The Economic Sustainability Committee has held its first meeting in 2022 and Federal Ministers and heads of Agencies have reported further progress in the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan, ESP of President Buhari’s Administration. Report on the implementation of the plan was presented at a virtual meeting of the committee on Monday at the…
The Enugu Police Command has confirmed the shootings in Enugu by miscreants who were trying to enforce the sit-at-home order. It also confirmed the burning of a Toyota Sienna vehicle and a tricycle at Umueze and Agbani axis of Nkanu West LGA of the State. In a statement made available to newsmen in Enugu, the…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state, has signed the N269.7 billion budget into law for 2022 with an increase of about one percent. According to him, capital and recurrent expenditures however; stood at N172.53 billion and N95.4 billion respectively. “This year’s appropriation bill would be financed from recurrent revenues of N113.84 billion, comprising N48.22 billion…
Nyesome Wike, Rivers governor, says he has identified and will arrest persons who are alleged to be involved in oil bunkering and illegal refinery activities in the state. In a press statement on Sunday, Kelvin Ebiri, Wike’s special assistant on media, said the governor disclosed this in a statewide broadcast on Sunday. TheCable had reported how residents…
Mai Mala Buni, chairman of the national caretaker committee of the All Progressive Congress (APC), is expected to meet with Danjuma Goje, senator representing Gombe central, and Inuwa Yahaya, Gombe governor, over the reorganisation of the party in the state. The politicians have been at loggerheads in recent months over the control of the APC in the…
The All progressive congress (APC) says the killings in Zamfara state will not go unpunished. Last week, gunmen reportedly killed over 60 people in a raid on communities located in Bukkuyum and Anka LGAs of the state. In a statement on Monday, John Akpanudoedehe, national secretary of the APC national caretaker committee, said the designation of these gunmen as…
The Christian Association of Nigeria CAN Southeast Zone has commended the selfless services of Nigeria’s Armed forces, Legionaries for their efforts in securing the country. The CAN Chairman of the Zone, Very Reverend Father Abraham Nwali, who is also the Senior Special Adviser to Ebonyi State Governor, gave the commendation during the 2022 Armed forces…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have agreed to strengthen cooperation in the execution of their respective mandates in the country’s common interest. Director-General of NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh, and Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd.), said this recently when Jamoh paid…
As Nigeria marks its Armed Forces and Remembrance Day, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has sued for peace and national integration among citizens. He made the appeal at the commemoration of the day in Osogbo, the state capital on Sunday, just as he lauded the patriotism and sacrifices of the Officers and Men of…
A former vice president p9f Nigeria and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has decried the continued killings in the northwest zone, particularly the recent attack in Zamfara State, which left over 200 dead, and therefore appealed to the federal government to ramp up security in…
