“When I contested the 2015 elections, my expectation was that I would win a second term within which period I would have worked for the implementation of the Confab report. I felt that within the next four-year mandate, my first two years would have been dedicated to implementing a reasonable…
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it received safety information from the European Rapid Alert System for dangerous non-food products (RAPEX) that a cosmetic product, Placentyne Hair Lotion, has been banned. The information is contained in a public alert with No. 0033/2022, signed by…
The Ministry of Petroleum of the Republic of Niger, Mahamane Sani Mahamadou, has announced that the country has reached a new milestone in further opening the domestic and regional gas market through a development in the construction of the multi-billion Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) alongside Algeria and Nigeria. Mahamadou, Minister…
Lagos State will remain open and continue to provide non-discriminatory assistance to all displaced persons seeking the safety of their lives from violent conflicts and disasters, the Governor of the State reiterated the pledge on Monday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu vowed that the State will remain a refugee-friendly city and provide…
Chidimma UCHEGBU About 35,000 scholars in public tertiary institutions have benefitted from the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff programme which commenced in 2008. Acting director of Academic Staff Training and Development, Abdullahi Imam stated this when the representatives of the TETFund scholars paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary…
H.E. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources of Nigeria, provided insights into the latest across the country’s oil and gas sector during an exclusive roundtable interview organized and hosted by the African Energy Chamber on June 24, 2022. Oil production in Nigeria has been on the decline…
Justice Ibrahim Tanko has thrown in the towel and quit as Chief Justice of Nigeria. Sources close to the Supreme Court said Justice Tank took the action on health grounds. According to our source, the process of appointing a replacement has comments and it is excepted that Justice Kolawole Ariwoola,…
Arc. Sonny Echono, TETFund Boss Chidimma UCHEGBU, Abuja The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono has tasked Vice Chancellors of Universities across the country on the development of agriculture as a tool in addressing unemployment in Nigeria. Echono stated this in Abuja on Wednesday, during a…
By Chidimma UCHEGBU The governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), in Delta State, Comrade Igbini Odafe Emmanuel, has faulted claims by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that placeholders may not be changed as earlier believed. In a press statement made available to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday,…