The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday received 109 stranded Nigerians repatriated from Mali at the International Wing of Murtala Muhammed International Airport Ikeja in Lagos. The Director-General of NEMA, AVM Muhammed Muhammadu (rtd), who received the returnees, said that they would be isolated for 14 days in Ikeja before they would be free […]
Indications emerged on Monday that the winner of the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), may not enjoy the support of other aspirants. Jegede, who was at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja to collect his certificate of return, was accompanied […]
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has vowed to resist the scrapping of the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF). IPMAN warned that if such agitation succeeds an impending crisis in the petroleum sector would become inevitable. The IPMAN, said this in a statement by its National Secretary, Alhaji Danladi Garba Pasali, in Jos. It […]
Lagos State Water Regulatory Commission (LSWRC) on Monday sealed off the Banana Island Property Owners Resident Association’s (BIPORAL’s) water treatment plant for failing to meet the required safety and quality standard. The regulatory compliance seal order on the BIPORAL water plant supplying water to residents of Banana Island in Ikoyi followed tests earlier conducted by […]
The Federal Government has signed tripartite agreement on the implementation of National Transit Insurance Scheme (NATIS) to insure transportation of agricultural products across the country. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was among Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation (NAIC),Nigeria Association of Agricultural Product Dealers (NAAPD) and Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON). Speaking at the ceremony […]
Abia State chapter chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Johnson Onuigbo has been reported dead. Though details of his death are sketchy sources said that he died Monday morning. Details shortly…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 829 COVID-19 patients were discharged on Monday. The NCDC in a tweet said the number was the highest in one day since the index case was reported on Feb. 27. Nigeria, It said, has successfully treated 18,203 cases of COVID-19. The NCDC data showed that 648 new […]
The call for restructuring will soon end because President Muhammadu Buhari is already addressing issues that led to it, a Lagos lawmaker, Jude Idimogu, has said. The lawmaker, who represents Oshodi/Isolo Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, said the various programmes being implemented by the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration would end […]
The 2020 West African Examination Council (WAEC) will commence on August 17, the Federal Government has declared. To this end, it asked secondary schools to reopen on August 4, 2020 for students in exit classes to sit for the exams. The government said students will have two weeks to prepare for WAEC. These were parts […]
•Groups caution against scrapping agency •Suggest ways to reposition commission •’Looters must return stolen money’ Scores of women yesterday barricaded the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to demand transparency and accountability in the affairs of the agency. The protesters, comprising activists from various civil society organizations and farmers, called […]