Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday April 16, 2021, arrested one Imeh Henshaw Nyong, a music producer and four others for alleged internet fraud in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. A statement by the Agency’s Head, Media and Publicity,Wilson Uwajaren said […]
Month: April 2021
FG restates benefits of Itakpe Rail line Freight services
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has reiterated the importance of the freight services on Warri- Itakpe Standard Gauge Railway. Amaechi who inaugurated the Freiight Service of Guage Railway line at Ujevwu community near Warri, Delta State said the services would create jobs and promote the ease of doing business […]
Ekiti plans to establish rice pyramid Programme
Ekiti State Government says it is concluding plans to institutionalize rice pyramid Programme in the state. The Commissioner of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr Olabode Adetoyi made this known on Friday when he visited rice farmers in Ijero,Ikoro, Igbemo and Aseigba- Ekiti to interact with them on how the programme […]
FG to sanction erring foreign contractors who refused to open operational bases in Bonny
The Federal Government said it would soon sanction foreign contractors who failed to open operational bases in Bonny Island for the Train 7 project. The Executive Secretary, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board, Mr Simbi Wabote,gave the warning at the formal opening of” The Promise Fast Food and Restaurant in […]
Information Minister, Mohammed lauds Marwa over NDLEA turn around
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has commended the Chairman of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,Brig Gen.Buba Marwa for raising the bar in the fight against illicit drugs in the country. The Minister gave the commendation on Thursday in Abuja when Marwa paid him a visit. […]
FG distributes Agricultural inputs to women farmers
The Federal Government has rolled out the distribution of agricultural imputs to about 7,500 small holder women farmers from North Central States and the Federal Capital Territory FCT. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alhaji Muhammad Nanono,who disclosed this during the programme on Thursday in Abuja, said the inputs […]
Amaechis pay last respect to deceased friend, Engr.Robert Okechukwu Odinkemelu
On Thursday, the Apri 15, The Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi ,and his wife, Dame Judith Amaechi joined other dignitaries at Awo- Idemili, Orsu local government area of Imo state to pay their last respect to their departed friend,Engr Robert Okechukwu Odinkemelu. The burial ceremony which was a carnival of […]
Police kill four suspected sea pirates, arrest one in Akwa Ibom.
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the killing of four suspected sea pirates and arrested one in Oron waterways on Akwa Ibom. The Police Public Relations Officer,Macdon Odiko, who confirmed the development in a statement in Uyo on Wednesday, explained that the” Police embarked on a sting operation […]
Why Secession is not the silver bullet to Nigeria’s challenges (1)
Iliyasu Gadu 08035355706 (sms only) As a young foreign service officer full of idealism serving in Bonn, the capital of the then West Germany in the late 1980s, at a reception to mark the debt forgiveness by the German government of some African countries, I asked a tall distinguished German […]
Reps urges Judiciary workers to open federal courts
The House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary has urged the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria ( JUSUN), to continue its strike at the state level but open federal courts Chairman of the Committee, Luke Onofiok gave the advice at a meeting with the union in Abuja. Onofiok said while the […]