President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday, depart Abuja Wednesday, June 22, for Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held from June 20 to 26, 2022. This is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina. According to the statement, the President will join other leaders to participate in discussions focused on the progress and prosperity of the more than two billion people living in the 54 independent countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific that make up the Commonwealth. The theme for…
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The Federal Government says the fixed pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) remains N165 per litre as stipulated in the petroleum product pricing template. The government also advised Nigerians against panic buying of PMS, also known as petrol, saying that the country currently had over 2 billion litres of PMS in various depots. This was made known by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd., and the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company after visiting jetties in Apapa, Lagos, on Tuesday. The depots visited by the top officials of the agencies were NIPCO…
The Senate on Tuesday, considered a bill seeking to establish the Police Pension Board. The bill which scaled second reading at plenary was sponsored by Sen. Elisha Abbo (Adamawa- North). The bill was read for the first time on June 14. Leading the debate on the bill, Abbo noted that the current pension arrangement of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) was under the Pension Commission by virtue of Section 5(1) of the Pension Reform Act 2014. According to him, the Nigeria police, though a premier law enforcement and security agency, is left on the Contributory Pension Scheme unlike the Army,…
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is decentralising the nation’s national grid through renewable mini-grids to address the challenges of electricity supply across the country. The president, who revealed this in an interview he granted Bloomberg News, said the Federal Government had earmarked $550 million to provide 20,000 Standalone Solar Systems (SHS), as well as Solar Hybrid mini-grids in over 250 locations. “We are also decentralising the national grid through renewable driven mini-grids. “The $550 million Nigeria Electrification Project has deployed more than 20,000 Standalone Solar Systems (SHS), as well as Solar Hybrid mini-grids in over 250 locations,” he said.…
The FCT Administration (FCTA), Social Development Secretariat (SDS), has nabbed a suspected homosexual, who allegedly molested no fewer than 19 minors, at Karmajiji village located at the Airport road, Abuja. The Acting Director, Social Welfare Services of SDS, Sani Amar, made the disclosure at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Amar said the the suspect was apprehended based on the directive of the FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, who was passionate about protecting and defending the rights of the vulnerable, children and women. He emphasised that the social development secretariat was duty-bound to ensure that the rights…
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), News Paper Association of Nigeria (NPAN), Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) and other stakeholders have insisted on Self-Regulatory Framework to sanitise the media sector. The media stakeholders also restated commitment to defend freedom of expression and media freedom. This is contained in the communiqué from the one-day strategic meeting of media stakeholders to deliberate on a framework for media regulation in Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos. The communiqué was signed by Mustapha Isah, President, NGE; Feyi Smith, Executive Secretary of NPAN; Chris Isiguzo, President of NUJ; Edetaen Ojo, Executive Director of MRA, and Lanre…
The European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and Economic Countries of West African States (ECOWAS), has applauded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for its improved logistics during the Ekiti state governorship election held last Saturday. The EU made this known in a statement by its embassy in Abuja and made available to newsmen on Tuesday. According to the statement, the EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) congratulated all stakeholders and the people of Ekiti on a largely peaceful poll. “We encourage voters, and in particular, the youth and women, to sustain their participation beyond…
The 2021 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping (WASH-NORM) III Report has revealed that 48 million Nigerians still practice open defecation. The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, who stated this at the release of the new report in Abuja on Tuesday, said slow progress being made in improving water and sanitation services was due to population expansion, low commitments from states and impact of COVID-19. The WASH-NORM is an annual national assessment of the status of water, sanitation and hygiene services aimed at covering the data gaps in the sector. Its primary objective is to provide…
Gopalkrishna Gandhi, the grandson of India’s late leader, Mahatma Gandhi has dropped out of the race to become president after his name was proposed by an alliance of opposition parties. Gandhi, 77, a diplomat turned politician said he had declined the request of the 17-party alliance to be their nominee for the largely ceremonial role. “I am most grateful to them. But having considered the matter deeply I see that the Opposition’s candidate should be one who will generate a national consensus and a national atmosphere beside Opposition unity,” Gandhi said in a statement on Monday. National and state lawmakers…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Abdullahi Bala as the new Executive Secretary for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). A statement by the Press Secretary to the Minister of Police Affairs, Mr Osaigbovo Ehisienmen on Tuesday, said Bala took over from Mr Ahmed Aliyu. Ehisienmen said Aliyu had resigned his appointment to run for gubernatorial primaries in compliance with the directives of the president. He said that the new Executive Secretary, born on August 18, 1967 in Sokoto North local government area, holds a Masters Degree in Political Science from the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. “His work career began…