Group endorses Al-Makura for APC chairmanship position
A group, Forum of State Chairmen of the defunct Congress for Progressives Change (CPC), has made a case for a former Governor of Nasarawa State, Sen. Tanko Al-Makura, as the next National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The endorsement is contained in a statement jointly signed by the group’s National Coordinator, Kassim Mabo; […]
COVID-19: Nigeria receives $9.3m Canadian grant to strengthen vaccines delivery
The Federal Government has received a 9.3 million Canadian dollars grant from the Global Initiative for Vaccine Equity (CanGIVE), to boost COVID-19 vaccine delivery and strengthen the broader health system in the country. The Canadian High Commissioner, Amb. Jamie Christoff, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja, during the launch of CanGIVE in Nigeria. The event […]
Fuel subsidy: APC Governors, FG working to address hardship, says Uzodinma
The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) has said that it is working with the Federal Government to address the current hardship being faced by Nigerians, following the removal of fuel subsidy and the increase in petroleum pump price. Gov. Hope Uzordimma of Imo State and Chairman of the forum said this while addressing newsmen at the […]
BREAKING: Professor Kole Omotoso is dead
Professor of English and renowned writer, Bankole Ajibabi Omotoso, popularly known as Kole Omotoso, has died at 80 in Cape Town, South Africa. He had lived in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa for many years. The family, in a short message announcing the demise of the highly revered intellectual, said “Our beloved father and husband moved […]
Niger Gov sacks revenue contractors
Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger State has directed the immediate sack of all revenue consultants and agents contracted by various Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDA’s) in the state. This is contained in a statement by Alhaji Abubakar Usman, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) in Minna on Thursday. He said the disengagement is aimed […]
Mrs Tinubu renames women centre after late Maryam Babangida
The First lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu on Tuesday in Abuja officially immortalised the late Mrs Maryam Babangida by renaming the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) after her. Mrs Tinubu who commissioned the former National Women Development Centre as Maryam Babangida National Centre also unveiled her First Lady’s portrait and a compendium of activities of […]
Motorists express shock over new petrol price in Ibadan
Motorists and commuters in Ibadan have expressed shock over the new pump prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol, announced on Tuesday by Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPCL). The News Agency of Nigeria reports that NNPCL had, on Tuesday morning, announced the adjustment of the pump price of petrol from N539 per […]
NNPC attributes increase in petrol price to market realities
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company L.td., has attributed the increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol to the market realities. The company’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Malam Mele Kyari, stated this in an interview with journalists shortly after a private meeting with the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, at the […]
Israelis plan protest as Herzog meets Biden
Israeli President Isaac Herzog is due to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington on Tuesday as Israel faces a major day of protest. In Israel, the president, unlike in the United States has mainly representative duties. But on the eve of Herzog’s visit, the White House announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would […]
World War II bomb safely detonated in Hamburg, Germany
A World War II bomb found in Hamburg’s Schanzenviertel District has been defused. Police announced on Twitter early on Tuesday that the area, a shopping district popular with tourists, was safe again. Two partial detonations were necessary for the defusing. “The second partial blast was successful. The bomb has been defused. Measures are now being […]
