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The Nigerian government and the French Development Agency (AFD) have signed a grant agreement of €25 million for the Northern Corridor Project jointly funded by the European Union and the AFD. The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Clem Agba, and the AFD Country Director in Nigeria, Xavier Muron, signed the agreement in the presence of the Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Emmanuelle Blatmann, and the Head of Cooperation at the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Cecile TASSIN-PELZER. The Northern Corridor Project, being implemented by the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), is meant to strengthen low-carbon…
The Federal Government of Nigeria has faulted protesting students for taking laws into their hands. This is a ‘swift’ reaction by the government after some group of students under the auspices of the National Association of Nigerian students, NANS, blocked the very busy Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola while speaking to State House Correspondents at the end of a Federal Executive Council meeting said the Constitution of Nigeria recognizes and protect citizens’ right to public protests but does not empower any Nigerian to inflict pain and inconvenience on innocent citizens. Fashola…
The Minister of Labour and Employment and former Governor of Anambra state, Chris Ngige has implored Anambra people not to succumb to fear over the recent inimical attack on the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. Ngige further tasked security agencies to bring the murderers to book. In a statement circulated by his Media Office in Abuja, the Minister described the attack as atrocious, wicked and evil. “It is certainly a setback at a time many had thought reprieve has come from the dreadful darkness that lately enveloped our dear state. However, we must not allow that daylight horror to trip…
As the crisis in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) persists, the camps of Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar will on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, begin legal fireworks at the Federal High Court in Abuja on the legality of the primary election that produced Atiku. The suit which was filed by a chieftain of the party, Chief Michael Newgent Ekamon seeks the court to invalidate the victory of Atiku and declare Wike as the valid presidential candidate of the PDP. Wike’s camp: Multiple sources privy to the development told newsmen that some…
An angry UBA customer has posted the moment he was grilling the customer care over fraudulent transactions in his account. The customer who was recording the video said the bank has been performing fraudulent transactions on his account and demanded to know who has been doing such transactions as he was not the one that performed the transactions
All Premier League matches between Friday 16 and Sunday 18 September will provide an opportunity for the League, clubs and fans to come together to pay tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, honouring her extraordinary life and contribution to the nation and world. Honouring Her Majesty Fans will be asked to join a minute’s silence, which will be followed by the National Anthem, God Save The King. Big screens and LED perimeter boards will display tribute images to Her Majesty and flags at the grounds will be flying at half-mast. When the clock turns to…
A civil society organisation, the Coalition for Peace In Nigeria (COPIN), has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to, as a matter of urgent national importance, arrest a Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, over alleged romance with bandits/terrorists. According to COPIN, Gumi should ordinarily be a person of interest, considering his open fraternity with bandits and kidnappers threatening national security, as well as his persistent call on the federal government to grant the terror elements amnesty. In a statement jointly signed by the National Coordinator, Pharmacist Emeka Akwuobi, and Hajiya Fatih Yakub National Secretary,…