By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the family of Afaka on the passing of Sa’idu Afaka, his official driver, who died at the State House Clinic on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. The president’s condolence message is contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, […]
By Edith Ike-EbohThe Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has signed a contract with Maire Tecnimont SPA, an Italian Company, for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt Refinery Company (PHRC). The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Malam Mele Kyari, at the signing of the Contract in Abuja, on Tuesday said the contractor was selected with high level […]
By Ismaila Chafe Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi, says the three-month tenure extension granted to outgoing Inspector-General of Police Muhammad Adamu was terminated following completion of selection process for a new I-G. Dingyadi has earlier announced the appointment of Deputy Inspector- General of Police (DIG) Usman Baba as Acting Inspector-General of Police.. The appointment […]
By Victor Nwachukwu The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, has assured fugitives who escaped from the custodial centre in Owerri, the Imo capital, of amnesty if they willfully return. The minister gave the assurance while inspecting the centre on Tuesday following last Monday’s breakout following an attack on the facility by unknown gunmen. The […]
By Joan Nwagwu Polytechnic lecturers under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has started an indefinite strike nationwide over deplorable state of polytechnics in the country. Mr Anderson Ezeibe, the National President of ASUP, disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Ezeibe said the union’s decision to start an […]
By Folasade Akpan The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the global economy is projected to grow at six per cent in 2021, moderating to 4.4 per cent in 2022. The April 2021 World Economic Outlook (WEO) was presented on Tuesday in Washington D.C. by Gita Gopinath, the fund’s Chief Economist at the ongoing IMF/World Bank […]
By Bolanle Lawal Workers in the judiciary in Ekiti on Tuesday joined their colleagues nationwide to begin an indefinite strike in compliance with the directive of the national executives of the Judiciary Staff Union (JUSUN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the magistrate courts, the state high courts and Court of Appeal in […]
Four days after commercial banks disconnected customers of MTN Nigeria from the use of the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code for airtime vending, the banks yesterday reconnected them following the intervention of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami and the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin […]
The South Korean electronics manufacturer LG is closing its loss-making mobile phone business. The board of directors approved the move on Monday, LG Electronics said in a statement released in Seoul. The shutdown of LG’s mobile phone sector is expected to be completed by the end of July. “LG’s strategic decision to exit the incredibly […]
A strong link has been established between the bandits terrorising the North West and the Boko Haram insurgents operating in the North East. Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, stated this when he featured as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, saying his government would not negotiate with bandits. “It has been established that the kidnapping operations […]