The Katsina state governor, Dikko Radda, has gifted N278 million to the state’s Pilgrims in Saudi Arabia.
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The PDP Action 2023, a political pressure group, says former governor of Sokoto State, Sen. Aminu Tambuwal, never betrayed the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Nigeria in the course of his service to the party and the nation.
Contrary to the recent claims by Asari-Dokubo that the vigilance by his boys, the panel put in place by the former Chief of Defence Staff, General Leo Irabor, resulted in the cessation of incidences of abduction and other violence perpetrated by terrorist groups on the Abuja-Kaduna Highway.
Vice President Kashim Shettima has lauded the effort of the Sokoto State Governor, Dr Ahmed Aliyu in tackling banditry in the state.
ASHENEWS reports that the former Sokoto state governor, and presidential candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) during the 2007 general elections, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa has warned that banditry would get a boost if the Federal government failed to fight food insecurity.
Decree 33 of 1977 saw to the birth of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on April 1 of that year through the merger of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation and the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel. The main purpose was for it to add value to the nation’s hydrocarbon resources “for the benefit of the nation’s economy…”
The Economic Commission for West African States (ECOWAS) says it is in support of President Bola Tinubu’s efforts aimed at repositioning the giant of Africa.
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADITOP) have denied plans to increase petrol price to N700 per litre.
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has approved a loan of $115 million to support a major road rehabilitation project in Abia State, Nigeria.
The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) has said that Nigerian Electricity Regulation Commission (NERC) has yet to give a directive on the new electricity tariff earlier scheduled to commence on July 1.