President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Bauchi for the formal inauguration of the Kolmani oil field located at a border community between Bauchi and Gombe States. The presidential jet landed at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi, at about 10:50 a.m. Buhari accompanied by Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) was received by governors Bala Mohammed, Babagana Zulum and Simon Lalong of Bauchi, Borno and Plateau, respectively. The President after inspecting guards of honour by personnel of the Nigerian Army, boarded a chopper to the project site. Buhari is expected to perform the official ground-breaking ceremony…
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By Tina George, Minna “This is a very good development. With this, people within the zone now have the opportunity to write their JAMB examinations, they do not need to travel to Minna. This will drastically reduce travelling risk and will also increase the number of students that will write JAMB” Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has commissioned a 500 computer equipped Information and Communication Technology (ICT) center in Kontagora, to celebrate his father’s 80th birthday. According to the governor, the ICT Center, which is the fifth recognised by JAMB for Computer Base Test (CBT) in Niger state, was…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately resume the continuous voters’ registration (CVR) until 90 days before the 2023 general elections. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, also directed INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians are not deprived the opportunity to have the voter’s card for the forthcoming poll. Justice Ekwo held that it was the constitutional responsibility of the electoral umpire to make adequate provision for the exercise in accordance with the Nigerian laws. “The case of the plaintiffs succeeds on merit,” the judge declared. Anajat Salmat and three others…
The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN) on Tuesday expressed concern over the new 0.5 per cent tax on gross turnover of the petroleum marketing firms proposed by the federal government. Mr Olufemi Adewole, the Executive Secretary, DAPPMAN, said at the maiden edition of the Platforms Africa Continental Forum in Lagos, that the tax would put many firms out of business. Adewole said there were indications that fuel distribution crisis may soon hit the country, if the government implemented the new tax regime. He was emphatic that more than half of the fuel marketing firms in Nigeria…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Akwa Ibom Command, has impounded nine trucks loaded with 400,000 litres of suspected adulterated petroleum products and nabbed two suspects. The State Commandant, Mr Suleiman Mafara disclosed this in a statement issued in Uyo and made available to newsmen. Mafara said the seizure was made possible by a combined team of the NSCDC operatives, Nigerian Army and the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN). He explained that the operations lasted between November 12 and 20 at Eket, Ikot Abasi and Etinan local government areas where the trucks were impounded with the products. He said that…
Security measures have been beefed up at the Kolmani River II Oil Field located at a border community between Bauchi and Gombe states for Presidential flag-off of the Kolmani Integrated Development Project. President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday perform the official ground-breaking ceremony of the Oil Prospecting Lease (OPLs) 809 and 810 at the Kolmani River II Well. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, in October 2019, announced the discovery of crude oil, gas and condensate in the Kolmani River. The commercial quantity discovery was the first in the region after several crude oil explorations on the Upper Benue Trough.…
“This emergency financing under the new Food Shock Window will help South Sudan address food insecurity, support social spending, and boost international reserves” The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and South Sudan have reached a staff-level agreement for the release of about $112.7 million in emergency financing. IMF in a statement on Tuesday said “this emergency financing under the new Food Shock Window will help South Sudan address food insecurity, support social spending, and boost international reserves.” The IMF’s executive board will approve the financing in the coming weeks, the fund said. In early November, United Nations agencies said up to…
The member representing Bodinga/Dange-Shuni/Tureta federal constituency of Sokoto state, Balarabe Shehu Kakale has called on security agencies in the state to call the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the constituency, Nasiru Shehu (alias Bobo) to order against repeated political violence allegedly linked to him. This is contained in a statement titled: “CONDEMNATION OF REPEATED VIOLENCE AND DEATH ASSOCIATED WITH POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF NASIRU SHEHU BOBO (APC FLAG BEARER OF BODINGA/DANGE-SHUNI/TURETA FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY)”, which he personally signed and made available to newsmen on Monday. “I write to condemn in the strongest terms, the repeated reckless and barbaric political…
Gombe state governor, Inuwa Yahaya on Monday, approved the appointment of Yakubu Muhammad-Kwairanga as emir of Funakaye. Mr Ismaila Uba-Misilli, Director-General, Press Affairs, Gombe Government House, said in a statement in Gombe that the appointment followed the death of Emir Muazu Muhammad-Kwairanga III on August 27. Misilli said the appointment was conveyed in a letter signed by the Commissioner, Ministry for Local Governments and Chieftaincy Affairs, Dasuki Jalo. “According to the Commissioner, the appointment is in the exercise of the powers vested in the Governor under the Gombe State Chieftaincy Law 2022; and based on recommendations of the kingmakers of…
“You must give the PDP the credence that it was able to stabilise democracy in Nigeria and these two gentlemen (Atiku and Obasanjo) were the pioneer persons that did this job…it is time we stabilized this country and give PDP another chance to make good its promises” A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Adedeji Doherty says though the party made some mistakes while in power between 1999 and 2015, such mistakes can be corrected if Nigerians give the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar a chance to become president in 2023. Doherty, who is the Chairman of the Atiku-Okowa…