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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, says the electoral umpire has no candidate in the November 11, 2023 governorship polls in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states. In a statement yesterday, the electoral chief pledged to ensure a level playing field for all political parties and candidates in the elections. He also […]
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security has set out to support effective dry-season farming across the country. Minister for Agriculture and Food Security, Senator Abubakar Kyari made this known in Lagos, when he undertook a tour of the Apapa Bulk Terminal Facility of Flour Mills of Nigeria PIc. According to the Minister, who […]
The Presidency has reacted to the former Labour Party Presidential Candidate; Peter Obi’s content of the press conference that was held yesterday in Abuja. in a statement by special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the presidency urged Mr Peter Obi to move away from what it called Obi’s delusion. The […]
Awa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has felicitated the Serving Overseer, Pastor Simeon Afolabi and members of First Love Assembly as they mark 25th Anniversary. In his message of felicitation at the grand finale of a 5-day convention commemorating the church’s anniversary, held at the church’s Headquarters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, he described […]
Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered the distribution of an additional two hundred and twenty operational vehicles, including water cannons, armoured personnel carriers, helmets, bulletproof vests, and tear gas canisters to the three states where elections will hold this weekend. Force Public Relations Officer at Force Headquarters, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who spoke in […]
Federal Government and a Germany geo-scientific technology company based in Berlin have signed a pact. The duo says it will stimulate the exploration of Nigeria’s mineral deposits worth more than seven hundred billion naira. Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, who dropped the hints while briefing State House reporters after yesterday’s Federal Executive Council, […]
Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has assured Nigerians that the regulatory and fiscal incentives produced by the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA would be seamlessly delivered to boost investments in the gas industry. The Minister equally pledged improved gas supply for industrial, power, transportation and domestic purposes and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG […]
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control yesterday destroyed fake and expired goods worth over five Hundred Million Naira in Abuja. Speaking during the exercise, the Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye, explained that some of the goods were also voluntarily submitted to the agency. Represented by NAFDAC Director of Investigation and Enforcement, […]
Super Falcons will depart Nigeria for Addis Ababa, Ethiopian capital on Sunday, October 22, 2023, for the 2024 Olympics Qualifiers first leg. Accordingly, the players and officials of the nine-time African champions will leave the shores of Nigeria for the first leg of the Paris 2024 Olympics Qualifiers in Addis Ababa from the nation’s capital, Abuja. […]
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has assured Nigerians that disagreement amongst senators will never result in throwing chairs like what used to happen in the past. Senator Akpabio who gave the assurance on the sidelines of the face-off between him and the Senate Chief Whip, Senator Ali Ndume, spoke to State House Reporters, yesterday, shortly after […]
