ASHENEWS reports that a new General Manager has been appointed for the Alu Yagode FM in Sokoto. Hayatu Dallatu is a former Sokoto state correspondent of the Voice of Nigeria Hausa service. Before his recent appointment, which is with immediate effect, Dallatu was the Commercial Manager of the same Alu Yagode FM station. Alu Yagode FM station and Television is one of the six FM stations, including Vision FM, Garkuwa Radio, Caliphate FM, Royal FM, Rima Radio/FM, approved by the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) for operation. ALSO READ: Wamakko inaugurates private hospital in Sokoto According to the letter of appointment…
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The price of food items, including cassava flakes (garri), and rice have recorded more than 50 per cent increase in Enugu metropolis. Garri is made from cassava and is one of the staple foods in Nigeria that cuts across all tribes. It is made from processed cassava tuber. Majorly, it is taken as a cereal or made as eba. A market survey conducted on Sunday reveals that a cup of garri, which was N120 in January, now sells for N150 while a 5-litre painter is sold for between N2,200 and N2,700. ALSO READ: Sokoto, 6 other states risk severe food…
Away in Doha, President Bola Tinubu has asked his host country’s potential Qatar investors to Nigeria, to report any government official, who requests bribes to facilitate investment in the country. Tinubu also assured the international business community that his country is ready for serious business and that his administration would deal decisively with anyone, who undermines investor confidence in the Nigerian economy. He further pledged to remove all bottlenecks standing in the way of profitable and legitimate enterprise. ALSO READ: [QATAR] Against cut in cost of governance, Tinubu jets with 2 sons, 36 others [LIST REVEALED] Speaking at the Nigeria-Qatar…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has denied claims that its warehouse in Abuja was looted by some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday morning. News reports on Sunday morning, said some FCT residents, who were faced with hinder and economic challenges had broken into a warehouse reportedly owned by NEMA. However, NEMA in a statement by its Press Unit and posted on its X handle @namanigeria debunked the news reports, saying “the looted warehouse does not belong to NEMA.” ALSO READ: [BREAKING] Hunger: FCT residents loot NEMA warehouse in Abuja “The attention of the National Emergency…
As part of the Constitution Review process, the House of Representatives has proposed bill to stop the Northwest, Southsouth and South West from producing a presidential candidate but rotate it to the Northeast, Southeast or North Central in the 2027 presidential election. The proposed bill aims to amend Section 133 of the constitution by incorporating additional sub-sections 2, 3, and 4 into the existing national laws. ASHENEWS reports that since Nigeria’s return to democracy in 1999, the Southwest produced Olusegun Obasanjo (1999-, who handed over to Umar Yar’Adua (Northwest). Yar’Adua handed over to Goodluck Jonathan (Southsouth), who handed over to…
Face by hunger, some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Sunday morning, looted a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria (NEMA) on Sunday morning.
Nigeria is blessed with 44 different types of minerals in commercial quantities, found in no fewer than 500 locations across the country. Among these, seven are classified as strategic and critical for the global energy transition.
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has summoned the chief executive officers of two electricity distribution companies (Discos), Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), and Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, (IBDC) to a meeting over worsening supply situations in their regions.
The ongoing linkages of banks’ customers’ National Identification Numbers (NINs) to their Bank Verification Numbers (BVNs), may affect 85.51 million customers’ ability to make withdraws from their accounts by March 1, 2024.
The managing director of a local oil and gas company operating throughout the downstream value chain in Nigeria, Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited, Robert Dickerman has revealed that the Nigerian government still pays approximately ₦1 trillion every month as petrol subsidies.