NNPC Road Tax Scheme: FEC Approves Additional N1.9trn to Reconstruct 44 Roads
•National oil company’s intervention hits N2.52trn •FG to procure 31 vehicles worth N1.35bn for Ogoni project monitoring •Okays police institutions bills The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its first meeting in 2023 yesterday, approved the proposal by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its subsidiaries to invest N1.9 trillion for the reconstruction...
FG: N120bn Spent on Subsidising Electricity Consumers in 2022
•Begins repayment of N100bn debts owed Discos by MDAs •Says next phase of 4m meters distribution to commence in Q1 •Tariff collection rises to record N80bn in December The federal government yesterday said it paid N120 billion in 2022 subsidising electricity consumers in selected bands, including C,D and E, down from a N552 billion peak before the Muhammadu Buhari administration took over. The...
Kogi Group Renews Commitment to Develop Community
By Ruth Abel Egume Ome Descendants Union , Dekina- Kogi State,has renewed its commitment to contribute its quota towards execution of viable projects that will impact on the lives of the people of the area. The Chairman of Lokoja Branch of the association, Comerade Noah Ocheni gave the assurance at the weekend in Lokoja during the annual get-together organised for members...
Electrician bags life jail for raping benefactor’s daughter
Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced a 27-year-old electrician, Olamide Ayodele, to life imprisonment for defiling the eight-year-old daughter of his benefactor. The judge held that the prosecution proved the charge of defilement against the convict. Justice Soladoye held that the court found that the evidence of the prosecution witnesses...
2023: Questions INEC should, and must, answer
FROM outright snatching of ballot boxes, to attempting to snatch the same ballot boxes through the courts, Nigeria has made substantial progress in election management and electoral law reforms since 1999. Yet, our politicians have never shed even an ounce of their desperation. At every turn of improvement, they quickly find a way to gain control of the system and...
Governors to engage CBN on naira redesign
Naira redesign, cash withdrawal policy and some of the policies recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will form the planks of discussion at a meeting between the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele. The virtual engagement is scheduled for tomorrow, NGF’s spokesman Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo said in a statement last night. Bello-Barkindo said the state’s chief...
Uzodimma’s Skill Up Imo Project Receives Private Sector Support
The Imo State Youths Digital Skills Empowerment Programme, known as SkillupImo Project, has received cash and technical support from the private sector that would boost the project. The digital skills project is being implemented by the state government, under the watch of the State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma. According to a statement that was released by the state’s Ministry of Digital...
N13bn drugs, military hardware seized at Lagos airport
The Murtala Muhammed Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has said it intercepted hard drugs, and military and police hardware at the cargo section of the airport. Addressing journalists at the command in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, the Customs Area Controller, Sambo Dangaladima, said 162 cartons of banned tramadol hydrochloride 225 and 250mg, military and police hardware were intercepted...
Foundation fetes widows of police officers
United States-based charity organisation, Kedrick Scribner Foundation, has extended its humanitarian campaign to widows of policemen. The one-day programme, tagged: ‘The Widow’s Mite event’, took place last week at United Church of Christ aka HEKAN, located in Nigeria Mounted Troops Police Barracks in Lagos. Kedrick Scribner Foundation, which globally provides resources for people, said deliberate and feasible support system must be...
Jonathan opens Nigeria’s longest state bridge; hails Udom Emmanuel
Former President Goodluck Jonathan, has hailed Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr. Udom Emmanuel as a miracle worker for building the longest bridge by any state in Nigeria. The former leader made the declaration while inaugurating the bridge built by the administration of Governor Udom Emmanuel in Mbo Local Government Area Of Akwa Ibom State. The bridge, which is 1.15 kilometres long,...
