The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Mele Kyari, says the corporation deliberately shut down the nation’s refineries because they no longer make sense to be operated. The GMD disclosed this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Upstream on Thursday in Abuja. He said that the NNPC was unable to supply crude oil to the refineries adding that it was only excravos pipeline which the NNPC...
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would leave the White House if the Electoral College declared Joe Biden the election winner. He said he was not prepared to concede defeat and repeated false claims that he won. The president said that he would “certainly” leave the White House if the Electoral College voted for Biden, telling reporters on a press call “you know that.” But he also repeated claims of “massive fraud” in the election,...
Economists said on Friday in Lagos that the decision by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the CBN to retain Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) at 11.5 per cent alongside other parameters was expected. MPR is the interest rate at which CBN lends to commercial banks. It is the benchmark against which other lending rates in the economy are pegged. It is usually used as an instrument to moderate inflation in the economy. The experts told...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 169 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday. The agency said that the latest infections brought the total number of cases in the country to 66,974. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria had tested 756,237 persons since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 was announced on Feb. 27. The public...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent Governors of Borno , Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe states are meeting in Yola, the Adamawa State capital with security topping the agenda of their discussion. The meeting was a follow up to the one first held in Maiduguri, which was hosted by Governor Babagana Zulum. This is the third meeting, and is being hosted by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. Speaking, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum of Borno was emphatic ...
The Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, LCCN is set to establish a university in Adamawa state with the acquiring of one hundred and sixty (160) hectares of land has been procured near the church convention ground in Demsa for the project. The Archbishop, Most Reverend Panti Filibus of the Church, made this known while declaring open a General Church Council meeting held at the LCCN Headquarters in Numan, added that other conditions for the proposed...
The Presidency has registered its opposition to a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to regulate the Ecological Fund. the opposition to the bill was expressed by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, adding that the law would either clash with or duplicate the existing ones. Mustapha warned that the bill, if passed into law, would cripple the power of the president has over the Ecological Fund Office and the...
The Nigeria Minister for Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the Nigerian economy is doing well compared to the economy of South Africa, Russia and other countries in recession. The minister said the recession is inevitable as a result of the global collapse in oil prices occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. The minister disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking on NTA “Good Morning Nigeria Show.” It has been reported that the country’s rising...
By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa has again lost one of it’s senators, Sen. Elisha Abbo to All Progressives Congress (APC). Abbo has announced his defection from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in a letter addressed to the Senate President. Senate President Ahmad Lawan read the letter during Wednesday’s plenary session. Senator’s Abbo’s defection did not come as a surprise to...
A nongovernmental organization, Mar’atussaliha Orphans and Widows Initiative based in Kano has assisted over two hundred Orphans in Mubi with food and cash which took place at Muslim Council Office, Nasarawa Mubi. The Founder of the organization, Hajiya Khadija Sallao said the organization was formed to assist Orphans and widows considering the situation they use to find themselves having lost their bread winners. “Wealthy individuals in society should use part of their wealth to cater...
