Day: December 16, 2020
Gov. Uzodimma presents N346bn budget for 2021 fiscal year
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo on Wednesday presented a N346.16 billion budget for the 2021 fiscal…
Reps call for 10 weeks extension of SIM card registration with NIN
The House of Representatives has called for 10 weeks extension of Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card…
Caution those destroying Southwest for their Lagos paymaster, Adeleke urges PDP NWC
As the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) South West moves towards crises in what seems like an…
Appeal Court nullifies Metuh’s conviction, orders fresh trial
The Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside the conviction and seven years jail term…
Senate confirms Police Commission, Consumer Protection nominees
By Deborah Hassan The Senate has confirmed Chief Onuemuche Nnamani as a Member of…
Senate to pass 2021 budget in special Monday session
…to consider Conference Committee Report on 2021 – 2023 MTEF/FSP Thursday By…
UN Chief appalled by rising attacks against journalists
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has expressed concern over rising cases of attacks against journalists and…
Mob sets Anambra Police station ablaze over killing of motorcyclist
By Kenneth Onuoha A mob on Wednesday morning set a police station in Igboukwu, Aguata…
Court dismisses suit challenging Akeredolu’s APC candidacy
By Deborah Hassan A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a…
Kano’s new LNG Plants to generate 10MW electricity
By Gabriel Atumeyi The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, on Tuesday commissioned two…
Buhari joins FEC meeting from Daura country home virtually
By Gabriel Atumeyi President Muhammadu Buhari is participating online in the 28th meeting of the Federal…
Kankara Abduction: Buhari not under threat – DHQ
By Deborah Hassan President Muhammadu Buhari is not threatened by the insecurity that led to Friday’s…
Gas leakage: NEMA advises commuters, Magboro residents to comply with safety measures
By Ade Jacobs In response to an ongoing gas leakage at the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the…
No positive cases of COVID-19 at Ebonyi orientation camp – NYSC
By Ife Osemedua The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has declared that a statement credited…
Anambra recorded 120 fire incidents in 10 months – Fire Service
By Kenneth Onuoha Anambra State Fire Service Director, Mr Martin Agbili, has disclosed that the…
Residents panic over gas leakage near PUNCH office
By Deborah Hassan There is palpable tension among residents of Arepo, Magboro, and other neighbouring…
World Bank budgets US$60m to fight youth joblessness in Benin
World Bank International Development Association (IDA) will give Benin US$60 million to help the west African…
231 junior officers graduate from Armed Forces Command and Staff College
The Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC), Jaji, Kaduna, on Tuesday, graduated 231 junior officers…
COVID-19: NCDC registers 758 new infections, 3 additional deaths
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC), has registered 758 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Insecurity: Kano orders immediate closure of all schools
Kano State Government on Tuesday ordered the closure of all public and private schools in the…
Food Security: FG to commence all-year-round farming
The Federal Government says it is ready to commence all year round farming in Osun to…
Residents, traders express shock over demolition of FESTAC Town market
Some Festac Town residents and traders in Lagos State on Tuesday expressed shock and anger over…
NiMet predicts dust haze, cloudy weather conditions
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted dust haze and cloudy weather conditions from Wednesday to…
ExxonMobil official confirms worker’s death at Qua Iboe facility
A top official of U.S. oil giant, ExxonMobil, has confirmed the death of a staff member…
Omah Lay, Tems now with Nigerian Mission in Uganda – Dabiri-Erewa
By Moses Okorie The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has revealed that the two…
We are set to redeem NDDC’s image – Interim Administrator
The new Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Effiong Akwa, says the…