Senate Confirms Faruk Yahaya As Chief Of Army Staff
The Nigerian Senate confirmed the appointment of Major General Faruk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Gen Yahaya’s confirmation followed the consideration of a report by the Joint Committee of Defence and Army. He was appointed on May 27, 2021, by President Muhammadu Buhari following the death of the former chief of […]
Nigerian Senate Probes Government’s Economic Recovery Plan
The Senate has directed six of its committees to probe the federal government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). The committees ordered to look into the ERGP are national planning, banking, marine transport, land transport, works, and power. Members of the committees are expected to meet with Zainab Ahmed, finance minister. The ERGP was a […]
Court Orders Federal Government Of Nigeria To Pay Akwa-Ibom, Rivers $3.3bn Oil Revenue
The Federal Government has been ordered by a Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday to pay a total sum of $3.3 billion to Rivers and Akwa Ibom states, being their revenue share from sales of crude oil. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Taiwo Taiwo, specifically ordered that $1,114,551,610 be paid to Rivers […]
Kaduna NLC Plans To Continue The Suspended Strike, Alleges Breach Of Agreement
The Nigeria Labour Congress in Kaduna on Tuesday said it would resume its suspended industrial action in Kaduna State over the mass sacking of workers and other anti-labor practices by the Governor Nasir El-Rufai administration. However the NLC was not explicit, it instructed its state councils and affiliate unions to mobilize and officially communicate to […]
Israel Allows Limited Gaza Exports, One Month After Truce
Israel has allowed a limited resumption of commercial exports from the besieged Gaza Strip in what it called a “conditional” measure, one month after a truce halted an 11-day offensive on the Strip. “Following a security evaluation, a decision has been made for the first time since the end of (the fighting) to enable … […]
South Africa, Senegal, Rwanda To House Vaccine Production Hubs, Nigeria Considered
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has listed Nigeria and South Africa among nations being considered by Africa, in conjunction with the European Union (EU) and other partners, to create regional vaccine manufacturing hubs on the continent. Others are Senegal and Rwanda. Speaking Monday during a virtual meeting monitored by […]
Niger Government Vents 1,000 Security Operatives On Bandits
The Niger State government on Monday unleashed over 1,000 personnel from combined security agencies to combat insecurity and secure the release of the 136 abducted students of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of the state. While addressing the officers, comprising of the Military, Police, Civil Defence, and Vigilante Corps, […]
NITDA-COVID-19 Boost To The Digital Economy
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), has revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic has boosted the digital economy in Nigeria. This, it added, also helped to accelerate the digital transformation journey faster, more dramatic, and disruptive, giving opportunities for a more convenient online presence with less disturbance. The director-general, NITDA, Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, who admitted […]
Lawan: APC May Face Challenges After Buhari’s Exit In 2023
President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) may face challenges after the exit of President Muhammadu Buhari from office in 2023, except timely interventions, are taken to avoid same. Lawan gave the warning on Monday night in a speech given to close the First Progressives Youth […]
Customs Threaten To Impound Unverified Private Aircraft
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has threatened to impound private aircraft that failed to carry out verification, after the expiration of the exercise on Tuesday 6th July 2021. The national public relations officer of the NCS, Joseph Attah, in a press briefing in Abuja, yesterday, said two weeks into the 30-day verification period, only 6 […]
