Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has called on the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to review its import dues on premium motor spirit (PMS), better known as petrol. NAN reports that Osinbajo said this on Monday in Abuja at the fourth annual lecture and award presentation by ValueChain Magazine. He said the review would help to reduce pressure…
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has stressed the need for press freedom in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah, in Yenagoa on Tuesday. According to the statement, Diri made the comment in Abuja on Monday during the House of Representatives Press Corps’ Annual…
By Rita Iliya Gov. Abubakar Bello of Niger has inaugurated the 2.4 kilometres broadcasting road in Minna on Monday at the cost of N1.3 billion. Bello, during the official inauguration said that the project was constructed by Messer Soject Nigeria Limited. According to him, one of the priorities of his administration is to develop critical…
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has received the Governors of Cross River and Zamfara, Ben Ayade and Bello Matawalle, respectively, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ayade and Matawalle were accompanied to the event by the Chairman,…
By Ismaila Chafe Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, on Monday, briefed President Muhammadu Buhari on the planned repatriation of over 200,000 Nigerians displaced by insurgency and residing in Chad, Cameroun and Niger Republic. Speaking to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting with the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Zulum disclosed that the…
By Yahaya Isah The Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has called for the establishment of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Base in the state. A statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, stated that Bello made the call when he paid a courtesy visit on the Chief…
By Agency Report No fewer than 5,200 motorcycles were impounded by Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) between January and June, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Head, Public Affairs of the unit, Mr. Femi Moliki, disclosed this in an interview with NAN on Monday. Moliki said that all the impounded motorcycles were plying…
Agency Report The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday said he would not be a party to any bill that seeks to gag the media. Gbajabiamila made the assertion at an award ceremony tagged ‘Recognising Good Governance and Legislative Excellence in the Face of Adversity,’ held in Abuja. The speaker…
Raphael Ede The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has faulted the recent comment of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State over rotational presidency. Bello had during a maiden edition of the ‘Governor Yahaya Bello seminar for political and crime correspondents’ in Abuja on Friday, described rotational Presidency as “unconstitutional”, adding that “Nigerians should be allowed…
