THE Federal Government has inaugurated Nigeria-East/Southern Africa Market Intelligence Tool (MIT), to strengthen trade leadership and accelerate Nigeria’s trade competitiveness under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Dr Jumoke Oduwole, Minister, Trade, Industry and Investment, while inaugurating the MIT,…
THE suspension of Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja stalled the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s money laundering case against former Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano. The National Judicial Council (NJC) at its 108th meeting…
…as NiMET predicts heavy rainfall THE National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday engaged stakeholders in Benue following the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) heavy rainfall prediction for the state. The Director-General, NEMA, Mrs Zubaida Umar, while speaking during the engagement…
THE Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa, has inaugurated the Ministerial Committee on Technical Assessment, Completion Planning, and Disposal Strategy for 753-units Housing Estate. Dangiwa while inaugurating the committee, on Monday in Abuja, said the estate was…
IN its efforts to adopt initiatives to avert any crisis and achieve a peaceful resolution of problems that affect the Ogoni people, Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People [MOSOP] and Ogoni Liberation Initiative have decided to collaborate for Ogoni…
THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has mandated service providers to inform consumers of major service outages on their networks through media channels. The NCC made this known in a statement by the Acting Head, Public Affairs, Mrs Nnenna Ukoha, on…
THE Pan-African Dialogue Institute (TPADI) has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to declare May 25th, which is Africa Day, a national public holiday. The President of TPADI, Dr Effiong Udo, made the call at a news conference on Sunday…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Onyechi Ikpeazu, has disclosed that he’s defending Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and other members of his Intelligent Response Team, IRT, free because Kyari and his team successfully arrested drug traffickers that brought…
THERE is palpable disquiet and uncertainty in the agrarian and once serene community of Uzanu, the traditional heartland of Southeast Uneme clan of Etsako East Local Government Area (LGA), Edo State. This follows the alleged dethronement of Benjamin Ikani,…
An economist and political activist, Prof Pat Utomi, has disclosed that late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua offered him a ministerial appointment but he rejected it. Yar’Adua served as the president of Nigeria from 2007 until his death in May 2010.…
