The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Gas Resources, Mr Mutu Ebomo has called on the federal government to provide more funding to support the operations of the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC. He made the call on the federal government in Benin on Tuesday after an inspection of the facilities of the company in Ologbo, Oredo local government area of the state. He noted that NPDC had performed well using its facilities to produce hydrogen for domestic consumption “We are proud of it as an indigenous company. The challenge the company has is mostly fund, if not, it has…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The U.S. government has pledged support to combat the growing insecurity in Nigeria and the Lake Chad Basin region. The U.S Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen during his virtual visit to Africa on Tuesday, said that the U.S was committed to supporting Nigeria to address these challenges through resources, information sharing, capacity building, equipment, amongst other ways. “And I think it is fair to say that the challenges that Nigeria faces when it comes to security are quite extraordinary. “And you referenced them – whether it’s terrorism, whether it’s banditry and criminality,…
A mental health expert, Dr Olugbenga Owoeye, on Tuesday urged both the federal and state governments to work out modalities to ensure universal healthcare coverage for diseases outbreak in Nigeria. Owoeye, also the Director, Clinical Services, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, made the plea in an interview in Lagos. He said there was need to work out modalities to ensure universal healthcare coverage for many diseases, so that people would not have to pay on their own for most of the cost for health services. According to him, universal health coverage strategies will enable everyone to access the services that…
The federal government has inaugurated a home-grown ‘Plagiarism Detection Software Code’ called EagleScan to enhance the integrity of higher institutions. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the inauguration of the software in Abuja on Tuesday said that plagiarism was a form of corruption. Osinbajo said that the initiative was part of the core mandates of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration that announced the zero tolerance for plagiarism. According to him, the Federal Government is fully committed to support all initiatives that will continue to build and enhance the integrity of higher institutions. “Let me also say that the government will give all…
By Tina George, Minna A lawmaker representing Suleja/Tafa/Suleja Federal Constituency, Abubakar Suleja on Tuesday, doled out N50 million to his loyalists as reward for standing by him for many years. According to him, it is necessary for him to show appreciation to them for remaining his supporters all this while. Suleja urged them to use the money judiciously, adding that the disbursement will be in three phases. ASHENEWS reports that while some were given N1 million, other groups got N500,000, N300,000 and N200,000 each, respectively However, following the disbursement of the money, the lawmaker has come under criticism on social…
Flutterwave, a Nigerian fintech firm, @theflutterwave, has been named a “Pioneer” on TIME’s 2021 list of the 100 Most Influential Companies in the World. In a list, which includes big wigs like Apple, Twitter and Stripe, the firm makes history as the only African company to make it this year. The list was divided into 5 categories; Pioneers, Leaders, Innovators, Disruptors and Titans. TIME reports that the fintech company was chosen for its efforts in recharging retailers after the pandemic slowed travel in Nigeria. Flutterwave co-founder and CEO, Olugbenga Agboola, explained that the digital payment provider launched a free promotion…
Music star Tiwa Savage has shut down pregnancy rumours after sharing pictures from her hot summer body on social media. Tiwa was rumoured to be pregnant with another baby for one of Davido’s huncho, but has come out now to dispel the rumours. The rumour was believed to have started after Tiwa’s Instagram live performance for the movie ‘Coming To America 2’ after party. The single mother of one, recently on her instagram, posted pictures of her hot summer body with the caption “Pregnancy where???’’ to further dispel the rumours. Tiwa, who the New York Times described as the Queen…
The Federal government on Tuesday called for the management and control of aflatoxin in Nigeria’s crop value chains. Dr Oyeleke Razak, Head of Nutrition, Crop Production and Food Safety, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, stated this at a workshop in Abuja with the theme: ”Scaling Solutions to Control Aflatoxin in Nigeria”. Razak explained that aflatoxin was a natural poison from some types of aspergillus fungus, primarily aspergillus falvus, found in soil and dead or decaying plants. He further explained that aflatoxin infected crops from flowering until maturity, with Maize and groundnuts being most susceptible. “Aflatoxin causes liver diseases,…
Kogi government on Tuesday announced that it had secured a $100 million loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance some Special Agro- Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) projects in the state. The state Commissioner for Finance and Budget Planning, Mr Asiru Idris, disclosed this in Lokoja, while declaring open a stakeholders meeting on environmental and social impact assessment of the proposed SAPZ and associated developments. He said that the state was happy to be a beneficiary of the project which, he said, has the potential to bridge the existing gap between production and need, employment, transportation and power supply.…
The Senate on Tuesday sought the establishment of a permanent military and police command base in the area adjoining Shiroro and Rafi local government areas of Niger state, to tackle escalating insecurity in the state. The resolution was sequel to a Point of Order raised by Sen. Sani Musa at plenary. The upper chamber also urged the Chief of Army Staff and the Inspector-General of Police to redesign the mode of operations of the military in the affected areas, so as to curtail escalating insecurity. The motion was titled “The activities of bandits and Boko Haram terrorists in Shiroro, Munya…