A Bill for an act to establish the Nigeria Police Special Forces and the Nigeria Police Special Forces Training School Gwoza, Borno and its Governing Council has passed second reading at the Senate. This followed the presentation of the lead debate on the general principles of the bill by the sponsor Sen. Mohammed Ndume (APC-Borno) […]
The Federal Government has begun construction of 57.5 kilometer township roads in Jega and Aliero Local Government Areas of Kebbi. The Federal Controller, Federal Ministry of Works, Kebbi Field Headquarters, Mr James Bugu made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday. He said the project […]
Publishing giant Penguin Random House has scrapped a $2.2bn (£1.9bn) planned takeover of rival Simon & Schuster. Last month, a US court blocked the deal, saying it could “substantially” weaken competition in the industry. Penguin’s parent company Bertelsmann said Paramount Global, the owner of Simon & Schuster, decided not to appeal the ruling. The proposed […]
European research ministers are meeting in Paris to try to agree contributions to the €18.5bn (£16.1bn) of funding needed for future space activity. On their agenda are missions to the Moon and Mars, and, closer to home, satellites to monitor the weather and encrypt global communications. The proposed budget for the European Space Agency is […]
As part of solutions for Nigeria to end its poverty trap, the country requires about N5 to N7 trillion yearly to fund the operation of a thorough well-managed social security system. Experts are of the view that Nigeria with a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of $440 billion and being the largest economy in Africa, but […]
Xi Jinping may have rejected US President Joe Biden’s description of the 21st century as a battle between democracies and autocracies, but as the G20 and APEC summits showed, the Chinese leader remains intent on pushing back at American influence overseas. Still basking in the afterglow of a Communist Party Congress that last month saw […]
The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has affirmed the completion of remodeling of 12 terminal buildings at domestic airports across the nation. Sirika made the declaration during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. According to him, the 12 terminal buildings being remodeled are at the domestic airports […]
Average price of 5kg cooking gas rose by 0.21 per cent from N4,474.48 in September to N4,483.75 in October. The increased price is contained in the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for October 2022 issued on Monday in Abuja. It said stated that on a year-on-year basis, the increase was 70.62 […]
The Federal Government says the just-concluded global tourism confab held at the National Theatre, Lagos, was a success with immense takeaways for Nigeria. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the declaration on Monday in Abuja when he featured on Nigeria Television Authority’s programme: “Good Morning Nigeria’’ monitored by the News Agency of […]