The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State has been urged not to accept the proposed micro zoning of the governorship to Bida Emirate by some members. Dr Mohammed Santuraki, a one time Managing Director of Bank of Agriculture and a Senatorial aspirant, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Bida. He […]
Day: November 7, 2021
“Money politics” biggest threat to Nigeria’s democracy – SING Nigeria
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), SING Nigeria, has said that Nigeria’s democracy could be destroyed if the activities of moneybag politicians are not checked and tamed by the law. Executive Director of SING Nigeria, Mr Idris-Etanami Usman said this while monitoring the Anambra Governorship election from the SING Situation Room in Abuja. Usman said […]
Anambra Poll: Police hail residents on peaceful exercise
Mr Echeng Echeng, the Anambra Commissioner of Police has commended residents of the state for the peaceful conduct of Saturday’s governorship election. Echeng said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Sunday. “It is on record that we have witnessed one of the most peaceful elections […]
Fresh fish traders decry inadequate supply, high prices
Fresh fish traders at Ejina Market in Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Sunday decried low supply of fish by fishermen. Some of the traders who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said prices of the few fishes they got were high. Mrs Fausat Ojikutu, whose father and husband are fishermen […]
APGA Chairman lauds Buhari on Anambra governorship poll
“President Muhammadu Buhari has always been a father by allowing INEC to conduct free, fair and credible election in the country. Chief Victor Oye, National Chairman of All Progressives Congress Alliance (APGA) has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring that Saturday’s Anambra governorship election was credible. Oye said this when he spoke with the […]
Nigeria’s seaports operating far above installed capacity – NPA MD
Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, Acting Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), has said that the two Lagos seaports located in Lekki and Tin Can Island were operating “far beyond their installed capacities”. “What it simply means is that if they were built to handle 500,000 Twenty Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), for instance, probably they […]
NIS applauds Nigeria-Cote d’Ivoire MoU on consular, immigration services
Mrs Edith Onyemenam, Assistant Comptroller, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), says the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Nigeria and Cote d’Ivoire on consular services is commendable. Onyemenam spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the side-lines of the high level segment of the Second Session of the Nigeria-Cote d’Ivoire Bi-national […]
Osinbajo attends ECOWAS extraordinary summit
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Sunday for Accra, Ghana to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity , Office of the Vice President, who disclosed this in a statement, said the […]
Buhari’s double-barrelled mission to Scotland to attract trillion dollars investments
In a week of Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, Scotland in the United Kingdom, President Muhammadu Buhari also used the opportunity to voice his deep-rooted desires to boost Nigeria’s National Infrastructure Stock. Buhari made his feelings known in Glasgow at the COP26 high-level side event on improving global infrastructure hosted by President Joe Biden […]
How we’re tackling corruption in maritime operations – NPA MD
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) is taking stringent measures to tackle unwholesome tendencies in maritime business to entrench confidence in the system, its Acting Managing Director, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has said. He told newsmen on Sunday in Lagos that one of the measures was a general redeployment of security officials that had stayed for […]