Okechukwu Nnodim and Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi Aviation security personnel of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria will soon be licensed to carry arms at airports across the country. The Federal Government said on Monday that the move was to complement other agencies in addressing security threats at the airports. The Minister of State for Aviation, Senator […]
’Femi Asu The Corporate Affairs Commission has said customers and other stakeholders will examine issues being encountered in the course of company registration, among others, during its forthcoming forum. The CAC said in a statement that the second Customers’ Forum in the first quarter of the year would take place on Thursday in Ikeja, Lagos. […]
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The National Assembly will today (Tuesday) and Wednesday hold a public hearing on the 2018 Appropriation Bill. The hearing is jointly organised by the Senate and House of Representatives’ Committees on Appropriations, according to an advertisement published in some national daily newspapers on Sunday. The hearing will take place at the National […]
Nike Popoola CropLife Nigeria has decried the negative impact of multiple regulations on the agrochemical industry in the country. The President, CropLife Nigeria, Mahmood Tauhid, said during a press briefing in Lagos that the industry was losing billions of naira to multiple regulations, a situation he noted started about two years ago. Tauhid stated, “We […]
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi As part of efforts to boost business relations between Nigeria and India, over 100 Indian businessmen are expected to meet and develop partnerships with Nigerians at an exhibition starting today (Tuesday). The exhibition, tagged: ‘Source India’, is organised by the Trade Promotion Council of India in association with the High Commission of India, […]
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja Power consumers on Monday expressed their readiness to pay the prescribed meter service charge contained in the recently unveiled 2018 Meter Asset Provider Regulations by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. According to them, it is better to pay the fee and get meters than to continue paying a tariff that is meant […]
•Why we keep funds outside TSA — NNPC John Ameh, Abuja The Federal Government has commenced negotiations with all service providers on the Treasury Single Account in a bid to reduce the cost of running the policy. The Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, who disclosed this in Abuja on Monday, said though the […]
’Femi Asu The Transmission Company of Nigeria has announced that it will carry out an annual maintenance of its equipment at the Itire 132KV Transmission Sub-station in Lagos today (Tuesday) for four hours. The TCN said in a statement that there would be disruption of 34 megawatts of electricity supply to customers in Ago, Okota, […]
The European Investment Bank on Monday announced the signing of $25m financing deal aimed at developing off-grid solar systems in Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda. The Vice President, EIB, fondly called the EU bank, Ambroise Fayolle, made the announcement at the sixth Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. He said the financing deal was […]
Olaleye Aluko, Abuja The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said on Monday that 111,981 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results withheld by the board were still undergoing screening. The JAMB Head of Public Affairs, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in a brief interview with our correspondent, noting that the board would communicate its findings at the […]
The Architects Registration Council of Nigeria has given full accreditation to the Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Architecture programmes at Caleb University, Imota. Excerpt from the ARCON letter of re-accreditation reads “We refer to all correspondence relating to the professional accreditation to the Department of Architecture, Caleb University, Imota, held from November […]
Femi Makinde, Ihuoma Chiedozie, Friday Olokor, Justin Tyopuusu, Olaleye Aluko and Godwin Isenyo The Ministry of Defence said on Monday that it had received reports from Nigerians on the misconduct of soldiers as regards the farmers and herdsmen’s clashes and had put such soldiers through “disciplinary procedures.” The ministry said it, however, had yet to […]
Samson Folarin with agency report Russian businessman, Sergei Mavrodi, whose MMM pyramid scheme deprived millions of Russians of their savings in the 1990s, has died of a heart attack. Reports said the 62-year-old was rushed to a hospital late on March 25, following complaints of chest pain. He died several hours later. According to Moskovsky […]
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has urged the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss the ex parte application filed by the Federal Government seeking the forfeiture of his 22 “undeclared” houses in Nigeria and abroad. In a motion he filed in opposition to the Federal Government’s ex parte application to […]
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday fixed April 25 for judgment in the suit filed by Accord Party challenging the constitutionality of the proposed amendment of the Electoral Act by the National Assembly. The Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2018 seeks to provide the order in which INEC must conduct the […]
Niyi Odebode, Abuja The Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates, again on Monday criticised the Federal Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. Gates, in an interview with the CNN, said that the Federal Government’s investment in education and health was not good enough. “While it may be easier to be […]
Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna The leadership of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, the youth wing of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the Ijaw Youth Council Worldwide, the Yoruba Youth Council and 54 other groups met in Abuja on Monday. The groups, in a communiqué issued at the end of their meeting, said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government had […]
Toluwani Eniola A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in Gombe State, Muhammad Barde, has called on voters in the state to go out en masse and register to obtain their Permanent Voter Cards. Barde, who gave the advice in a statement, reminded the voters that the PVC was their electoral power to vote […]
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the instrument of ratification of a Memorandum of Understanding among Nigeria, Switzerland and the International Development Association that will lead to the repatriation of illegally-acquired assets to Nigeria. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement […]
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has completed investigations into the suspended Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mr. Mounir Gwarzo, The PUNCH can report. It was learnt that Gwarzo’s case file had been forwarded to the legal department of the ICPC for further action. The legal […]
Olusola Fabiyi, Abuja The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday begged Nigerians to forgive its past mistakes and promised to bring a genuine change to the polity if given the opportunity to rule again in 2019. The National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, spoke in Abuja at the party’s one-day programme tagged, “A public […]
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has lauded a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), for having the courage to say the truth about the killings by herdsmen across the country. Wike said though it was not in his habit to fast, he would embark on a […]
John Charles Makurdi Five people have been killed in fresh attacks by herdsmen in different locations of Benue State. Four persons were reportedly killed by herdsmen at the Guma and Agatu local government areas of the state on Sunday, while one herdsman was reported killed at Lower Benue, a suburb of Makurdi, on Saturday. The […]
Oladimeji Ramon The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja on Monday granted a N10m bail to the Managing Director of the First Nation Airways, Mr. Kayode Odukoya, who was charged with an alleged fraud of N1.7bn. Justice Mojisola Dada said she was inclined to granting Odukoya bail particularly as the Economic and Financial Crimes […]
’Tana Aiyejina The Chioma Ajunwa-Opara U-16 Athletics competition begins on Tuesday at the Umuahia Stadium, Abia State. The three-day competition, organised by Atlanta ’96 Olympic Games gold medallist Chioma Ajunwa-Opara and powered by the Abia State Government, will have youngsters competing in 10 events, which include 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m. Other events are the […]