By Ramatu Garba A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, on Wednesday, issued a warrant of arrest for a Lebanese man, Maged Ali-Taan, for failure to appear before it. Justice Muhammad Nasir-Yunusa, issued the warrant following the refusal of the defendants to appear in court to enter their plea over a charge of alleged […]
By Ginika Okoye Abuja, Dec. 6, 2023 (NAN) Mr Wale Edun, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, says non-interest and equity financing are solutions to the current global debt crisis. Edun said this at the maiden Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Islamic Financial Service Board (IFSB) international forum on […]
By Fortune Abang The U.S. says it is committed to promoting sustainable peace between the Israeli and Palestinian people as well as the adoption of a two-state solution to the conflict between them. Mr David Greene, Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S, Embassy in Nigeria expressed the commitment in an interview with the News Agency of […]
The COP28, UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai, with recorded 97,000 participants, should not become a model for the future in terms of attendance, head of the UN Development Programme, Achim Steiner, said. “I personally believe that these conferences have become too big,’’ he said in an interview with dpa in Dubai on Monday. […]
By Ehigimetor Igbaugba The Management of the University of Calabar (Unical) has announced increase in the university’s tuition fees for undergraduates by over 100 per cent. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the announcement was made in a statement made available to newsmen in Calabar on Monday. In the statement by the institution’s […]
By Monday Ajogun The Federal Government has taken delivery of the second Niger bridge from the contractor, Julius Berger, seven months after it was inaugurated by the previous administration. The Minister of Works, Mr David Umahi, while addressing journalists, shortly after he was conducted round the road and the facilities on Sunday by the Managing […]
By Ibironke Ariyo The Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Caroline Adepoju, has ordered investigation into allegations of passport racketeering against personnel of the service in the South East. The Service Public Relations Officer, Deputy Comptroller of Immigration, Adedotun Aridegbe said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
By Vincent Obi Mr. Ebiwari Shadrach, a student under the Presidential Amnesty Scholarship Programme, on Saturday emerged the best graduating student of the Western Delta University (WDU), Oghara, Delta state, at its convocation ceremony. Reports indicate that the environment turned into a field of dreams as Shadrach also bagged a First Class degree in Computer […]
By Gabriel Agbeja The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and sunshine from Sunday to Tuesday across the country. NiMet’s Weather Outlook released on Saturday in Abuja forecast dust hazes over the northern region on Sunday throughout the forecast period. According to NiMet, sunny skies with hazy atmosphere is expected over the […]
By Stanley Nwanosike The Federal Government, on Saturday, paid the fine for the release of 11 inmates in four custodial centres in Enugu State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gesture was in line with the government’s aggressive initiative to decongest overcrowded custodial centres nationwide. The four custodial centres included Enugu, Nsukka […]