017 Appropriation bill of N812.998 billion. The passage followed the adoption of the report and recommendations of the House Committee on Budget and Economic Planning, headed by Mr Rotimi Olowo. The House approved the sum of N305.182 billion as total recurrent expenditure and N507.816 […]
Mayowa Okekale, Abuja The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Monday launched a contest to promote Made in Nigeria products. The contest which will run for the first three months is aimed at showcasing the process and raw materials used in producing such locally made goods. Bamikole Omishore, Special Assistant to the […]
A financial expert on Monday called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to review the foreign exchange restriction placed on 41 items imported into the country. Dr Uche Uwaleke, the Head of Banking and Finance Department, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, made the suggestion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]