Former Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, has accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole of allegedly balkanising the party through its last primaries to scuttle the ambitions of stalwarts like him. Addressing reporters in ...
Read More »President Buhari cancels five oil mining, prospecting licences
President Muhammadu Buhari has revoked four oil mining and one prospecting licences. The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), which communicated the decision in a statement, said the revocation came on the backdrop of alleged non-compliance with statutory regulatory obligations. The ...
Read More »Railway workers seek review of NRC as passenger traffic drops in Q1, 2019
Railway workers under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Railway Workers (NUR) have tasked the Federal Government to review the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) under the supervision of the Ministry of Transportation. NUR wants government to legislate the corporation through ...
Read More »Environmentalist highlights causes of pollution in Nigeria
AN Associate Professor of Environmental Management, Dr. Tony Okoye, has identified industrial wastes and emissions from vehicles as major causes of environmental pollution in Nigeria. Okoye, who is a lecturer in the Department of Environmental Management, Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU), ...
Read More »Experts proffer solutions to projects delay in Nigeria
Experts in the construction industry have proffered solutions to delay in projects delivery in the country. Highlighting the solutions at a forum in Lagos, first Vice President of the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIB), Kunle Awobodu, blamed the situation on ...
Read More »Ihedioha suspends dredging activities in Owerri
Following the degrading situation in some areas of Owerri, Imo State Governor Emeka Ihedioha has directed the suspension of all dredging activities within the metropolis. The governor has also ordered immediate re-opening of Douglas Road, which was closed by immediate ...
Read More »No splinter group in Edo APC, spokesman insists as chieftain faults Governor Godwin Obaseki
The Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) has distanced itself from the Edo APC stakeholders, which called for resignation of its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole. State Publicity Secretary of APC, Chris Azebamwen, who disclosed this in a statement, said the ...
Read More »WHO alerts to new strains of vaccine-derived polio in southern Nigeria, Lagos
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alerted to a recent emergence and spread of new strains of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in southern Nigeria and, especially Lagos. WHO disclosed that there is evidence of missed transmission in Nigeria and ...
Read More »FG orders N3 billion rice seedlings from Cross River State
The Federal Government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has ordered N3 billion worth of rice seedlings to states in the southern part of the country from Cross River State. This gives ...
Read More »F-SARS brutalises, threatens to kill journalist in Rivers, officers appear before CP
The six officers of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (F-SARS) who brutalised and almost killed a journalist, Kofi Bartels in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, are to appear before the Commissioner of Police (CP), Usman Belel, today. Bartels, an employee of Nigeria ...
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