Monthly Archives: August, 2019
NNPC Pipeline: Kyari debunks reported explosion, says it’s mere rupture
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Group Managing Director of the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has disclaimed
reports of explosion on the Abura Crude Trunk line operated by...
SGF tasks newly graduated 328 EFCC Cadets on corruption fight
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The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Boss
Mustapha, has charged the 328 Detective Superintendent Course Eight Cadets of
the Economic and Financial Crimes...
Agenda for the new Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, By Jide Ojo
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To many discerning observers of
Nigeria’s humanitarian crisis, it is heartwarming that President Muhammadu
Buhari deemed it fit to create a Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster
Management...
Kyari assures host communities of sustained partnership
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The Group Managing
Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele
Kyari, has assured host communities of oil and gas installations of sustained
and symbiotic...
Matawalle receives Ruga master plan, directs immediate implementation
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Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has ordered for the immediate commencement of construction work on the new Ruga settlements in the state.Matawalle issued the...
Buhari pledges not to interfere with EFCC operations, as commission graduates 328 cadets
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President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged not to interfere with the operations of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as it strives to uncover...
Buhari administration not giving up on Leah Sharibu, says Presidential spokesman
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The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says the Buhari administration will not give up on the safe return...
Buhari condoles with NIA DG over sister’s death
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A Federal Government delegation was in Katsina on Saturday to condole with the Director General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Amb Ahmed Rufa’i, over the...
Birthday: Kukah’s passion for cause of the weak, oppressed unparalleled – Gov Lalong
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Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has described the passion of Bishop Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, for the cause of...
Police free 123 northerners intercepted in Lagos
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The Lagos State Police Command has released the 123 male passengers (from the northern part of the country) who were intercepted along Moshalashi road,...
Chelsea waste two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Sheffield United
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Chelsea threw away a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with newly promoted Sheffield United on Saturday, leaving manager Frank Lampard still looking for his...
Kogi group begs Bello, Achuba to reconcile
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A socio-political group, Concerned Idah Federal Constituency Movement in Kogi, has appealed to Gov. Yahaya Bello and his deputy, Mr Simon Achuba to bury...
Kidnappings in Nigeria: Who’s to blame?, By Zainab S. Baba
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#TrackNigeria: It is not out of place to say that, kidnapping has become a growing menace in Nigeria. The development has forced a major...
Defiant Hong Kong protesters clash with police, set fires
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The 13th straight weekend of demonstrations turned violent in Hong Kong on Saturday as police fired tear gas and water cannon at anti-government protesters,...
Two Unilag scholars attract £1.2m research grant
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Two scholars from the University of Lagos have attracted a total of £1200,000 (N540,000,000 million) for research.The grants were from the United Kingdom Research...
NNPC commences repair of damaged oil pipeline in Delta
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#TrackNigeria Malam Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director (GMD), Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says the corporation has begun repair of its damaged Abura...
Kaduna Tribunal delivers judgment on 6 of 14 petitions
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#TrackNigeria The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Kaduna on Saturday said it had so far delivered judgments on six out...
African countries import $50bn worth of food annually –AfDB
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The African Development Bank (AfDB), says African countries import nearly $50 billion net of food annually.A statement by AfDB’s Communication and External Relations Department...
Edo govt, EU, British Council strengthen reforms to curb corruption
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The Edo State Public
Procurement Agency in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and the
British Council through the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) programme
have...
Gbajabiamila leads Nigerian delegation to Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila will lead the Nigerian delegation to the 50th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), Africa Region,...
Edebiri’s 90th birthday: Obaseki tasks political leaders on good legacies
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The
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has tasked political leaders on
enduring legacies for future generation as well as a commitment to serve as
good mentors...
Let’s Talk About “Fake News”, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
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In the middle of the 2nd
World War in 1941, the Johannesburg Star
published an editorial which accused Hendrik Verwoerd of “falsifying war news
in Germany’s favour.”...
N2bn scam: EFCC arrests operators of wonder bank in Port Harcourt
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Operatives
of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,
EFCC, Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office have
arrested 19 staff of a fake investment company floating
an alleged Ponzi Scheme that have defrauded members...
Illegal immigrants: India delists 2m people as citizens
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Nearly two million people have been left off a list of citizens released on Saturday in India’s north-eastern state of Assam, after a mammoth...
Hurricane Dorian strengthens to category 4 on path towards Florida
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Florida residents were preparing for the arrival, early next week, of Hurricane Dorian, which on Friday strengthened to a category 4 while going through...