The Kano State Government has directed the Commissioner of Police to eject the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero, from the Nasarawa Palace where he currently resides. Governor Abba Yusuf gave the directive via the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Haruna Dederi. Dederi, while conveying the directive at a news conference on Thursday…
The Federal Government has begun the proposed audit of the N2.7tn fuel subsidy claim by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, according to a report by The PUNCH. An audit firm, KPMG had conducted an initial audit reducing the claims from N6tn to N2.7tn. However, in the new audit, the government said it had approved…
The Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Usman Mallam for allegedly tearing the agency’s official investigation activities’ letters and obstructing investigation before the Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State. Mallam, a desk officer in charge of responding to official correspondence in the office of the…
The Federal Government has criticized Reynolds Construction Company (RCC) for failing to complete even 1km of the 15km East-West Road section from Eleme Junction to Onne Port Junction in Rivers State, despite receiving over N40 billion in mobilization funds. This announcement was made by the Federal Minister of Works, David Umahi, during his inspection tour…
North Korea and Russia have pledged to use all available means to provide immediate military assistance in the event the other is attacked, according to the text of a new landmark defence pact agreed by the two autocratic nations. Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed the new strategic partnership…
The leaders of Vietnam and Russia have said they want to boost ties as the pair met in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. Vietnamese President To Lam was full of praise for his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, congratulating him on his recent re-election. Mr Putin, in return, said strengthening a strategic partnership with the south-east…
Niger has revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer Orano at one of the world’s biggest uranium mines, the company said Thursday, in a move that highlighted tensions between France and the African country’s ruling junta. Orano said it had been excluded from the Imouraren mine in northern Niger which sits on an…
The Edo State Commissioner for Mines and Energy, Donatus Ojiefoh, on Wednesday, said the e-governance platform instituted by the state government has saved the state over N60 billion. The use of the e-government platform was developed in 2021 and was made compulsory for all Ministries, Department and Agencies on September 1, 2023, which led to…
The Mercy Igbe-Arase Foundation and the Solomon Arase Foundation (SEAF) have graduated thirty-six students on its scholarship core mandate in the field of medicine; pharmacy and law, while the rest six-two beneficiaries who are still in about 20 Universities and Polytechnics across the country are at the verge of completing their course of studies. Famous…
