President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians and the international community of free and fair elections in 2023 general elections, and peaceful transfer of power. Mr Femi Adesina, the president’s spokesman in a statement on Friday in Abuja said the president gave the assurance in his remark at a Virtual Summit for Democracy organised by President…
Three students of the Dowen College, Lekki Lagos are currently assisting the police in their investigation into the death of Sylvester Oromoni junior, a 12-year-old student of the college. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumosu who disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday, said three of the five students mentioned by Sylvester before he…
Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has expressed worry over the current economic and financial situation in Nigeria stressing that the economic situation is in a mess . He noted that the stark reality about the dire situation in the country came to the fore recently when President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2022 Budget to…
The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has once againcautioned against the building of structures within the FCT, without properapprovals from relevant agencies of the Federal Capital TerritoryAdministration saying that all buildings must fit into the overall structure ofthe Abuja Masterplan. The Minister said this when he received members of the GoverningCouncil of the University…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has called for collaboration among stakeholders to tackle the challenges of pollution and reverse the environmental degradation in the region. The NDDC Interim Administrator, Dr. Efiong Akwa, made the call on Wednesday during the second meeting of the Niger Delta Environment Consultative Forum hosted by the Commission in Port Harcourt. Akwa…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has reaffirmed the commitment of the FCT Administration towards achieving zero carbon emission in the city by the year 2070 The Minister gave this assurance in Abuja shortly after inspecting the mass transit “Eco Green bus” being proposed for use in the FCT by a…
FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has appealed to the FCT wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) to call off its ongoing strike, which currently affects primary schools managed by the Local Education Authorities (LEA) in the Area Councils. The Minister made this appeal following the FCT Security Committee meeting for the month…
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has charged the firm running its multi-million-naira rice mill at Elele-Alimini, in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, the Elephant Group, to encourage local farmers in the Niger Delta to be fully engaged in the production of paddies. A Press Release issued by the NDDC Director Corporate…
Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has described Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as “a complete failure”. He also told the governor to learn about visionary leadership from his counterparts in Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Rivers, Kaduna, Kano, Lagos and Borno states. In a piece by his Special Adviser on Legislative Duties, Prince Efe…
The Federal government of Nigeria has once again rejected the report of the EndSars panel report in Lagos state whose report submitted to Lagos state government leaked. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday the Minister of Information Lai Mohammed said ‘we will not change our stand that there was no massacre in Lekki on the 20th…
