Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says the licensing of Deep Blue Industrial Park in Lagos commences a deliberate regime for zero fossil energy emission in the country. Adesugba made the remark during the handing over ceremony of the Declaration Licence to Mrs Anita Omoile, Managing Director/CEO of…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu held a meeting yesterday with representatives of major oil marketers’ associations. According to a recent tweet on his Twitter handle, in the course of the discussions, President Tinubu emphasized his administration’s total commitment to a competitive, stable and transparent oil market. He, however challenged the marketers to work with the government…
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two identical twins: Takwan Potential and Takwan Peter and 26 others for alleged internet fraud in Calabar, Cross River State. This was confirmed on a recent tweet on the official Twitter handle of EFCC on Thursday. According to the…
The Federal Government has declared Monday June 12, a public holiday. This was confirmed in a statement on Thursday, from the office of the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Interior. According to the release by the Permanent Secretary, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, the holiday is in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day celebration. Dr Akinlade…
The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 12, 2023 Public Holiday in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day. In a statement issued Thursday in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians on the occasion. She said; “Nigeria’s…
Governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke has felicitated with the new President of the National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Otunba Dele Oye. The governor expressed confidence that Oye’s tenure would bring a new era of robust partnership with state governments for the development of the business sector. Adeleke, in…
The National Assembly went hard on sex offenders in tertiary institutions across the country as they passed a decisive bill to punish them. The bill calls for comprehensive provisions for the prohibition and punishment of sexual harassment by educators in all higher institutions in Nigeria. Politics Nigeria recalls that the Senate passed the said bill…
President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door meeting with Governors Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State and Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. SAHEL gathered that the closed-door meeting started shortly after 11 a.m. This follows President Bola Tinubu’s meeting with the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday. During…
The police sealed off the Nasarawa House of Assembly Complex on Wednesday in a bid to avert a breakdown of law and order following the emergence of two speakers for the seventh assembly. The PUNCH reports that the immediate past Speaker, Rt. Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe-Abdullahi, who was seeking a third term as Speaker, and Hon….
The 10th National Assembly will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. This is according to an announcement, signed by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Sani Tambawal, on Thursday. According to the announcement, senators-elect and members-elect of the House of Representatives are to visit the Senate conference room 231 and the…
