The immediate past service chiefs have arrived at the Senate for their screening as ambassadorial nominees. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, had on February 10, directed the Committee on Foreign Affairs to confirm General Abayomi Olonisakin (retd); Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai (retd); Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas (retd); Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar(retd); and Air Vice... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji as the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). He succeeds Waziri Adio, whose non- renewable five-year single term as executive secretary, comes to an end on Thursday. The Director Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government... Read More
The players of Wikki Tourists Football Club of Bauchi State escaped death on Thursday morning as the bus conveying the team to Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State for a match fixture with Dakada United of Akwa Ibom was involved in an accident. Secretary of the club, Abdullahi Ibrahim confirmed the incident, disclosing that... Read More
The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Mr. Segun Awolowo, has urged Nigerian Ambassador-designates and Consul Generals, to attract investments to the country and negotiate trade policies that would positively affect the export of Nigerian products. Addressing the envoys at the induction exercise held at the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA) complex... Read More
Veteran Christian film-maker, Evangelist Mike Bamiloye, whose wife, Gloria, clocked 57 on February 4, 2021, has said he didn’t post some attributes of his wife on social media for fear of backlash by “social media militants”. In a Facebook post on Thursday, the founder of Mount Zion Faith Drama Ministry said he restrained himself... Read More
The Senate said on Thursday that it was not aware of the planned sale of 36 Federal Government properties. The Federal Government, according to a report, had submitted a proposal to sell or concession 36 of its properties between January 2021 and November 2022 to the National Assembly. However, the Chairman, Senate Committee... Read More
INTERIM FINDINGS FROM COVID-19 REACT-1 STUDY PUBLISHED Over 85,400 volunteers tested in England between 4 and 13 of February 2021 as part of one of the largest COVID-19 studies Initial findings from Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI show infections fell by more than two-thirds from the last REACT report, with 1 in 196 people infected... Read More
______________ THE PERMANENT SECRETARY OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING BABAGINDA HUSSAINI BAGS OSHAssociation UK FELLOW MEMBERSHIP In line with the Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHAssociation) global vision to ensure the integration of Occupational Safety and Heath best practices in public and private organisations, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Works and... Read More
———– FDI: Ayade woos French Investors as Trade Envoys visit Cross River In a bid to raise the foreign direct investment (FDI) portfolio in Cross River State, governor Ben Ayade, Friday met with French ambassador Jerome Pasquier and other diplomats in Abuja. Ayade, who expressed the readiness of Cross River to collaborate with the French... Read More
NDLEA, Shippers Council collaborate for better service delivery at the ports The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA and the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, have agreed to collaborate on ridding the Nigerian Ports of criminality, remove operational bottlenecks and corruption. This was the consensus between the two critical stakeholders in seaport operations during a... Read More