Defence Industries Corporation Bill

President Tinubu assents to Defence Industries Corporation Bill

President Bola Tinubu has assented to the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) Bill (2023). The 2023 Act also empowers DICON to provide a comprehensive regulatory framework for the regulation of the... Read more »
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Kogi freezes all State, LG accounts

The Kogi State Government has directed the freezing of all State and Local Government accounts with immediate effect. A statement signed by the Commissioner for Finance, Asiwaju Asiru Idris said no impress... Read more »
Welders

Nigeria Loses $10bn Annually From Importation Of Certified Welders

Nigeria is losing a whooping sum of $10billion every year from the importation of welders with International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certification into the country, minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche... Read more »
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Enugu gov’t acquires additional 200 hectares of land for cassava cultivation in Nkanu East LGA

The Enugu State government has acquired additional 200 hectares of land for the cultivation of cassava in Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state. This was made known by the State... Read more »
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BREAKING: Tinubu appoints Desmond Akawor as RMAFC Federal Commissioner

President Bola Tinubu has given his approval for Ambassador Desmond Akawor to be appointed as a Federal Commissioner of the Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). This appointment is still pending... Read more »
NNPP

Investigate Kano Guber Judgement Now, NNPP Tells NJC

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to investigate the judgement delivered on its appeal, stating that the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgement... Read more »
Dauda Lawal

Gov. Dauda Lawal Denies Spending N400m On Foreign Trips

Zamfara State governor, Dauda Lawal, has refuted what he called a false claim that he spent over N400 million on foreign trips. An online newspaper (not Akelicious) had reported that Governor Lawal... Read more »
Sanwo-Olu

Sanwo-Olu Urges 4,592 Graduands To Take Advantage Of Skills Acquisition

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday charged the fresh 4,592 graduands of the state skills acquisition centres to utilize the knowledge acquired to lift themselves out of poverty. Sanwo-Olu stated... Read more »
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BREAKING: Appeal court reserves sack of Nasarawa governor, Abdullahi Sule

A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal has reversed the sack of Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State. The panel, in a judgment, held that the Nasarawa State Election Petition Tribunal... Read more »
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Delta State Govt Releases N30bn To Contractors

The Delta State government has released N30 billion for payment of outstanding certificates owed contractors in the state.  The commissioner for works (rural and riverine roads) Mr Charles Aniagwu, disclosed this during... Read more »
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Victor Umeh, Tony Nwoye, Peter Obi Attend Archbishop Okeke 70th Birthday

Senator representing Anambra Central, Senator Victor Umeh a while ago arrived Holy Trinity Cathedral Onitsha for the Mass of thanksgiving celebrating the 70 Years Birthday of the Archbishop of Onitsha and Metropolitan... Read more »
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo Urges Tinubu to Grant Nnamdi Kanu’s Release as a Christmas Gift to the Southeast

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, in reaction to CDS General Musa’s comments over the Southeast insecurity challenges, believes that the release of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained IPOB leader, would be... Read more »
Sani Noma

NASS Member Set To Marry Off 100 Female Orphans In Kebbi State

Sani Yakubu Noma, a member of the House of Representatives, representing Argungu/Augie Federal Constituency of Kebbi State, has concluded arrangements to marry off 100 female orphans in the state. Speaking to journalists... Read more »
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Tinubu approves sale of more oil and gas fields

President Bola Tinubu has approved the sale of more oil and gas fields abandoned by the international oil companies, IOCs. The President has given the greenlight for conduct of fresh marginal field... Read more »
Wike

FCT: New roads to be completed in 2024 – Wike

On Wednesday, Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike carried out an inspection of several road projects scheduled for completion by May 2024. The projects that were inspected include the expansion of the... Read more »
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Labour Unions Kicks As FG Slashes Wage By N100bn

Labour unions, on Wednesday, lambasted the Federal Government for slashing the supplementary budgetary allocation for wage awards to federal civil servants by N100bn, warning that this was not the agreement they had... Read more »
NYSC

Unqualified Graduates Will Not Participate In NYSC — DG

During a meeting in Abuja with some African Corps Producing Institutions, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), stated that graduates who do not meet the... Read more »
House-of-Representatives

Reps Move To Tackle N1.29trn Annual Crude Oil Losses

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen on Wednesday inaugurated a Special Committee on Crude Oil Theft/Losses as part of his commitment to curb annual oil revenue losses estimated to... Read more »
police

Zamfara police command decorates 54 senior officers with new ranks

Zamfara State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Shehu Dalijan and the State police command’s management team, have decorated fifty four senior police officers of the command with their new ranks. They were promoted... Read more »
Seyi-Makinde

Oyo will ban unregistered motorcyclists, tricyclists in January 2024 – Seyi Makinde

Governor Seyi Makinde has declared that Oyo State will not allow unregistered motorcyclists or tricyclists to ply the roads starting in January 2024. Makinde, who spoke on Wednesday, urged commercial motorcycle and... Read more »