Trade volume between Indonesia and Nigeria reached 2.46 billion dollars between 2016 and 2021, says Amb. Usra Harahap, Ambassador of Indonesia to Nigeria. Harahap said this on Tuesday in Abuja while fielding questions from newsmen, when he said about 25 Indonesian companies had invested in Nigeria. He said trade between the two countries kept increasing in the last six years. “In 2016 it reached 1.59 billion dollars and in 2021 it increased to 2.46 billion...
By Esenvosa Izah LAGOS — The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) said it would ensure that issues of casualisation in the oil and gas industry are reduced to the barest minimum. PENGASSAN’s President, Mr. Festus Osifo, made this known at a media parley with the Labour Writers Association of Nigeria held on Tuesday in Lagos. Osifo also made the declaration as part of the union’s congratulatory message to workers in...
ABUJA — The Electoral Hub, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and a former chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, have called for the establishment of a National Electoral Offences Commission ahead of the 2023 General Elections. They made the call on Tuesday, at a roundtable on Electoral Offences; Ensuring Documentation and Effective Prosecution organised by the Electoral Hub, an organ of the Initiative for Research, Innovation, and Advocacy in Development (IRIAD) in Abuja. The stakeholders...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said it had deployed 25,224 personnel across the country for the Sallah celebrations. The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, said this on Tuesday in Abuja, at the beginning of the Eid-el Fitr motor park mega rally. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the theme of the campaign is “Achieving Zero Road Fatality Through Road Safety Campaign.” Oyeyemi was represented by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Assistant...
As the DRC becomes the newest member of the East African Community, the regional organization confronts multiple challenges in its effort to tackle insecurity in eastern Congo. The East African Community (EAC) wasted no time in wading into the complex and murky security issues bedeviling its newest member, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The DRC, which is also a member of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Common Market for Eastern...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has described the passage of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, as a loss to the entire Oduduwa race worldwide. This is contained in a statement by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Otunba Moses Olafare. Ooni Ogunwusi, who doubles as the Natural Head of the Oduduwa race worldwide, stated that the late Alaafin was a worthy elder whose entire life was dedicated...
ABAKALIKI — Chief Elias Mbam, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi, says the imposition of governorship candidate on the party will not work. Mbam, who is the chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) stated this at a news conference on Sunday in Abakaliki. Mbam was reacting to a statement credited to Gov. Dave Umahi, endorsing Mr. Francis Nwifuru, Speaker of Ebonyi House of...
A political pressure group, Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria (CNPD), has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) to adopt former President Goodluck Jonathan, as the party’s candidate for the 2023 presidential election. The National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Ralph Okorie, who made the call on Monday at a news conference in Abuja, urged President Muhammadu Buhari, to endorse the Jonathan project. “There is a need for experience and continuity. The...
By Funmilayo Adeyemi, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Destiny Adah, a 10-year-old primary six pupil cannot read a simple sentence, a development which made her mother, Mrs. Esther Adah seek help to improve her reading ability. She engaged the services of a private teacher to improve her child’s reading skills. Esther was billed to write the National Common Entrance Examination in June. “What a worrisome situation, how can this 10-year-old girl prepare for the upcoming...
ExxonMobil Foundation, in collaboration with ExxonMobil affiliate companies and other orgnisations have renewed their commitments to end malaria in the country. Mr. Richard Laing, the Managing Director, ExxonMobil Affiliate in Nigeria, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja as part of efforts to end malaria scourge in the country. Laing said that the move was to support ongoing programmes that would reduce the burden of malaria in the country. He added that for...
