The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday registered 22 additional lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in four states and the Federal Capital Territory. The NCDC, via its verified website on Monday morning, said that the additional figure of coronavirus infections in the country had moved up to 253,023 as of Sunday. The News Agency of…
The first phase of the Siemens Presidential Power Initiative (PPI) will increase reliability of electricity supply to 40 million people and create 11,000 direct and indirect jobs, according to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed. The minister stated this on Monday at the flag-off of the PPI training on network development…
In this dispensation, I honestly crave for a repeat of the political contestation between the late Chief Tony Anenih and Chief Tom Ikimi in Edo State during the ill-fated Third Republic. This could spice up the 2023 political contestation between the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The political…
Nigerians have been encouraged to embrace and sustain saving culture as one of the strategic and shrewd approach to make headway in the country’s distressed economy. The Managing Editor/CEO, Premium Eagle Media Limited, publishers of The Eagle Online newspaper, Dotun Oladipo, gave the advice at the 2022 Annual General Meeting of a non-governmental organisation, Ikhwan…
• Port State Inspection grows by 24.2 % • As Jamoh Reiterates Agency’s Commitment to Shipping Development. The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh has announced an increase of 43.6% in condition survey for Flag Registration by the Agency in year 2021 as against the performance in…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says 22 international passports were found inside a bag of garri at the Lagos airport. In a statement issued on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman, the agency said the passports were for six countries. Babafemi also said the passports were found during a routine search at the…
Lai mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the federal government will look into the possibility of seeking a review of the $35,000 fee requested by Egypt from foreigners to operate a business enterprise in the country. According to NAN, the minister said this during a recent meeting with the Nigerian community in Cairo, Egypt’s…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has charged health workers to maintain the culture of due diligence and professional ethics in patient management in the country. He gave the charge on Saturday while declaring open a three-day training programme for health workers themed “Bio-Ethics and Medical Law” in Jos, the Plateau State…
There was carnage and bloodbath across four states devastated by banditry and other security challenges over the weekend as terrorists unleashed mayhem on villages and a market killing dozens and displacing hundreds. The affected states are Niger, Katsina, Kaduna and Zamfara. The Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumin Kabir Usman told visiting Vice President Yemi Osinbajo…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commissioner, Prof Mahmood Yakubu has called on the youth and women in the country to use the voting strength to positively impact the 2023 electoral process. Furthermore, the INEC boss said the two groups should team up to take over political power rather than to be used for…
