BY GODWIN OBI The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed, has put the projected daily payment for fuel subsidy at N18.39 billion. She stated this during an investigative hearing of the House ad hoc committee which is investigating the petroleum subsidy regime between 2017 to 2021. “The total amount of subsidyContinue Reading
Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration And Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has a gain placed national security on the front burner, even as he pledged to sustain the agency efforts in reducing piracy in Nigerian waters up to the Gulf of Guinea. Dr. Jamoh made the solemnContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that elimination of malaria would save Nigeria an estimated N687 billion in 2022 and N2 trillion by 2030. He made the declaration, yesterday, in Abuja at the inauguration of Nigeria End Malaria Council (NEMC), projecting that successful implementation of the council’s agendaContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Ahead of the rescheduled reconciliation meeting between the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Wike’s camps on Friday, there are strong indications the governor’s camp has soft-pedaled on its insistence on resignation of the national chairman,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, has commended the management of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), over the support provided to Lekki Port in meeting the project timelines. Speaking during his first official visit to the Lekki Deep Seaport, the minister expressed delight at theContinue Reading
EFE MODESTUS Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong, has again apologised to the Catholic Bishops over his recent comment on Pope Francis. He made the apology at the opening Mass for the 2022 General Assembly of the Catholic Archdiocese of Jos, yesterday. The governor recently said the Pope endorsedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The choice of Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu as senator for Abia North senatorial district has been described as the best decision taken by constituents of the zone in the 2019 general election. The constituents in Umunneochi Local Government made the declaration during the commencement of a mid-termContinue Reading
•As electricity workers threaten shutdown on Wednesday EFE MODESTUS Baring any last minute interventions by the Federal Government, workers in the electricity sector may carry out their threat to shut down the sector from Wednesday, by August 17, 2022 over the refusal of the market operator to fund the paymentContinue Reading
•Development troubling, but not unexpected –OPS BY GODWIN OBI The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate rose to 19.64 percent on a year-on-year basis in July. Semiu Adeniran, the Statistician-General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this in theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Scores of terrorists were feared killed and several others wounded after a tactical team of police officers repelled their attack on Dadawa and Barkiya villages in Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State. During the fierce encounter with the terrorists, the police team successfully recovered 74 Sheep,Continue Reading