The Federal Government on Monday said in spite of the recent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit, and the service-based tariff review of electricity cost, the prices in Nigeria still remained among the cheapest in Africa. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, at a press conference in Abuja on Monday said…
The Ogun State Government has announced Monday, 21 September 2020 for the reopening of schools in the state for the first term of 2020/2021 academic session. It has also released a schedule of the school hours for public schools as part of the efforts to meet the COVID-19 guidelines for school operations. The students, who…
The Yoruba One Voice (YOV), a coalition of all Yoruba groups and organisations in the diaspora consisting of more than fifty Yoruba organisations from the four continents of the world strongly display concerns over the federal government increase of electricity tariff and fuel price. In a press statement made available to newsmen from Toronto, Canada…
The Lagos State Government has announced the reopening of two of its recreational parks for public use after several months of closure due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Mrs Adetoun Popoola, the General Manager, Lagos State Parks and Gardens (LASPARK), disclosed this in a statement made available where she stressed that visitors coming to the parks…
The P&ID contract was a signed agreement with the Ministry of Petroleum Resources on behalf of the Nigerian government on January 11, 2010 for a gas supply and processing project. Under the terms of the agreement, P&ID was to build and operate an Accelerated Gas Development project to be located at Adiabo in Odukpani Local…
Two Nigerians have been arrested by the Cyber-crime Unit of the Nigeria Police Force INTERPOL, and the National Central Bureau, Abuja for their complicity in a major multi-million Euro scam. The funds were meant for the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE). In a statement released by the Police spokesperson, Frank Mba, the suspects are…
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday depart Nigeria for Niger Republic. He will be traveling to Niamey, Niger Republic to participate in the 57th Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. A statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President, (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehu, stated that the one-day…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has disclosed that it has spent N30,540,563,571.09, representing 84% of the N36.3 billion public funds and donations received to respond to COVID-19 between 1st April, 2020 and 31st July, 2020. This leaves a balance of N5.9 billion. This was disclosed by the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris,…
Following visit by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on Thursday to President of Ghana at Jubilee House, the President has suggested he is open to reviewing his country’s $1 million capital base requirement for foreign businesses. Gbajabiamila was visiting Ghana to make efforts through parliamentary diplomacy to resolve the issues…
The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has sealed 15 hospitalities facilities across the states over the last seven days. The sealing of these facilities was as a result of an upsurge in noise pollution across the state and the resultant environmental violations, as it recoded over 50 complaints. This was disclosed by the…