President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Margret Chuba Okadigbo as board chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the president on media and publicity, announced this in a statement on Wednesday. With the new appointment, Buhari dropped Ifeanyi Ararume (representing south-east), who was appointed last year september as board chair of the…
Two Chinese workers have been kidnapped by bandits in Niger state. The bandits were said to have kidnapped the workers at Zungeru hydropower dam project in the state. Two security guards were also killed during the attack. Ahmed Matane, secretary to the state government, confirmed the incident. In a statement, Wasiu Abiodun, police public relations officer of the…
Nigeria’s National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved a herbal drug that was produced by Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) for the treatment of COVID-19. The founder of the University, Chief Afe Babalola disclosed this on Tuesday, in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, at a ceremony commemorating the 12th anniversary of the…
By judicial declaration, the federal government, on Tuesday, said it was ready to deploy the 12 Super Tucano fighter jets against armed bandits wreaking havoc in the North-western part of the country. By international convention and best practices captured in the purchase agreements reached with the United States government, the fighter jets could only be…
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has reiterated the need for extensive structural reform this year to fast-track the country’s economic growth. Emefiele stated this in his personal comment at the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, a copy of which was posted on Monday on CBN’s website. Driven by base-year effect,…
Against the backdrop of the recent fire incident at the Next Cash and Carry Shopping Mall at Kado district, the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency, (FEMA), has coordinated a general review meeting with stakeholders to determine the way forward after the incident. The meeting was held in the instant of the Minister of Humanitarian…
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says the gazetting of the court order declaring bandits as terrorists will be done in the next few days. He gave the assertion while appearing on Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) programme in Abuja on Tuesday. The AGF gave the assurance that the…
Two armed bandits were killed by Police Operatives in Zamfara They were killed while trying to block Futua -Gusau road in Tsafe Local Government Area Tuesday evening The police says the bandits Stormed the Highway on Seven brand new boxer motorcycles There Intention was to abduct innocent Travellers and other road users Brand new boxer…
Former Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Adetoun Adediran is dead. According to thegazellenews.com Adediran died early today, Wednesday, 5 January, 2022 after a brief illness. Adediran was the first elected female Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly when she served between 1999 and 2003. Since then she…
Chairman of AV Securitas LTD, Mayowa Onafowokan, has tendered an unreserved apology to the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State and Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, over the unprofessional conduct by its guards on Saturday January 1, 2022. Onafowokan said the incident was not deliberate but ‘an unintended event that occurred out of the…
