Новости за 29.02.2024

A consultant with the World Bank, Urum Eke, on Thursday, rejected President Bola Tinubu’s appointment to serve as a member of the Central Bank of Nigeria Board of Directors. Tinubu had, on February 13, forwarded the names of Eke and four others for confirmation as members of the board for the CBN. However, during the

The Congress of University Academics has asked the Federal Government to immediately begin payment of members’ withheld three-and-a-half-month salaries, as well as remunerations of members, which the union said had remained stagnant despite rising inflation. In a press statement issued on Thursday, CONUA President, ‘Niyi Sunmonu, while appreciating the government for paying four months’ salaries

The Board of TVC Communications, owners of TVC News, TVC Entertainment channel, Max FM and Adaba FM, has announced that its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mr Andrew Hanlon, will step down on April 30, 2024. He is stepping down after seven years. A statement by TVC on Thursday explained that Hanlon, who joined

The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to investigate the funds disbursed to the Licensed Electricity Distribution Companies for metering  by the Central Bank of Nigeria as loans under the National Mass Metering Programme. This resolution to investigate the disbursement of the funds followed the adoption of a motion moved by Uchenna Okonkwo (LP, Anambra)

The Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Chris Najomo, has set up a 10-man committee to look into the high airfares being charged by foreign airlines. This was disclosed in a press statement released to journalists on Thursday by Najomo, following a two-day meeting between the NCAA and foreign airlines held at the

Nigeria’s petrol importation faces disruption due to Russia’s new ban on petrol exports starting March 1. French international news agency, Agence France-Presse reports that the Russian government confirmed the six-month ban on petrol exports to ensure it has enough fuel to meet domestic demand. AFP reports that Russia, the world’s third-largest oil producer, has been facing

The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has said that the first draft report of the ongoing review of the 1999 constitution would be ready in August 2024. This is just as he stated that the final clean copy for presidential assent after voting on areas of concern by the National Assembly

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, called for compulsory drug testing for secondary school students in the country given the incessant cases of substance abuse by young Nigerians. The resolution of the House was a sequel to the adoption on the floor of the House on Thursday, a motion on the “Need to introduce mandatory

The Federal Government is set to commence the free distribution of 42,000 metric tonnes of grains across the country beginning with Niger State from next week. Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, who announced this on Thursday at the Abuja headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security after a meeting with the agric

The Senate on Thursday passed for second reading, a bill seeking to amend the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation  Act. The bill sponsored by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (APC, Lagos East), aimed at making the corporation more effective, ensuring its independence and autonomy, and bringing it

The Defence Headquarters has said its troops killed 974 terrorists and arrested 621 during operations conducted between February 1 and 28. Among the 974 terrorists eliminated during the period under review, 10 were identified as kingpins. The terrorist kingpins are Ashiru; Kachambi, Dogon Rakumi, Sulen Nagala; Laushi; Bangis; Alhaji Kabiru; Alhaji Baldu, and Baban Yara.

The Financial Reporting Council has warned that henceforth, it will hold any accounting professional or company responsible for any breach of its governance codes. This was as it said any professional who goes against the core conduct that is expected in the profession will no longer be allowed to practise. The Executive Secretary and Chief

The revenue of indigenous energy firm, Seplat Energy has appreciated by 11.5 per cent in the financial year 2023 to $1.06bn from $951m in the corresponding period of 2022. Based on the Audited results for the period ended December 2023 filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Thursday, cash generated from operations stood at $520m

A 21-year-old driver from Gombe State, Suleiman Rabiu, has trekked over 700km in appreciation of the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Musa’s leadership qualities and style. Rabiu left Gombe State on February 12 and arrived in Abuja on February 28, 2024, spending a total of 16 days on the road. In a statement

President Bola Tinubu has lashed out at the Nigeria Labour Congress, saying that declaring strike between nine months of an administration is unacceptable. He also told the labour leaders that they are not the only voices of Nigerians The President spoke at the unveiling of the Lagos Red Rail Line project on Thursday. He asked

A former member of the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, along with thousands of Accord Party members in Oyo North Senatorial District, Oyo State, defected to the ruling People’s Democratic Party in the state on Thursday. He was formerly received by the state Governor, Seyi Makinde, at Ode-Oba, Iseyin, in the Iseyin Local Government Area

The Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ahmed Audi, on Thursday, charged operatives to use gun trucks only on criminals. Audi stated this during the commissioning of three newly acquired gun trucks by the NSCDC Federal Capital Territory Command and the unveiling of the Special Tactical Squad of the command. The FCT

Vice President Kashim Shettima will on Monday, March 4, in Gombe State, launch the Outsource to Nigeria Initiative to plunge Nigeria’s net into the $350bn global outsourcing market. OTNI, a private sector-led, government-enabled programme is anchored by the Office of the Vice President to create jobs in the business process and technology-enabled outsourcing sector. “The

Residents of Gonin-Gora in the troubled Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Thursday, barricaded the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway while protesting the abduction of an unspecified number of people in the area. The residents stormed the highway protesting and urging the government to do something over the incessant attacks by bandits in the area. According

A group of clerics from Inisa town in Osun State has advised the State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, to allow due process in the selection of the next Chief Imam of Inisa Central Mosque. On Friday, December 1, 2023, Inisa Central Mosque reopened for Jumaat prayers after being locked for about five years, following disagreement among

Juventus football star, Paul Pogba, has expressed shock after being banned from football for four years for an alleged doping offence. The four-year ban announced on Thursday implied that the 30-year-old will not be able to participate in any matches until 2027 when he reaches the age of 33. Pogba was randomly tested after Juventus’

Former Tanzanian president Ali Hassan Mwinyi who introduced multi-party democracy to the East African nation died on Thursday aged 98, the presidency said. “I’m saddened to announce the death… around 5:30 in the evening,” President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on state television TBC1, adding that he had been receiving treatment for lung cancer. Mwinyi had been

The Vice Chancellor of Chrisland University, Abeokuta, Prof Chinedum Babalola, has urged the newly admitted 394 students of the institution to have a positive attitude and mindset to achieve academic excellence and make a success out of the rigorous academic challenge ahead. Prof Babalola said that the university which took off in 2016 was unrepentantly

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, on Thursday, said Nigeria needs to be decentralised for Nigerians to enjoy the country more. Soyinka made the case for decentralisation on Thursday at the PUNCH Newspapers’ 50th-anniversary lecture held at the Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Road, Victoria Island, Lagos. The lecture, which was delivered by the Nobel laureate, is

The Senate has changed its previous stance to step down the retirement age of civil servants working in the National Assembly. The Red Chamber, on Thursday, passed the bill seeking to increase the retirement age to 65 years or 40 years of service for third reading, as earlier done by the House of Representatives. The