Minister of Water Resources Suleiman Hussein Adamu has said the federal government saved the sum of N53 billion from the review of some projects awarded by previous administrations. He also said the Muhammadu Buhari administration had upped its game in the sector with about 32million Nigerians now having access to pipe borne water across the country. Suleiman also said contrary Read More
The Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has terminated a road contract awarded somewhere in Aguata Local Government Area, over alleged incompetence of the contractor. A trending video which did not reveal the name of the company handling the contract and the name of the road project, showed that the governor terminated the project during his unscheduled visit to the Read More
After several months of legal tussle between Zenith Bank Plc v Real Integrated & Hospitality Limited and State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Gombe State, a three-man panel in the Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos led by Justice Muhammed Sirajo have unanimously upturned the Lagos State High Court judgment of Justice O. O. Abike-Fadipe against Zenith Bank. Real Integrated Read More
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N14.09 billion as augmentation of the contract sum for the construction of a road in Kano state. Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, who stated this said the contract was inherited from the previous administration. “The Ministry of Works and Housing presented a council memo to get approval for the Read More
Acting Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Justice Clara Bata Ogunbiyi (retd.), has decried the rampant cases of the garnishee of the accounts of the commission by courts on matters directly related to the operational duties of the police which has nothing to do with the PSC. Speaking when she received leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), led by Read More
Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has disclosed that contractor handling one of the cargo terminals at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja is currently under investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to him, the ministry had to approach EFCC, after the directive of President Muhammadu Buhari, that the contractor be investigated and prosecuted. Addressing the House Read More
The newly elected Enugu State Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Comrade Adolphus Udeh has mocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its pledge to rescue Nigeria. According to Udeh, before rescuing Nigeria, PDP should first account for the uncountable underdevelopment obstacles the party embedded in the system, prior to their exit from power in 2015. In a press Read More
ActionAid Nigeria has said that in the face of dwindling revenue and widening fiscal deficit, there is a need for the National Assembly, Debt Management Office DMO, Federal Economic Council to minimize accumulation of external debt by involving the Civil Society Organization (CSO’s) and labour Unions in discussions to contract debt. The Country Director, Ene Obi represented by the Director Read More
Aero contractors Thursday took delivery of two brand new Airbus 320 (Aircrafts) from Heston airline based in Lithuania. The company’s Chief Executive Officer, Captain Mahmood Abdullahi,while receiving the new Aircraft in Abuja said that the Aero Contractors, has strived to stay afloat despite economic hardship. The CEO, noted that for the company to remain in business, as the oldest airliner Read More
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has replied criticism by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its borrowing spree, saying the act “is for the good of the country.” In a statement signed Wednesday in Abuja by the National Secretary Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, the ruling party said unlike in the brazen looting days Read More
Residents of Imakun-Omi town in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun state have commended the federal government for the intervention project sited in their community. The Paramount Ruler of Imakun-Omi, Alaiye Oba Kazeem Adeshina Salami, the Osobia of Imakun-Omi on behalf of his community, commended the federal government and the project facilitator, the Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial Constituency, Read More
Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) on Saturday September 4, 2021 bursted drug syndicate and recovered 320 blocks of Indian hemp worth N9.5 million concealed in a Toyota Camry car with registration number Abuja ABC 214 HV. Information Officer of OPSH, Major Ishaku Takwa, made the disclosure in a press release. “The suspects Sgt Patrick Kalu, a retired police officer, Read More
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has warned contractors to desist from shoddy execution of constituency projects without adherence to contract specification. Resident Anti-Corruption Commissioner in charge of Kogi state, Mr Ulu Okoro, gave the warning, Friday, during the third phase of Legislative Constituency Projects tracking exercise in Lokoja and Koton-Karfe federal constituency organised by the Read More
Jigawa state government, under the leadership of Governor Mohammed Badaru Abubakar has constructed 93 roads from 2015 to date. This was disclosed Thursday by his deputy, Alhaji Umar Namadi, while playing host to the Nigerian Guide of Editors, currently on tour of the state and inspecting projects constructed by the Badaru administration in the last six years. Namadi told the Read More
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has celebrated the assent to the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the current administration has demonstrated unwavering commitment to change Nigeria democratically. The APC governors also said the new PIB present a convincing credential and commitment of the party to restructure Nigerian economy through democratic process in line with provisions of Read More
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Wednesday, arraigned one Sani Shehu Abdullahi, and his company, First Class General Business and Investment Limited, alongside Abubakar Mohammed (now at large), before Justice Sylvanus Chinedu Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Maitama, Abuja, on eight-count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N84, 984,000. A Read More
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) through the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) has signed grant agreements under the mini-grid sub-component with 13 companies for the deployment of solar mini-grids across 86 sites in off-grid communities. To this end, the agency had also deployed and commissioned seven solar hybrid mini-grids with a total energy capacity of 529.79KW, connecting 3,828 customers. In a Read More
It was a moment of jubilation amidst deep relief day the federal government commisioned and handed over erosion and flood control works built in Isuikwuato community of Abia state. The project, specifically located at Oghighe/Urualla Ohukabia Aligbara/Ohukabia, Nduibi in Oguduasa clan in Isuikwuato Local Government Area (LGA) of the state was executed through the Ecological Fund Office (EFO), Office of Read More
A think-tank group of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) known as APC Legacy Awareness and Campaign has revealed how President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has introduced policies and programmes that will ensure uninterrupted power supply in the country. The group in a statement signed Wednesday in Abuja by its national youth leader Ismaeel Ahmed, former national publicity secretary Lanre Issa-Onilu Read More
Permit me a space to draw the attention of Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) on its ongoing Kaduna to jos road rehabilitation which it abruptly stopped. Recall, the FERMA began the rehabilitation of the road even when the federal government has already awarded the contract for the total construction of the new road from Kaduna to Jos. In view of Read More
The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Mele Kyari, said the government corporation will borrow to fund its stake acquisition in Dangote Refinery. It can be recalled that last month, NNPC announced plans to acquire a 20 percent minority equity stake in Africa’s biggest oil refining facility, Dangote Refinery, Lagos, to help further ensure an undisrupted supply Read More
A 46-year-old herder, Amuda Usman, Monday prayed the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state, to consider his three wives and 14 children in sentencing him for the offence of advance fee fraud he was convicted for. The convict who was said to have defrauded one Dr. Afolabi Babatunde of 45 cows that valued N4.5million, appealed to the court Read More
The leadership of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) has condemned the strongest of terms the barricade and taking over of the residence of Senator Andy Uba by some staffers of the Heritage Bank in the early hours of Monday, June 21, 2021. The bank staffers were said to have taken over Uba’s residence with the reasons that the former Senator Read More
Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel has signed a contract extension until the summer of 2024. Tuchel, 47, signed an initial 18-month deal when he replaced Frank Lampard as Blues boss in January. He led the club to victory in the Champions League final and a fourth-placed finish in the Premier League. Chelsea were ninth in the Premier League and without a Read More
Crude oil and currency markets were in the red last week with all indicators looking southwards. Oil prices inched lower last week with the benchmark Brent crude down by 3.1 per cent week-on-week(w/w) to $66.6/bbl. despite increasing demand on the back of eased restrictions in Europe. On the domestic front, the external reserves declined marginally by 0.5 per cent w/w Read More
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