The Department of State Services (DSS) has given Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)Limited and other stakeholders in the downstream sector 48 hours to end the lingering fuel scarcity across the country. Addressing journalists at the DSS headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said they held a closed door meeting with stakeholders who…
The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), Kasuwan Magani Church District Council, Kajuru Laocal Government Area of Kaduna state, has disclosed that 807 of its members were abducted by bandits from January to November 2022. Chairman of the Church District Council, Rev. Timothy Maigida, disclosed this at a news conference on Thursday in Kaduna. Maigida also…
Ben Kure, Kaduna state chairman of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and Ibrahim Ahmed, the state legal adviser, have been removed from office for alleged anti- party activities. Their removal was announced on Tuesday in a statement in Kaduna by Albehu Gora, the state publicity secretary. Gora said Kure had been replaced with Nuhu…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has directed deposit money banks and other financial institutions to ensure that over-the-counter cash withdrawals by individuals and corporate entities do not exceed N100,000 and N500, 000, respectively, per week. The apex bank announced this in a circular issued on Tuesday, adding that the policy will take effect nationwide…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), on Tuesday, boycotted the call to bar ceremony of 4,711 new lawyers inducted into the legal profession. The NBA President, Yakubu Maikyau, in a statement on Tuesday, said the decision to boycott the event was due to the refusal of chairman of the Body of Benchers (BoB), Wole Olanipekun (SAN)…
The National Commission for Nomadic Education (NCNE) has commenced skill acquisition training for 56 nomadic youths in six states to promote entrepreneurship and job creation. Participants for the three day training were drawn from Oyo, Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Kaduna, Kwara, and Kebbi states. Speaking while declaring the training opened on Monday in Kaduna, the Executive…
