THE Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) received a whopping N946.91 billion as budgetary allocation in 18 years, findings by The Nation has shown. The sum is part of the N9.43 trillion allocated between 1999 to 2019.as 13 per cent derivation to the nine oil producing states and other agencies of the Federal Government involved developing […]

The Federal Government has said Secondary schools in the country will reopen on August 4, 2020 for pupils in exit classes to sit for their examination. The government said students will have two weeks to prepare for the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination organised by the West Africa Examination Council. WAEC exams, the government […]

Arik Air on Monday announced the resumption of its flight operations to Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, and Yola Airport from July 28. Mr Adebanji Ola, its Communications Manager, said in a statement in Lagos that both services would originate from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, with connections to and from Murtala Muhammed Airport, […]

Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) is working on a stamp duty palliative package for tenants across the country to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. Executive Chairman, Mr. Muhammad Nami, made this disclosure on Monday during a live appearance on the popular morning show, “Your View”, on TV Continental (TVC) via video link. According to a […]

Following alleged misappropriation of funds rocking the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), stakeholders of the oil-rich region are set to stage a massive protest against the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and the Professor Kemebradikumo Pondei-led Interim Management Committee (IMC). The protest by the stakeholders, under the auspices of Niger Delta Development Initiative […]

The lawmaker representing Kachia/Kagarko Federal Constituency, Kaduna, in the House of Representatives, Gabriel Saleh has slammed the Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government on the handling of security issues. “So I feel the Federal Government has failed Nigeria. Our people are crying and suffering, over 40 people were killed in less than two weeks,” Saleh said while […]

Mr Patrick Obiefuna, the Managing Director, Anambra State Road Traffic Management Agency (ATMA), said on Monday in Awka, that the agency generated N6.2 million in 2019. He said that the money was realised from fines imposed on traffic offenders. Obiefuna made the disclosures while defending the agency’s financial transactions in 2019, before the State House […]