Senator Clifford Ordia (PDP Edo Central), was on Monday, attacked twice by suspected bandits along Okenne-Lokoja and Lokoja-Abaji roads. Ordia who heads the Senate committee on Local and Foreign Debts, lamented to newsmen on Wednesday on how escaped death by whiskers, when the daredevil suspected bandits opened fire on his convoy, while returning to Abuja from his hometown in Edo Read More
Since becoming president on May 29, 2015, Muhammad Buhari has not left anyone in doubt as to what his government will be doing in the first tenure. Consequently, he rolled out his 3-pronged agenda of revamping the economy, fighting corruption and improving the security of the country. My main focus in this piece is to give an overview of the Read More
The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector released recently by the Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which stood at 49.4 index points, indicating a reversal of five consecutive months of contraction from May, indeed, portends a good omen for the nation’s economy. The result of the PMI survey showed that the manufacturing PMI for Read More
Adamawa state government has said the huge debt left behind by the previous administrations has made it impossible for the state to access the N2billion COVID-19 loans granted to states. The loan would have assisted the state in mitigating the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. The state Commissioner for Finance, Dr Ishaya Dabari in an interview with journalists in his office Read More
The Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman, has said the deployment of solar power grid to 200 Primary Health Centres (PHC) and 104 Unity Schools will be completed in 12 months. He said the ‘Energy for All – Mass Rural Electrification’ programme will be delivered by the Federal Ministry of Power through the Rural Electrification Agency (REA). A statement issued Read More
Occupies 50 Shiroro, Munya villages, towns Gunmen abduct 5 Makurdi agric varsity students Kill 2 more Kaduna students, 9 in Anambra attack 2 women, children kidnapped in Zaria, 9 in Oyo Troops repel attack on Mainok, kill scores, lose officer, 6 others Boko Haram terrorists have established territory in parts of Niger state and hoisted their flag in Kaure village Read More
The federal government has expressed concern over the huge gap in the tourism sector. Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Yalwaji Katagum, stated this when a delegation of Women in Business and Tourism Society Nigeria (WIBAT Nigeria) led by its National President paid her a courtesy visit in Abuja on Monday said that Tourism has an Read More
Flour Mills of Nigeria plc said its investment of N65 billion in the company’s subsidiary Golden Sugar company new sugar mill in Sunti, Niger state and $200 million in the Apapa refinery in Lagos will create additional jobs and increase its sugar production output. It said a total of 3000 hectares of land, construction of a sugar mill, a sugar Read More
After a long legal tussle, the Senator-elect representing Imo North senatorial, Chukwuma Frank Ibezim has received his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), assuring the people of Okigwe of impactful representation that will bridge the void in development of the area. Speaking to journalists at a pre-inauguration dinner held in his honour weekend in Abuja, Ibezim Read More
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has denied allegation that its officials demanded a bribe of N1m to facilitate payment to some contractors who supplied various items in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic in the Territory. Sources told our correspondent Sunday in Abuja, that the allegation was a ploy by some contractors to blackmail the FCTA officials following the Read More
The Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Barnawa, Kaduna, has identified parental care and awareness as the best optimal management strategies for autism, while calling for assistance from the federal government in managing the disease. The hospital’s head of clinical services, Dr. David Ewoada, disclosed this Friday during the inauguration of the Autism Solution Centre in Kaduna. He said: “Funding of mental health Read More
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said “Nigeria needs over a trillion naira to effectively combat malaria.” Ehanire added that the country required more than N350 billion to fight the disease in 2021 alone. He disclosed this on Friday at a press conference to commemorate the 2021 World Malarial in Abuja, with the theme “Zero Malaria.” “The implementation Read More
The Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA), Oyo state Chapter, has urged the federal government to accelerate efforts to make an amendment of the copyright law come into operation in the country. The executive secretary, NPA Oyo state, Mr. Emmanuel Abimbola, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to commemorate the World Book and Copyright Day. Read More
The Department of State Service (DSS), has dissociated itself from the statement accredited to a former DSS Director, Dennis Amachree, on plans by the United States to place the embattled Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, on no-fly list. DSS, Director of Public Relations, Dr Peter Afunanya, told journalists in Abuja, that Amachree’s statement does not reflect the Read More
The federal government Thursday promised to strengthen its border security following the death of President Idriss Deby and the seeming political instability in the country. Minister of Defence Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (retd) stated this while briefing State House correspondents in Abuja at the special weekly briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team. The minister said the absence of Chad’s Read More
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and the Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) have agreed to implement joint measures to minimise delay and corrupt practices at the country’s ports. This emerged in Lagos during a working visit to the NIMASA headquarters by the Executive Secretary of NSC, Barr. Hassan Bello. Both agencies of the Federal Government noted that full Read More
The Senate through its Commitee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, intensified the move to upgrade the Yaba College of Technology and Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, to Universities of Technology. It also made similar move for upgrade of the Nigeria French Language Village in Ajara Badagry , Lagos State to an Inter – University Centre for French Language Studies . Planned legislations Read More
Participants rising from a Litigation workshop for Lawyers on the Safety of Journalists organized by Media Right Agenda (MRA) have called on the Federal Government to take urgent steps to domesticate relevant regional and international instruments and standards on the safety of journalists in order to give impetus to compliance and enforcement processes at the national level as a way Read More
As elucidated in the first part of this piece, the defined pension scheme in Nigeria failed to serve the basic objective of making retirees enjoy the fruit of their labour. The failure was attributed to poor pension fund administration, outright corruption; embezzlement of the pension fund; inadequate build-up of funds, and poor supervision. Has the new scheme, the contributory pension Read More
Rivers state Governor Nyesome Wike have advocated for concerted action on the part of the federal government to revive the Ajaokuta Steel Company saying it would not only create employment for Nigerian youths but also make the nation financially strong. The governor stated this when he received Minister of State Mines and Steel Development Dr Uchechukwu Sampson Ogah on Monday Read More
Practicing journalists from Nsukka socio-cultural zone of Enugu state under the aegis of Nsukka Journalists Foundation (NJF), has called on the National Assembly to create the proposed Adada state out of the existing Enugu state. The foundation made the call in a communiqué issued at a summit held at Jerry Marriott Hotel and Suits, Nsukka weekend where issues of interest Read More
Ohaneze Nigbo Worldwide Sunday warned the federal government against deploying Military to South-east region, saying it may lead to the braking up of the country. This was contained in a statement signed and made available to Blueprint by the Secretary General of the group, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro. Isiguzoro noted that the southeast had remained the safest place for foreign and local investments Read More
The Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has debunked claims by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state that the federal government printed between N50 billion – N60 billion to bridge the shortfall in the distribution of federation revenues to the three tiers of government in March 2021, saying that the claims did not reflect the true position of things. The Forum, in Read More
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has said printing money “is a cardinal job of the lenders.” Emefiele, on the official twitter handle of the CBN @cenbank on Friday, said printing money “is about lending money.” He was probably responding to the Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki, who alleged that the federal government printed N60 Read More
The federal government on Friday warned that it would sanction expatriates that failed to open operational bases in Bonny Island, Rivers state, for the Train 7 Gas Project. The executive secretary, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr. Simbi Wabote, gave the warning at the formal opening of The Promise Fast Food and Restaurant in Bonny, Rivers state. The Read More
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