Malam Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has attributed the high price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) to the rising price of crude oil and its derivatives at the world market. He, however, assured Nigerians that the NNPC Limited was working round the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has emphasized the need for countries in the West African sub-region and those in the Sahel, rocked by security challenges, to team up to confront the menace. The President spoke Tuesday at State House, Abuja, while receiving the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West...
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has received the ‘Niger State Sector-Specific Investment Incentives’ Policy document from the Feed the Future of United States Agency for International Development, (USAID). Receiving the document policy from Dominic Graham, Chief Party and Managing Director of Feed the Future, Governor Sani Bello said the policy when...
The Senate has resolved to summon the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, to explain the reasons for the rapid depreciation of the value of the naira. It has also mandated its Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions to assess the impact of CBN...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of seven ministerial nominees. The nominees are: Henry Ikechukwu – Abia State, Umana Okon Umana – Akwa-Ibom State; Ekuma Joseph – Ebonyi State; Goodluck Nana Obia – Imo State; Umar Ibrahim Yakub – Kano State; Ademola Adewole Adegorioye –...
The Progressive Forum, TPF, received the news of the appointments of Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila as the Chief of Staff; Senator Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia as Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) and Senator George Akume as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR,...
The House of Representatives has begun the process of amending the 1999 Constitution to raise the minimum educational qualification to contest for elective offices in the country to a university degree. The current position of the law is that a person seeking to become the President of Nigeria should possess...
In what seems a push to deliver in quick time work on the Ganaja Junction Flyover Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello has charged contractors handling the construction of the flyover to hasten pace by ensuring that the project is qualitatively completed even before the stipulated time of delivery. The Governor...
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has again thanked party leaders, supporters, loyalists and critical stakeholders for the huge support they gave him, including trooping out en massse during the just-concluded primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, where he emerged victorious. The Governor's appreciation is contained in a statement issued by his...
Gears Up for Nigeria Police Awards Night The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun, PhD, NPM, has ordered the resuscitation of the Awards and Commendation system for the Nigeria Police Force, implemented under the guidance of his administration, to enhance motivation and encouragement among Police Officers. This...