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The Federal Government has disbursed 64.8 million naira to private sector partners to execute Nigeria Electrification Project, NEP. In a statement issued to newsmen by Rural Electrification Agency, REA, it revealed that the NEP programme, funded by a $350 million dollars from World Bank loan and 200 million loan dollars from the African Development Bank, AFDB, have provided electricity to millions of Nigerians. REA Managing Director, Ahmad Salihijo said that […]

Emirates Airlines has suspended flight operations to Nigeria over its inability to repatriate blocked funds and it has communicated its position to the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria CBN The airline in a statement yesterday said the suspension took effect from October 29, 2022, to mitigate against further losses moving forward. Emirates had in August suspended flights to Nigeria over its 85 million dollars blocked revenue, while […]

The Court of Appeal headquarters in Abuja has clarified that the transfer of its 21 Justices to various divisions in the country has nothing to do with the judgment of the Court that discharged and quashed the terrorism charges against the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The Appellate Court in contrast to a report in a section of the media said that the postings […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Hassan Musa as senior special assistant on environment and climate change. Musa recently retired from the Federal Civil Service as the Permanent Secretary, at the Federal Ministry of Environment. The approval of his appointment was contained in a letter dated October 20, 2022, and signed by the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari.

The South East Caucus in the Senate has called on the Federal Government to obey the ruling of the Appeal Court and discharge the leader of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The caucus, comprising eleven Senators, in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to keep the promise he earlier made to the Igbos and release Kanu. The eleven senators who signed the […]

The Minister of Water Resources, Suleiman Adamu, says declaring a state of emergency over the disastrous flooding across the country was not yet necessary. Adamu in a television interview yesterday said emergency agencies are not yet overwhelmed, with at least 600 death recorded and millions displaced due to flooding-related disasters this year with many parts of the country still submerged under water. The Minister said the main cause of the […]

The Nigerian Communications NCC has ordered the reversal of the implementation of the newly approved 10% hike in tariff for voice and data services. The Director, of Public Affairs NCC, Reuben Muoka who made the announcement said even though the tariff increase was due in line with the mandates of the Commission as provided by the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003, and other extant Regulations and Guidelines, the implementation has been […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC yesterday reassured Nigerians that there is no plan to discard the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System BVAS and the electronic transmission of results. The Chairman of INEC Professor Mahmood Yakubu while addressing participants in Abuja at the training of master trainers on technologies for the 2023 general elections, said the commission is determined to deploy the BVAS technology for the conduct of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned ministers, permanent secretaries, and heads of government agencies not to leave governance for electioneering with campaigns for next year’s elections on the way. Buhari who issued the warning in Abuja yesterday at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Ministerial Performance Review Retreat, warned that any infraction would be viewed seriously, adding that all Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, and Heads of Agencies must remain focused on the […]