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The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu has warned that intense flooding would be experienced in some states in the next seven days following the opening of Lagdo Dam in Cameroon.   Edu gave the prediction yesterday when she hosted the Minister of Water Resources, Minister of Environment, as well as other stakeholders on ways to lessen the impact of the flooding in Nigeria, assuring Nigerians that […]

President Bola Tinubu has charged his cabinet members to work hard and be committed to creating a robust economy that would serve every Nigerian.   Tinubu during his opening remarks at the inaugural Federal Executive Council meeting at the State House told FEC members including ministers to work hard, saying that the expectations of Nigerians are very high and underperformance won’t be tolerated.   He also restated his government‘s policy agenda […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has disclosed that an unauthorized oil connection was found on Saturday by a delegation sent by President Bola Tinubu to assess the oil theft situation in the Niger Delta. NNPCL revealed that the country loses an average of 7.2 million dollars monthly from the illegal connection discovered in Owaza, Abia State, adding that underground refineries and the environmental devastation witnessed by the team translated […]

President Bola Tinubu says the country must make difficult changes to be respected in the comity of nations, arguing that even though initial reforms may be painful, the nation must be willing to take the hard steps to set the country on the path of growth.   Tinubu who spoke in Abuja yesterday while declaring open the 2023 Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association NBA at the Velodrome, […]

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources on Oil Heineken Lokpobiri has reiterated that the Port Harcourt Refining Company PHRC Limited would be back on stream by December as part of the government’s commitment to ending petroleum product importation as soon as efforts are being redoubled to restore the nation’s local refining capacity. Lokpobiri said this in a statement yesterday by the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum […]

The Court of Appeal in Owerri in Imo State has sacked Julius Abura and recognized Lamido Apapa as the National Chairman of the Labor Party. The court also ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to immediately recognize and publish the names of all the governorship candidates produced by the Apapa-led National Working Committee in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states. The court also dismissed the governorship candidature of Athan Achonu […]

President Bola Tinubu has redeployed the former Governor of Osun State and minister-designate Adegboyega Oyetola from the Ministry of Transportation to the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy, and Abubakar Momoh, from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development with immediate effect.   Tinubu also redeployed a minister-designate Bunmi Tunji-Ojo, to the Ministry of Interior while Sa’idu Alkali was redeployed as the Minister of […]

President Bola Tonubu has released the portfolios for the 45 confirmed ministerial nominees with former Governor of Ebonyi State David Umahi in Charge of the Ministry of Works, former governor of Rivers State Nyesom Wike for Federal Capital Territory FCT, former governor of Osun, Gboyega Oyetola for transportation and Festus Keyamo manning the Ministry of Aviation.   Other ministers are Wale Edun for Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, […]

The National Youth Service Corps NYSC orientation exercise is scheduled to resume in Borno State 13 years after the three-week course was suspended over recurring attacks by Boko Haram insurgents.   The NYSC took to Twitter yesterday to notify prospective corps members deployed to the state’s second stream of the Batch ‘B’ orientation course of a change of venue.   All Prospective Corps Members PCMs deployed to Borno are to reprint their Call-up letters […]