The office of Senator Ahmad Lawan, representing Yobe North Senatorial District, denied what it described as a false and malicious report published by an online news site based in Nassarawa. The publication allegedly quoted Lawan to have said, “Nobody is criticizing Tinubu because he is Yoruba, we all know his policies caused hunger and unbearable hardships.” In what seem like the a reactio to a backlash that saw the presidency coming against the Senate chief Whip, Ali Ndume for criticizing Tinubu’s Government, Media Adviser to Senator Ahmad Lawan, Ezrel Tabiowo in a statement said the publication is not only untrue…
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***Says with Dangote Refinery Nigeria would be a net exporter of refined products **2 million barrels oil production per day to be attained soon The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr. Mele Kyari has again declared that the Portharcourt Refinery will be on stream early August. Recall that on March 14, 2024 shortly after meeting with the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on Turnaround Maintenance of the country’s four refineries Kyari had also given two weeks as tentative date for the Port Harcourt refinery to begin to deliver refined petroleum products which never saw the…
By Ahmed Rufa’i The Jigawa State government, in partnership with the Malaria Consortium, has made availabke 6.8 million doses of SPAQ, a malaria prevention treatment, to be administered to 1.5 million children under five years old in the state. Camping Director of the Malaria Consortium, Mr Lurwanu Muhammad, made the disclosure during a keynote address at a media orientation on integrated insecticide-treated nets and the seasonal malaria chemo prevention campaign in Jigawa State. Muhammad stated that the campaign targets 1.5 million children aged from three to 59 months for malaria vaccination across the state from August 9th to 13th. He…
***As Niger Council gets New Executives The National President of the Boys Brigade of Nigeria, Professor Samson Duna has indicated that the current security challenges in parts of the country have greatly affected the activities of the Boys Brigade as it could no longer carry out its routine activities. Duna who stated this in Minna, the Niger State capital on Sunday when he inaugurated the new executive of the Boys Brigade of Nigeria, Niger State council, pointed out that all the routine training activities of the association could no longer take place because of security challenges in the country. He…
By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. FEDERAL Ministry of Agriculture/Food Security in collaboration with National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI), Zaria,a has trained 50 youths and women from Kogi State in Poultry Value Chain Agricultural Empowernment. The training which drew 50 participants from across Kogi Central Senatorial District was organized in conjunction with Hauge Logistics Limited in Okene, Kogi State. The programme falls under the 2024 Federal Government sponsored training and empowerment of youths and women in Poultry Production Value Chain in Kogi and Rivers States. Dr Oloruntoba Ayinla of Hauge Logistics, speaking at the end of the three-day empowerment programme at…
The Matriarch of Agunloye Family of Erusu Akoko, Ondo State, Chief (Mrs) Adesola Agunloye has gone home to meet her loving husband Chief Joseph Olawale Agunloye who passed on 61 years earlier. Aged 97 years, Chief (Mrs) Agunloye died peacefully in her Ibadan, Oyo State home on Saturday, July 13, 2024. A community leader and philantrophist, Mama Agunloye held the chieftaincy titles of Yeyelua Erusu Akoko and the Akowajo of Anglican Church. Mama is survived by five children, many grandchildren and many great grandchildren. One of her children who is also the Olori Ebi Agunloye, Dr Olu Agunloye, a former…
By Ehichioya Ezomon This article – lightly labelled “An Open Letter” – takes its bearing from a Facebook post on Saturday, June 29, 2024, by the Honourable Commissioner for Information and Strategy in the Lagos State Government, Mr Gbenga Omotosho, who can be described as a “veteran (authority, consumate, long-serving, professional, well-versed) Journalist.” Before he’s appointed into Government, Omotosho had risen through the ranks to the posts of Deputy Editor, Editor, Columnist and Member of the Editorial Board of two of the most influential Newspapers in Nigeria: The Guardian and The Nation, which are a stone-throw from each other in…
Senator Sunday Karimi, representing Kogi West in the Senate has called out Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume cautioning him to refrain from making derogatory statements against the Tinubu government. Senator Karimi in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, expressed concern over Senator Ndume’s behavior, likening it to that of a loose cannon and emphasizing the need for constructive dialogue and criticism in governance. Ndume had previous week indicated thst President Bola Tinubu is not aware that many Nigerians are hungry. Mr Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District, claimed that President Tinubu has been “caged” in the Presidential…
***Commend Gov. Bago’s landmark achievements Hundreds of People Democratic party (PDP) members from Guni ward in Munya local government area of Niger State on Saturday defied the security challenges bedevilling the area as they trooped out in their hundreds to be received into the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. The defectors numbering over 200 included Munya local government PDP Chairman, popularly called Osama, ward party executives from Gumi were led by the former member of the House of Representatives for Munya/Shiroro/Rafi federal constituency Hon. Abdullahi Mohammed Ricco. Also among the defectors were the former member of the…
***Urges Immediately Dissolution Of Local Government Transition Committees in Kogi By Friday Idachaba, Lokoja. Kogi NGOs Network (KONGONET) has applauded the landmark judgement of the Supreme Court of Nigeria granting financial autonomy to Local Government Councils in the country. The network, comprising various civil society organizations in Kogi State, hailed the judgement in a statement issued by Chairperson of the Network, Amb. Idris Ozovehe Muraina in Lokoja. He said that the affirmation of the direct payment of allocations to Local Governments and upholding the financial autonomy of the Councils in Nigeria must be appreciated by all well-meaning Nigerians. The KONGONET…