Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom on Tuesday lamented the continuous killings in the state by suspected herdsmen. Speaking on the attack on Abegana village, which house one of the eight designated Internally Displaced Persons’ camps in the state, Ortom said that 70 people had been killed in Makurdi, Guma and Gwer West local government … [Read more…]
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila yesterday pitied President Muhammadu Buhari over the deteriorating security situation in the country, saying that the President was dealing with a very difficult situation. The Speaker stated this while briefing the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking with State House correspondents, Gbajabiamila … [Read more…]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says the board will introduce the use of USSD code as an option to the SMS process of generating a profile code for registration. This, it said, was part of measures it had put in place to address some challenges experienced by candidates of its Unified … [Read more…]
Fresh facts emerged on Monday on how gunmen shot the Imo State Commissioner for Entrepreneurship and Skill Acquisition, Iyke Ume. The PUNCH had reported that there was panic in Owerri, the state capital, as gunmen shot no fewer than four motorists in a Sunday night robbery attack. The incident happened at Orji, on … [Read more…]
Barely four days after the killing of three of the Greenfield University students abducted last Tuesday, another two of the students have been confirmed killed by their abductors. Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan disclosed this Monday evening, saying that the University has been informed of the … [Read more…]
Dangote Group has taken delivery of 400 Shacman trucks assembled in Enugu, Nigeria. Transit Support Services Limited, assembler of Shacman vehicles in Nigeria, said this in a statement. The statement issued by Head of the Public Relations and Media at the Transit Support Services Limited, Iyere Ikhide, added that so far the Dangote … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has taken a step towards addressing the rising agitation in certain parts of the country currently threatening Nigeria’s unity. According to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, states have been directed to hold consultations and dialogues on the issue and are to report back to the Federal Government. This was part … [Read more…]
Dollar deposit by Nigerians in banks has exceeded the 30 per cent threshold approved by International Monetary Fund (IMF), a Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) report has said. The report by CBN economists said Nigerians have been accumulating foreign currencies to protect their wealth from naira volatility and surging inflation. “Higher real-exchange … [Read more…]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says foreign exchange (FX) utilisation for food importation dropped by half in January 2021. The CBN’s economic report on ‘Sectoral Utilisation of Foreign Exchange’ for January said a total of $160 million was spent from Nigeria’s FX on importing food in January. This represents a 48 percent … [Read more…]
The Federal Federal Government, yesterday, acknowledged the nation’s precarious security situation and came up with a grim verdict: Nigeria is bleeding. The government confessed that with the death of veteran Chadian president Idriss Deby, the absence of Chad’s influence on the border may worsen Nigeria and other neigbouring countries’ security situation. … [Read more…]
Our House is on Fire. As the day goes by we see/hear about serious security issues across our land. The flame of insecurity is gradually and consistently transforming into an inferno that will not blow anyone any good. If police stations and security agents are now a part of the constant targets, then, who will … [Read more…]
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Tuesday, increased the daily loading of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS across the country from 550 to 1,661 trucks in order to eliminate long queues in Abuja and other parts of Nigeria. A statement by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr. Kennie Obateru, quoted the Managing … [Read more…]