The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D has approved the appointment of Prof. Jake Dan-Azumi as his Chief of Staff. The appointment, according to a press statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Musa Abdullahi Krishi, takes effect from October 17, 2023. Prof. Jake Dan-Azumi is to take over from Mr. Wasiu Olanrewaju-Smart, the Acting Chief of Staff to the Speaker, who is taking another appointment. Mr. Smart became the Acting Chief of Staff to the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives following the expiration of his tenure as…
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The Federal Government has issued its first Wholesale Gas Supply Licence for 500 million standard cubic feet of gas per day to an indigenous firm to deepen gas utilisation across the country. It issued the licence to Ohuru Trading Limited, stating that Section 142 of the Petroleum Industry Act provided for the issuance of the licence, which was required to guide commercial activities along the gas value chain. The Chief Executive OF Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, presented the licence to Ohuru Trading Limited on behalf of the government in Abuja on Saturday. “Pursuant to the…
The Bank of Agriculture (BOA) says it is working assiduously to recover the N243 million loan disbursed to 150 debtors between 2011 and 2023 in Kwara. The BOA Ilorin Branch Manager, Mr Dele Aderibigbe, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ilorin. He said the loan, termed as warehouse loan, is classified as bad debt, but still under monitoring for recovery. The BOA manager said that the bank was already in talks with the telecommunication companies and other stakeholders that could make tracing the debtors easy. ”The loan is meant to be…
Football’s governing bodies face accusations they failed to protect young victims of sexual abuse in Gabon. BBC Africa Eye spoke to more than 30 witnesses who told of a network that has plagued all levels of the game for three decades. The allegations of sexual abuse in the central African country of Gabon date as far back as the early 1990s. One victim, who wanted to remain anonymous, described what happened to him as a teenager at an Under-17 football camp. He said he and his best friend were woken up in the middle of the night and taken to…
Professor Shehu Umaru Emeritus Professor of Umaru Shehu has passed on at the age of 92, Dateline Nigeria has learnt. The professor of Medicine and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) died Monday morning and his funeral is scheduled to hold by 4:30pm at his residence No.4 Jarafu Close, Old GRA Maiduguri, Borno State. Professor Umaru Shehu was born on December 8, 1930 in Maiduguri, Nigeria. He attended Elementary School, Maiduguri 1935-1940; Middle School, Maiduguri 1941-1943; Kaduna College, Kaduna 1944-1947; University College Ibadan 1948-1953; and was at the University of Liverpool between 1953-1956, and 1966-1967. Professor…
ADIPEC 2023 starts in Abu Dhabi this week under the theme “Decarbonising. Faster. Together.” and ARDA is particularly excited to engage positively with stakeholders across the entire energy ecosystem to foster partnerships that will ensure a just, inclusive, cleaner and more secure energy future for the African continent. At ADIPEC 2023, in the run-up to COP28 in Dubai next month, ARDA will continue to share its truly African perspective for an African Downstream Energy Transition Roadmap that promotes cleaner fuels (LPG for Clean Cooking, energy-efficient storage & distribution infrastructure and cleaner primary energy sources for power) to reduce energy poverty…
The Tenth National Assembly was inaugurated on June 13, 2023. In his inaugural speech, Senator Cyril Fasuyi unfolded his agenda encapsulated in the three ‘Ps’ i. e the People, the Platform and the Place. By the people, it means the constituents of Ekiti North, Ekiti State people and Nigerian citizens whose interests, well-being, rights and privileges shall be protected through effective legislations and impactful policies and programmes. The platform connotes his political party, the All Progressives Congress, on which vehicle he rode to the Senate, which, the Senator said, shall be well-nourished and organised to compete effectively in future elections.…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has said neither sentiment nor emotion will stand in his way of doing the right thing. Wike stated this in Abuja, while reacting to a trending video of Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company (AUMTCO) staff lamenting over the sack of the company’s Managing Director. The MD and Chief Executive Officer of the company, Najeeb Abdulsalam, was among the 21 heads of parastatals, agencies, and companies of the FCT Administration that were sacked by the minister on Wednesday. Wike further explained that he would do the right thing for the interest of…
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has counted many blessings that have resulted from the creation of the state 27 years ago one of which is its acknowledgement as an important factor in Nigeria. The Governor, in a broadcast to the people of the state to mark its creation of the state on October 1, 1996 and the 63rd Independence Anniversary of Nigeria, noted that there are abundant reasons to say that the creation of Ekiti State was justified. Oyebanji, as a young university lecturer, served as the Secretary of the Committee for the Creation of Ekiti State, a body that…
The Federal Government and Organised Labour have reached an agreement for suspension of planned nationwide indefinite strike after a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa Abuja, the nation’s capital. Addressing newsroom after the four-hour meeting, the NLC President, Joe Ajaero said the N25,000 announced by President Bola Tinubu in his Independence Day anniversary broadcast is now applicable across board and not only “low-grade worker”. The Federal Government is also to remove 7.5% Value Added Tax, VAT on diesel to ensure reduction in price of the product that is mostly used to power generating plants in factories and offices. Leadership of…
