Category: News
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PIB for passage by March 2021, say Reps
The House of Representatives has announced its plan to pass the Petroleum Industry Bill by the end of the first quarter of 2021. The Ad Hoc Committee on PIB made this known in Abuja on Wednesday. The House had on Tuesday passed the bill for second reading. The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamilia, had referred the bill…
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FCCP: Senate rejects South-West nominee Akpata, confirms seven others
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointments of seven nominees to the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. This was just as the Upper Chamber rejected Mrs. Yinka Osoba Akpata as Executive Commissioner to represent the South West on the Commission. The confirmation of the nominees followed the consideration of the report of the Senate…
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Gombe proposes N116bn budget for 2021
The Gombe State Government is proposing N116 billion for the 2021 budget. Briefing newsmen on Tuesday, after an Executive council meeting presided by Governor Inuwa Yahaya, at the government house, the Finance Commissioner, Muhammad Magaji, said N168 million is budgeted for statutory office holders in the state. Magaji said, “All the people from all walks…
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Reschedule your visit to Osun, Oyinlola tells Aregbesola
Ex-governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has called on the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, to avoid doing anything that would suggest a plan to make the state ungovernable for the incumbent governor, Adegboyega Oyetola. Prince Oyinlola, in a statement on Wednesday, also called for calm as tension continued to rise following plan by…
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Reopening: Rivers warns principals, teachers against illegal fees
The Rivers State Government has warned principals and headteachers against collecting illegal fees, saying anyone found culpable will be punished in accordance with extant laws. The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, handed down the warning in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday and made available to newsmen. Ebeku reminded them that…
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#EndSARS: FG not panicking over UK lawmakers’ demand for sanctions – Lai Mohammed
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the Federal Government is not panicking over the demand for sanctions by the United Kingdom lawmakers. The PUNCH reports that the UK lawmakers had on Monday debated over alleged human rights abuses during the #EndSARS protest in Nigeria and demanded sanctions on government officials and security agents…
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SARS shot me, demanded N200k —Victim
A 29-year-old victim of men of the Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Obinna Onuka, on Tuesday, told the Abia State panel on police brutality that SARS men shot him and later demanded N200,000 for his release. Onuka, who demanded N100 million as compensation, narrated that around 1.39 am on September 14, 2020, he was asleep with…
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Ministry, firm sign MoU on youth empowerment
The Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a venture capital company, TIIMAfrica, to grow the businesses of 100 youths in the country. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, said at the event on Tuesday in Abuja, that the partnership was one in series of…
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COVID-19: FG urges women to apply for MSMEs grant
The Federal Government has urged female entrepreneurs to apply for its ongoing intervention grant for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to enable them overcome challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Amb. Mariam Katagum, the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment made the call at a news conference on the implementation process of the…
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Buhari felicitates with Arthur Eze at 72
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday rejoiced with Arthur Eze on the occasion of his 72nd birthday, which comes up on Nov. 25. The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja joined family, friends and well-wishers in celebrating ”a man who has devoted his resources to help those in need”. Buhari…