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February 22, 2025 No Responses

Stakeholders, NDDC Agree On New Regional Master Plan

The Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has adopted a new stakeholder-generated Regional Development Master Plan to replace the 15-year plan, which expired in 2020. This decision was one of the resolutions in a communique issued at the end of the NDDC...

February 19, 2025 No Responses

Senate Corrects Errors In 2025 Appropriations Bill

The Senate has identified and corrected errors in the 2025 Appropriations Bill, which was passed by both the Senate and the House of Representatives last Thursday. The discrepancies were discovered during the final cleaning and realignment process by the Joint...

February 14, 2025 No Responses

NASS Passes ₦54.99tri 2025 Budget

The National Assembly on Thursday passed the ₦54.99trn 2025 Appropriation Bill. The bill was passed separately by the Senate and the House of Representatives. A breakdown of the budget showed N3.645trn for statutory transfers, N14.317trn for debt servicing, ...

February 13, 2025 No Responses

Tariff Hike: NLC Threatens Nationwide Shutdown

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the implementation of a 50% tariff hike by telecommunication companies, demanding immediate reversal to the old tariff. The NLC and the Federal Government had earlier constituted a 10-man committee to deliberate ...

February 13, 2025 No Responses

Shippers Council, Navy To Strengthen Partnership

The Executive Secretary/CEO of Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC), Dr Akutah Pius Ukeyima, recently received the Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, led by Rear Admiral Michael Oamen, and his delegation for a strategic discussion aimed at strengthen...

February 10, 2025 No Responses

Energy Expert To Tinubu: End Petrol Import, Prioritise Local Refining

Energy expert, Dan Kunle has warned that the continued importation of petrol and diesel by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited and certain marketers, despite the Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s capacity to meet domestic demand, is a disse...

February 10, 2025 No Responses

Atiku Cautions Against Misappropriation Of $1.07b Health Budget

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned that snakes, termites, monkeys, rodents and other mysterious animals must not be allowed to swallow the $1.07 billion earmarked for the health sector in the 2025 budget proposal. In a statement on Sunday,...

February 7, 2025 No Responses

Senate Probes Oil Spill In Rivers

The Senate has directed an urgent investigation into the cause of a recent fire outbreak and oil spill from Manifold Well 8/ Bug 008 in OML 18, Buguma area of Rivers State. This followed a motion raised by Senator Harry...

February 6, 2025 No Responses

Tinubu Mourns 17 Zamfara Pupils

President Bola Tinubu has sent heartfelt condolences to parents, guardians, and families who lost loved ones in a fire outbreak that stretched into an Islamic school in Kaura Namoda, Zamfara State, on Tuesday night. No fewer than 17 children lost.....

February 5, 2025 No Responses

FG To Raise N758b Bond

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Tuesday gave an approval to the Debt Management Office to raise N758 billion bond to clear the backlog of pension liabilities for all categories of pensioners. FEC also approved a 30 million Euro long-term...

February 4, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria Generates $831.14b From Oil, Gas In 24 Years

Nigeria generated over $831.14 billion in revenue from the oil and gas sector between 1999 and 2023, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), has declared. NEITI’s Executive Secretary, Ogbonnaya Orji, stated this on Monday when he...

February 3, 2025 No Responses

Ebola: Nigeria On High Alert

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed the country on high alert following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Uganda. Dr Jide Idris, the Director‐General, said this on Sunday in an interview...

February 1, 2025 No Responses

NCAA Revokes Eastwind Aviation, Omni-Blu Air’s Operator Certificates

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Friday revoked the air operator certificates of Eastwind Aviation Logistics Services Limited and Omni-Blu Aviation. In a post on its X handle, the NCAA said the move is part of efforts to “further sani...

January 30, 2025 No Responses

Nigeria Secures $1.1b AfDB Loan

The Nigerian Government has secured a $1.1 billion loan from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the provision of electricity for 5 million people by the end of 2026. According to Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, (Information &amp...