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The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced a ban on fuel tankers exceeding 60,000 litres from operating on Nigerian roads. The ban is expected to take effect from 1 March 2025, as revealed by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA. The agency also specified that, by the fourth quarter of 2025, no truck with a capacity exceeding 45,000 litres will be permitted to load petroleum products. NMDPRA […]

The House of Representatives has demanded justice for victims of gender-based violence, saying that a speedy dispensation of justice will discourage the social menace. The House, through a motion by a member, AWAJIINOMBEK ABIANTE and three others, believed gender-based violence has continued because of the delay in justice delivery, listing  the women who have been murdered over the years and still, justice has not been served.  The House noted that establishing special […]

Ebonyi State Governor, FRANCIS NWIFURU has charged the military to intensify efforts to end the sit-at-home often declared by non-state actors in the South East region, as he pledged to sustain support for the military.  In a statement made available to newsmen by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, MONDAY UZOR, at the weekend, NWIFURU made the call when the new General Officer Commanding 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, Major-General OLUYEMI OLATOYE, paid […]

The lawmaker representing Borno South Senatorial District, ALI NDUME, has asked the Federal Government to probe a claim by the United States Congressman SCOTT PERRY that country’s Agency for International Development (USAID) funded terrorist organisations, including Boko Haram.  The lawmaker, said that the Nigerian government should be interested in the US congressman’s revelation, considering that there had been suspicions that foreign humanitarian agencies operating in Nigeria’s North-East zone sponsored terrorist activities. NDUME described the development as worrisome, especially because one of the terrorist organizations mentioned […]

The Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA, has asked African leaders to look inward for funding opportunities for the continent. The ex-World Bank developmental economistduring an interview, emphasized the need for Africa to change its mindset and see opportunities, with the seeming challenge and effect of the pause of billions of dollars in global funding for United States’ health and education projects in countries of the world.  OKONJO-IWEALA stressed that African leaders […]