The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared the On-Street Parking scheme, otherwise known as the ‘Park-and-Pay’ scheme, to be illegal, citing fraud in the contract agreement between the managing contractors and the FCT. The Minister made this statement on today during a media briefing to mark his first year in office as the FCT Minister. Report says the scheme, initially introduced in 2014, was reintroduced in […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu departed Abuja on Monday evening for Paris, the capital of France, flying in the new Airbus A330, purchased by the federal government. In a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, the new Airbus A330 replaced the 19-year-old Boeing B737-700(BBJ) bought under the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. According to Onanuga, the new aircraft was purchased far […]
A Vietnam-bound businessman, Paul Mbadugha has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after he tested positive to ingestion of cocaine. The 54-year-old suspect was intercepted at the boarding gate of the Abuja airport last Monday during the outward clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR 1432 to Hanoi, Vietnam, via Doha. A statement by the spokesman of the […]
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped over 20 medical and dental students and a House Officer in Benue State. The students were on their way to the Federation of Catholic Medical and Dental Students (FECAMDS) annual convention in Enugu. The students, said to be from the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos, were traveling together when they were ambushed by gunmen around 5:30 p.m. in the Otukpo area of the state. […]
The Federal Government has intensified monitoring and screening procedures at all entry points into the country in response to the Monkeypox outbreak. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, disclosed this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and External Relations, Tashikalmah Hallah. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, reported 39 confirmed cases of mpox but no death across 33 states and […]
The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency on Thursday announced the conviction of a local government worker in the state over the illegal sale of land belonging to the State Housing Corporation. This was made known in a press release signed by the Executive Secretary of the Agency, Barrister I.O Tijani on behalf of the Chairman of OYACA, Honorable Justice Eni Esan (rtd.), and made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Thursday. […]
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, has predicted thundery and rainy weather conditions from Thursday to Saturday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook which was released on Wednesday in Abuja, forecast isolated thunderstorms over parts of Kebbi, Sokoto, Taraba, Gombe, Borno, Yobe, Kaduna, and Adamawa states during the morning hours. NiMet further revealed that over the southern region, intermittent rains are expected over parts of Imo, Abia, Ebonyi, Enugu, Rivers, Bayelsa, […]
The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, has formally presented the ceremonial beaded crown to High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, the former Governor of Oyo State and newly appointed Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland. The prestigious ceremony which took place at the Olubadan Palace in Oke Aremo, Ibadan, marked a significant milestone in the traditional hierarchy of Ibadanland. While presenting the staff of office to the newly crowned Oba, the Deputy Governor […]
The Federal Government has announced that the guidelines for the suspension of customs duty and taxes on imported food items are to commence next week. In July, the Federal Government approved a 150-day duty-free window to allow the importation of maize, husked brown rice, and wheat as part of measures to combat rising food inflation across the country. The initiative was based on the implementation of the Presidential Accelerated and […]
Governor Seyi Makinde has constituted a special technical and legal committee to review the recent supreme court judgement on local government financial autonomy. The Attorney-General and commissioner for justice, Barrister Abiodun Aikomo in company of the commissioner for local government and chieftaincy matters, Hon Ademola Ojo disclosed this at a press briefing shortly after a consultative/advisory meeting. Governor Seyi Makinde had earlier berated the supreme court judgement and strategies by […]
