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The founder of The Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari asked him to be his running mate in 2011 because he wanted a Vice President who could hold the nation together in the event of his death while in power. Bakare made the disclosure in a message to his […]
Fidelia Okafor. The Federal Government says it will ensure the completion of on-going power projects designed to improve electricity generation, transmission and distribution in the country in no distant time. The Minster of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, announced the government’s position while inaugurating the new National Commissioners for the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory […]
Winifred Bosa. The head, Benin Electricity Distribution Company, BEDC, Mr. Ernest Edgar has identified the vandalization of pipelines, electricity cables, non-payment of bills consumed by consumers, as well as the violence in Delta State as the causes off constant blackout in Nigeria. Edgar made the assertion during a “one day Customers’ Forum held in Warri, […]
Winifred Bosa. The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit has hailed the Appeal Court for throwing out a motion seeking an injunction to stop the use of Hijab in the state. The Court on Tuesday struck out the motion for stay of execution, filed by the Lagos State Government. The case tagged […]
Winifred Bosa. The destructive Boko Haram insurgency group is currently plagued by financial difficulties, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, has said. Feltman stated this while briefing the Security Council on the UN Secretary-General’s Fourth Report on the threat the group poses to international peace and security efforts to “check and roll it […]
Fidelia Okafor. Kaduna State government pledges to complete the five kilometre road from Kaduna International Airport en-route the train station in Rigasa by March 2017. The Commissioner of Works, Transport and Housing, Malam Hàssan Mahmud stated this during an inspection tour of the road project in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria. It could be recalled that Kaduna […]
Fidelia Okafor. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has said that for Nigeria to achieve a just and egalitarian society, appropriate laws must be enacted to check hate speeches. He stated this Tuesday night in Lagos at the Conference Dinner of the First West Africa Regional Round of the Oxford Prize Media Law […]
Fidelia Okafor. Nigeria’s Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs on Tuesday began the screening of the 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees, with about ten candidates cleared on day one of the exercise. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enang while presenting the nominees to the committee on behalf of the […]
Fidelia Okafor. Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, on Tuesday said rehabilitation of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport’s runway would be delivered within six weeks. Amaechi, in a statement in Abuja, acknowledged the pains, which the closure of the Airport would cause the economy. He stated that the Government would ensure the reopening in […]
NAICOM, The National Insurance Commission has written a letter confirming the appointment of Dr Pius Apere as the substantive Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of Linkage Assurance Plc. He was appointed acting managing director on January 1, 2017 following the exit of former managing director of the company. A letter from NAICOM written 3rd February, […]