The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is to commence official drilling operations for the first oil well in Nasarawa state in March 2023. The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), of the company, Mele Kyari, disclosed this on Friday during a visit by a delegation of prominent Nasarawa state indigenes, led by the state governor,…
The Federal Government said the ban on micro blogging platform, Twitter, will be lifted “in a matter of days”. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Wednesday in an interview with State House Correspondents after the virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the…
No. You can only begin to appreciate the full extent of the harm Governor Lalong has inflicted on the body and soul of Plateau State when you take a look at the larger, more comprehensive, picture of the current circumstances of the Nigerian state. To restrict us to the current cutting down and destruction of…
The Kaduna State Government has threatened to suspend the two-day window provided for residents to re-stock food supplies, if the Quarantine Law continued to be flouted by people.The Deputy Governor of the state, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe who handed down this warning in a statement on Monday, said gvernment has directed security agents to deal decisively…
Former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, has been arraigned on fraud allegations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the five-count charge before Chinyere Nwecheonwu, judge of a federal capital territory (FCT) high court, on Monday. After the arraignment, O.I…
The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the judgment of the governorship election petition tribunal which nullified the election of Abba Yusuf, candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as governor of Kano state. The tribunal had in its judgment declared Nasiru Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of…
