DPR personnel won’t lose jobs, entitlements – NURC CEO
Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NURC), Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, has assured staff of its defunct Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) of no job and entitlements losses. NURC, which replaced the defunct DPR, comprised the regulatory framework for the oil and gas industry, as provided for, by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Komolafe gave the assurance on Thursday in...
Fashola seeks monthly rent payment, urges states to enact laws
Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday advised state governments to enact laws to make mandatory monthly rent payment to make housing more available to Nigerian masses. Fashola made the call at the 10th Meeting of the National Council on Lands, Housing and Urban Development in Ikeja, Lagos. The theme of the meeting was “Housing Development as a...
3 teachers, 27 students abducted in Kebbi regain freedom
A total of 27 abducted students and three teachers of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi, have regained their freedom, after four months in captivity, the Kebbi governor, Atiku Bagudu, has announced. Addressing the students in Birnin Kebbi, on Thursday, Bagudu, thanked God for their release, while urging them to take heart over their abduction and four months...
IMF: Recovery in non-oil sectors, higher oil prices to drive Nigeria’s growth
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has predicted Nigeria’s economy to grow by 2.6 per cent this year and a 2.7 per cent growth in 2022. This is according to the October Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa: One planet, two worlds, three stories, made available at the ongoing Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington on Thursday. It...
Atiku: The needed ‘Oxygen’ for Nigeria’s lungs
Nigeria is in despair and distress. The nation is sick and like a COVID-19 patient in dire need of oxygen for survival. Truth be told, the components which constitute the ‘lungs of Nigeria’ have become frail and weak. And except oxygen is quickly administered to them, difficulty is the road to survival. The question, therefore, becomes which Nigerian leader as at...
NRC confirms explosive attack on Kaduna-Abuja rail tracks
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Thursday confirmed attack on its rail tracks. Consequently, NRC has suspended indefinitely train services along the Abuja-Kaduna route due to the explosion on the rail track which occurred in the evening of October 20. In a statement signed by the management, the corporation apologised to passengers for inconveniences the suspension might caused them, adding that...
Zamfara lawmaker escapes attack after opposing Commissioner-nominee
Supporters of some politicians nearly lynched the member representing Talata-Mafara North constituency in Zamfara State, Hon. Shamsudden Hassan, on Thursday, during the screening exercise of two commissioner-nominees sent to the House of Assembly by Governor Bello Matawalle for screening. Hon. Hassan was challenging the nomination of one of the nominees, Hajiya Rabi Ibrahim Shinkafi, who served as a special adviser...
Nnamdi Kanu challenges treason charge, hearing begins Nov 10
A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday fixed November 10 for hearing the application of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, challenging the competency of the charged preferred against him by the Federal Government Justice Binta Nyako fixed the date after the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) filed a fresh seven-count charge...
Photo story: President Buhari receives security briefing from Service Chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari receives security briefing from Service Chiefs at the State House, Abuja. October 21, 2021
CBN: How Nigerian graduates can access N5m, N25m to fund projects
To address the rising youth unemployment in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has designed a scheme to create a paradigm shift among undergraduates and graduates from the pursuit of white-collar jobs to a culture of entrepreneurship development for economic development and job creation. The scheme, the Tertiary Institutions Entrepreneurship Scheme (TIES), is in partnership with Nigerian polytechnics...
