Discrepancies In Fuel Importation: Reps seek forensic audit of NNPCL

To unravel the discrepancies in the importation and supply of Premium Motor spirit (PMS), the House of Representatives is seeking a forensic audit of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) also known as fuel from 2015 to date. According to the House ad-hoc committee, the volume of fuel consumed daily in the country, will give clarity to the Direct Sale, Direct Purchase (DSDP) programme and the consortiums of DSDP operators. The committee which report...

Livestock Farmers: FG floats N5bn loan to enhance their business

To enhance livestock business across the country, the federal government has floated N5 billion credit facility for livestock farmers across the country through the Bank of Agriculture (BoA). Minister of Agriculture, and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, disclosed this on Wednesday at a media briefing in Abuja. Abubakar noted that the loan would enable livestock farmers to have access to funding at reasonable interest rates to expand their businesses and attract potential investors into the...

Election Tribunal Dismisses Application Against Enugu Governor-Elect’s Swearing In

The Election Tribunal sitting in Enugu on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by the Action Democratic Party (ADP) seeking to stop the swearing in of Dr. Barr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, as the Enugu State Governor on Monday 29th May 2023. The Tribunal in its ruling citing section 285 subsection 2 of the 1999 constitution said it lacks jurisdiction to delve into issues outside its constitutional mandate and on that note dismissed the petition. Speaking to...

Second Niger Bridge: Buhari Is A Hero To Ndi-Igbo, Says Uzodinma

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has desribed President Muhammadu Buhari as a hero to the people of the South East following the commissioning of the Second Niger Bridge. He stated this in Onitsha, the commercial nerve of Anambra State, during the official commissioning and handover of the bridge renamed after President Muhammadu Buhari, and the federal secretariat complex built in Awka named after the first female engineer and Head of Civil Service, Mrs Ebele...

Ebere Ofunneamaka Okeke Federal Secretariat Commissioned in Awka, Anambra State

The Anambra State Federal Secretariat built and completed by the Federal Government in Awka has been commissioned today, by the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige. The Secretariat named after Engr. Ebere Ofunneamaka Okeke, who was Nigeria’s first civil engineer and the first female Head of Service of the Federation, is now open for use by federal government Ministries, Departments and Agencies in Anambra State. During the commissioning of the secretariat, the Nnewi born Engr....

President Buhari Commissions Second Niger Bridge

President Muhammadu Buhari has commissioned and opened the Second Niger Bridge linking Anambra and Delta States for public use. President Buhari commissioned the project named after him virtually six days to the end of his administration. The bridge is one of the legacy projects of the Buhari administration, hoped to decongest the existing Niger bridge and connect South-East with the rest of the country and as well boost economic activities of Southern region. The main...

Seun Kuti regains freedom after seven days in police custody

Nigerian musician Seun Kuti has been released on bail after being arrested and incarcerated for a week. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, gave an order for the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to arrest the singer after a viral video showed him at the Third Mainland Bridge, in Lagos, shouting at, and hitting a police officer. Following the reactions that trailed the video, Kuti said that the policeman “tried to kill me and...

Nigeria launches Africa’s biggest oil refinery

Africa’s biggest oil refinery and the world’s biggest single-train facility has been launched in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, amid expectations that Nigeria will cease importing refined petroleum products once the company starts operation. The refinery built by Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the President of Dangote Group and Africa’s richest man, was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 22, 2023. The inauguration of the Dangote refinery was attended by many dignitaries in and outside Nigeria, including...

Group applaud Buhari for the Second Niger Bridge project

South East/Igbo APC Progressives Roundtable, SIAPRO, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the construction of the Second Niger Bridge, which was commissioned on Tuesday. SIAPRO, in a statement jointly signed by its Director General, Dr Uche Diala; National Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Molokwu; and the National Publicity Secretary, Mr Charles Kaye Okoye, described the Bridge as the “biggest and most significant singular infrastructural project in the Eastern region since after the civil war.” The group recalled...

President Buhari commissions Second Niger Bridge, seven other ‘legacy’ projects

…Second Niger Bridge is named after Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, commissioned eight projects completed by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing across the country. The projects which consist of three major bridges, three federal secretariats, a road and a new headquarters are part of the current “administration’s determination to upgrade and expand the nation’s stock of infrastructure”, according to Femi Adesina, the special adviser to the President on media and publicity. The federal...

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