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Senate Approves 15% States Funding For Regional Devt Commissions
The Senate approved 15 percent from the Consolidated Revenue Fund as a source of funding the newly created zonal development commissions. The approval followed consideration and adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Special Duties on the bills establishing the commissions. Earlier, the lawmakers were divided over the source of funding for the newly created zonal development commissions. The disagreement...
Gov. Otti Failing In Campaign Promises, Abia Pensioners Lament (VIDEO)
Pensioners in Abia State under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Abia Council, have accused the government of betraying their trust with regard to payment of pension arrears. Briefing newsmen in Umuahia on Thursday, the union expressed dissatisfaction over Governor Alex Otti's failure to clear outstanding pensions and gratuities despite promises during his election campaign. https://youtu.be/BCGOTme0BTg "If the Governor...
President Tinubu Sacked Ministers Based On Nigerians’ Scorecard – Aide
The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga has revealed that the sack of some ministers was based on Nigerians’ scorecard and empirical facts. He also relayed the role the Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, played in the ministers’ dismissal from the cabinet. Tinubu on Wednesday relieved Barr. Uju-Ken...
First Bank Fixes October 26 For System Migration
First Bank announces plans to migrate to a new cloud-based procurement, financial platform to improve operational efficiency and service delivery. The migration, scheduled to begin on Saturday, October 26, is expected to result in temporary service disruptions, the tier one lender with over 42 million customers said in a Wednesday notice. This move comes amid a wave of recent disruptions in...
Norwich City Appoints Jack Wilshere Team Coach
The Norwich City first team announced on Wednesday that Jack Wilshere, a former Arsenal star, has been hired as their new coach. Wilshere, 32, steps into this new role after a successful stint as Arsenal’s Under-18s head coach, where he led the team to the FA Youth Cup Final in his debut season. “I’m delighted to be joining Norwich City,” Wilshere...
Private Sector, Opposition Split As Tinubu Reshuffles Cabinet
President Tinubu discharged five, approved reassignment of 10 ministers to new portfolios, nominated seven send to the Senate for confirmation. This came as the President renamed the Ministry of Nigeria Delta Development to the Ministry of Regional Development, scrapped the Ministry of Sports Development, and merged the Ministries of Tourism and Arts and Culture to become the Federal Ministry of...
Senate Ad-hoc Committee Revives Ajaokuta Steel Plant, Others
Chairman of Senate ad hoc committee has revived activities at Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited and the National Iron Ore Mining Company, Itakpe. The committee, led by Senator Adeniyi Adegbonmire, made this statement on Wednesday during a meeting with the workers and management of the company. “The committee is here at the steel plant with a firm commitment to uncover why...
Dangote Refinery Begins Direct Petrol Sale To Marketers
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has started supplying PMS (petrol) to some oil marketers directly without recourse to the NNPCL. It was gathered that while more oil marketers were intensifying efforts to buy the product directly from the plant, others were importing the commodity, as hundreds of millions of litres of imported PMS should hit Nigeria’s shores in two weeks’ time. Recall...
Tinubu Appoints Ex-Minister As SA On Public Communication And Orientation
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Sunday Dare as Special Adviser on Public Communication and orientation. He will be working from the Ministry of Information and National Orientation. Dare’s announcement was announced on Wednesday when President Tinubu also sacked 5 ministers and re-assigned 10 to new ministerial portfolios. He as well appointed seven new ministers for Senate confirmation. Dare served as the...
NUPENG President Recounts Violent Attack In Court
The President of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Williams Akporeha condemns violent ordeal at FCT High Court. The President of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Williams Akporeha, on Wednesday, narrated a chilling account before the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja, detailing how he, alongside the union’s Secretary-General, Wale Afolabi, and...
