ENSG, FAAN Set Committee for Upgrading Akanu Ibiam International Airport

A committee has been set up to work out modalities and terms of partnership between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the State Government in completion of the international terminal, construction of a cargo terminal, and warehouses at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu. Eulogizing the foresight of the Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah in partnering with the Federal Government, the Managing Director of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, Mrs. Olubunmi...

National Identity Number Enrolls 107,338,044 Nigerians

As of Friday, May 10, 2024, the enrollment for the National Identity Number (NIN) has so far reached 107,338,044. The Director General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote, who disclosed this during a media briefing in Abuja on Friday, said the figure reflected 13.2 million increase from 104 million recorded in December 2023. The NIMC boss stressed that the commission will expedite action to ensure that all Nigerians were enrolled within record-time,...

Rivers Assembly: Court Banishes Speaker, Others – Police Takes Over Complex

Pro-Wike speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Martin Amaewhule, and 24 other members have been restrained from parading themselves as legislators. This follows the face-off between Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over the political structures of the state. The Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has granted an interim injunction prohibiting them from convening or participating in any official meetings at the Assembly premises. The...

Rivers Crisis: Bode George Seeks Intervention Of Party Elders, Stakeholders

…Says Rivers Belongs To PDP Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George has sought the intervention of elders and stakeholders of the party in the political crisis rocking Rivers State. Speaking in Lagos on Friday, George also warned President Bola Tinubu not to treat with levity the threat by some lawmakers in the state House of Assembly to impeach Governor Siminalayi Fubara. While insisting that the oil-bearing state belongs...

Rivers Crisis: You Can’t Abrogate Constitution Of Federal Republic, APC Tells Fubara

…Says Gov’s Declaration That Rivers Assembly Doesn’t Exist Is Affront To Constitution The All Progressives Congress (APC) has told Governor Simi Fubara of Rivers State not to abrogate the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, pointing out that it’s an affront of the constitution for the Governor to declare that Rivers State House of Assembly doesn’t exist. The APC in a press conference on Friday addressed by Felix Morka, Esq., National Publicity Secretary of...

House of Reps Hit Pause on CBN’s Cybersecurity Levy

The House of Representatives threw a wrench into the Central Bank of Nigeria’s, CBN, plans this week, directing the bank to suspend the implementation of a proposed 0.5% cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions. The move came after a motion by Honourable Kingsley Chinda, who raised concerns about the levy’s ambiguity. According to Chinda, the CBN’s circular outlining the levy was open to misinterpretation. He argued that the wording could lead to the levy being placed...

Adamawa State Records 818 Cases Of Measles In Four Months

The Adamawa State government has confirmed 143 cases of measles out of 818 it recorded from January 2024 to date across the 21 local government areas of the state. Kadabiyu G. Jones, State Epidemiology, State Ministry of Health, Yola disclosed this during a media engagement in Yola and explained that most of the affected persons are unvaccinated children between the ages of 0-14 years. He stated that the immunization embarked upon in the affected areas...

Nasarawa State Chief Judge Releases167 Inmates

In compliance with President Bola Tinubu’s order to decongest custodial centers in the country, the Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Aisha Bashir-Aliyu, has freed 167 inmates across the five custodial centers in the state. The Chief Judge pardoned the inmates during an official visit to the custodial centres in Lafia, Wamba, Nasarawa and Keffi local government areas of the state. Justice Bashir-Aliyu rounding off a tour of Correctional facilities in Lafia on Thursday said...

Ministry of Defence Boosts Morale of Military with New Fighting Vehicles 

The Nigerian military received a boost in its fight against insecurity with the recent delivery of 20 improved Armoured Personnel Carriers, APCs, on Wednesday. General Christopher Musa, Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, received the new vehicles in a ceremony held in Abuja. The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Defence, Dr Ibrahim Kana, representing the Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, handed over the keys of the APCs to General Musa on Wednesday. These APCs are not...

Enugu Lawmakers Pass Environmental and Climate Protection Bill

The Enugu State House of Assembly has passed the Enugu State Environmental and Climate Protection Bill. The bill for a law to provide for Environmental and Climate Protection and Management for Enugu state and connected purposes (HB 12), 2024 which aims at checkmating environmental pollution in the state was passed after a robust consideration and adoption of changes made on the bill. Leading the debate on the bill, the Majority Leader, Iloabuchi Aniagu, lamented the adverse...

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