The Rivers caucus of the House of Representatives has sympathized with the victims of last week’s tanker explosion on Eleme road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This is contained in a statement on Monday by the leader of the caucus, Rep. Dumnamene Dekor (PDP-Rivers). The lawmakers expressed grief over the havoc caused by the inferno….
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, is set to release the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, is scheduled to address the media in Abuja on Monday. During the press briefing, Oloyede will give updates on the release of the results. This was contained in a notice circulated…
The Nigeria Union of Journalist, NUJ, Ekiti State council, under the chairmanship of Kayode Babatuyi, has condemned the increasing fuel scarcity in the state, adding that the situation is affecting economic and social activities. In a communique released after its monthly congress at the weekend, it explained that few petrol stations were hoarding the fuel…
The lingering fuel crisis across Nigeria is biting harder in Kwara State, DAILYPOST reports. A credible source at TotalEnegies outlet in Ilorin, the state capital, who requested anonymity, said: “We have been in Lagos now since last week and there is no supply of petrol. The depot in Lagos is empty and several petrol tankers…
President Bola Tinubu has secured an investment of $600 million from Danish shipping and logistics company A.P. Moller-Maersk to expand existing port infrastructure to accommodate more container shipping services in Nigerian ports. Chairman of A.P. Moller-Maersk, Mr. Robert Maersk Uggla, disclosed the decision during a meeting with President Tinubu on the sidelines of the World…
Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has announced the reopening of nursing schools in the state for safer medical and health practices. Governor Alia made the call during a thanksgiving mass in his honour at St. Gabriel’s Parish, Iorkighir,Tse Agberagba, in Konshisha LGA of Benue. According to him, the schools will be upgraded to…
Authorities in Adamawa State have been alerted to an influx of large herds of cattle into Shellenge, a local government area south of the capital, Yola. A pro-peace non-government organisation, Peace Architecture Dialogue (PAD), which said the herds were fleeing insecurity in Borno State, expressed concern that they pose security threats to their new neighbourhoods….
The Senator representing Kogi Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has commended the efforts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to apprehend and prosecute the immediate past governors of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, over an alleged N80.2 billion fraud. This is just as she also hailed the EFCC chairman,…
The Minister of Works, Engr.David Umahi, has threatened to terminate over 870 billion Naira contracts with five firms handling the Lokoja-Benin Road. Umahi directed the contractors handling sections I-IV of the Lokoja-Benin Road in Kogi and Edo states, to immediately sign the documents on the reviewed contracts or face the termination of their jobs. The…
A coalition of non-profit organizations have called on the government to provide subsidies and exempt menstrual pads from taxes to enhance menstrual hygiene among women and girls nationwide. The group feared that women and girls might go down with avoidable diseases emanating from alternatives to menstrual pad. The organisations had formed a movement tagged “Untax…
