The Minister of State for Works and Housing, Muazu Sambo says there is a provision of N3 billion Sukuk fund in 2022 by the federal government to finance the Numan- Jalingo Road in Adamawa and Taraba states. Sambo announced this on Saturday during an inspection of federal road projects within Taraba and Adamawa states. He gave the assurance that once the Sukuk fund was accessed within a shot time, there would be remarkable progress at the construction site. “The 103 kilometre Numan- Jalingo road is part of the Maiduguri –Calabar Highway. “The section of the road that is not motorable…
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The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has welcomed the decision of the United Kingdom government to finally accept Nigeria’s classification of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a terrorist organisation. “We recall that following widespread killings, destructions and other acts of lawlessness, the Nigerian government had designated IPOB a terrorist group in 2017,” said CNG’s Spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman in a statement on Friday. Suleiman also asked authorities both local and foreign to consider moving against the so called Igbo leaders who have been asking President Muhammadu Buhari for the release of the terror group leader Nnamdi Kanu as accomplices.…
The Arewa Consultation Forum (ACF) has cautioned southern politicians to desist from the blackmail and threat against the northern part of the country. The Secretary General of the forum, Murtala Aliyu in a statement on Friday, decried the fact that the southern politicians frustrate all efforts at achieving justice, equity and fair-play in anything and every thing in which the north has superiority or advantage. He noted that the southern politicians have issued ultimatum against their northern counterparts with threats of secession, restructuring, or break up of the country if a president of the northern extraction is elected come 2023.…
The Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Sanusi Garba says the commission has not approved any new tariff rate review in recent times. Garba told newsmen in Abuja on Friday, that the last tariff review was approved on December 31, 2021, and became effective in February 2022. “I want to, on behalf of the management of NERC, clearly state that as of today, we have not approved any rate review and no indication that any Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) is increasing its tariff. “If you notice that the rate you buy tariff has changed within the last one to three…
Anambra state governor, Charles Soludo has said that the gunmen that were terrorising the state and other parts of the southeast region, are criminals not agitators, and the state government will soon be dealt with. Addressing landlords on Thursday, Soludo said the so-called ‘unknown gunmen’ were not unknown as they claimed to be but were yet to be exposed because they were being pampered by landlords and other stakeholders. He described them as criminals and not agitators, warning that they will soon be harshly dealt with by his government. He admonished them to come out of hiding and embrace dialogue…
The duo of Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai (rtd), former Chief of Army Staff and Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Benin Republic and Lieutenant General Lamidi Adeosun (rtd) were on Friday, conferred with traditional titles by Oba Khalid Oyeniyi Olabisi Oyedepo III, Okere of Saki Kingdom. Buratai and Adeosun were conferred with the titles of Jagunmolu of Saki Kingdom (the Benevolent Warrior) and Akinrogun of Saki Kingdom (Unique Warrior Lover), respectively, at the conferment that took place at the palace of Okere of Saki, shortly after Jumma’at Prayer at Saki Central mosque. Shortly after conferment ceremony, which involved the traditional decoration…
By Tina George, Minna The Nigeria Midstream Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has warned the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) in Niger state over sales of petroleum products above regulatory price. He handed the warning in a meeting with officials of the state chapters of IPMAN and MOMAN), the NMDPRA Coordinator, Ahmed Emimaru on Thursday. According to him, the exploitation of consumers of petroleum products will no longer be accepted. Emimaru stated that intensive and frequent monitoring and surveillance would be done to ensure that the order is followed…
President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu must defend himself in court. The president said this while responding to appeals for the release of detained IPOB leader. South East traditional, religious and political leaders made the appeal during a town hall meeting with Buhari in Abakaliki, on Friday. The meeting was the last official engagement of the president who was on a two-day working visit to Ebonyi. “I have listened carefully to the various appeals from the elders to the traditional leaders regarding wide range of options. “As I…
By Dr Chinedu Declan Ugwu With keen interest, I watch the way the chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Igbo-Eze North LGA, Mr. Alexander Urama muddle things up because of his partisan interest in a particular candidate gunning for the House of Representatives. It is preposterous that a party chairman who is supposed to be open and fair to all the aspirants for different political offices has decided to throw caution to the winds because in his petty nature he has mortgaged his conscience by indiscriminate endorsement of aspirants without recourse to his office as a supposed umpire…
By Babagana Wakil, Maiduguri Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has dissolved the state executive council. The dissolution, which is with immediate effect, was contained in a statement by the permanent secretary, administration and general services, Danjuma Ali on behalf of Secretary to the State Government and made available to journalists Thursday evening. The members were directed to handover the affairs of their various ministries to the permanent Secretaries. The statement explained that the dissolution is to create enabling environment for interested members of the EXCO to legally participate in the forthcoming primaries and congresses of the All Progressive Congress…