Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has put all airline operators, Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) and Aerodrome Operators on alert over the outbreak of Coronavirus. The General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr Sam Adurogboye made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday. Adurogboye said the alert was contained in a letter by the Acting Director General, NCAA, Capt. Sidi Abdullahi. The NCAA official said it had called for a high level of vigilance...
The Federal government on Thursday inaugurated the FCT e-Government Training Centre Governing Committee for the in Abuja. Inaugurating the Committee, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantani, said the action was in line with the NITDA’s Act 2007 which mandated the agency to come up with framework and regulatory instrument for E- governance implementation and the Galaxy Backbone to provide what is required of digital infrastructure for federal public institutions and...
At last, State Governors under the auspices of the Governors’ Forum, have resolved to address the lingering issue of Right of Way (RoW) charges in a bid to deepen broadband penetration in the country and promote a Digital Economy for a Digital Nigeria. In a statement signed by the Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to the Minister, Dr ‘Femi Adeluyi said the resolution followed a presentation made by Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim...
The Delta State Government has sealed a deal with Federal government on how to tap from the large gas deposit in the state through the exploration of the newly unveiled Methanol Fuel Technology Policy. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, said this when he received the Executive Governor of Delta state, Dr. Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa in his office on Thursday in Abuja. The partnership, Dr. Onu added, would be a Win Win arrangement to...
Mr Sunday Dare, Youth and Sports Development Minister, has urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to fast track the process of relocating to its new office complex. The minister said this on Thursday when he paid a working visit to the Sunday Dankaro House, NFF’s new office complex at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the N337 million office complex was inaugurated in July, 2013 by former Vice- President,...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met with South-West Governors where it was agreed that the structure of Amotekun should also align with the Community Policing strategy of the Federal Government. Amotekun is a security Initiative inaugurated on Jan. 9, 2020, by the Governors of the South-West to address the challenges of insecurity in the region. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the meeting, which was attended by the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar...
The former Attorney-General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, and six other co-defendants charged with 42 counts in connection with the controversial 1.09 billion dollars settlement agreement on Malabu Oil Block, on Thursday pleaded not guilty. NAN reports that the arraignment of Adoke was on Wednesday, stalled at the FCT High Court in Gwagwalada over confusion from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,(EFCC) the prosecuting agency. The EFCC counsel Bala Sanga told the court that he...
The Kebbi Police Command have confirmed the invasion of MTN office in Tudun Wada area of Birnin Kebbi by three armed robbers on Wednesday. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Nafi’u Abubakar, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. “Yes, the robbery took place and investigation has since began,” he said. Earlier, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki, the MTN Manager in the state told NAN that the robbers stormed the shop around 2.pm on Wednesday and...
2023: Pick your candidate from South-East, Group urges political parties Ndi-Igbo United Forum (NUF), a socio-political organisation, has called on all political parties in the country to zone their presidential tickets to the South-East for the 2023 presidential poll. President-General of the group, Chief Godson Ezenagu, made the appeal in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Onitsha on Thursday. Ezenagu said zoning the tickets would engender peace, tranquility and development in the...
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Thursday expressed dismay over the gruesome murder of Rev. Lawan Andimi, Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria CAN, Michika in Adamawa by the Boko Haram terrorists. The National Publicity Secretary ACF Alhaji Muhammad Ibrahim, in a statement equally appealed to the Federal and State Governments to fish out perpetrators of the dastardly act and bring them to justice. ”This cruel act by the abductors was barbaric, despicable and should...
