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Consider Bicycle For Transportation, FG Tells Nigerians
The Federal Ministry of Transportation has disclosed that it is considering the use of bicycles as an alternative means of commuting as it promotes a cleaner environment and a healthy lifestyle. The Director, of Road Transport and Mass Transit Administration, Musa Ibrahim, stated this at the one-day stakeholders sensitization meeting held in Abuja recently. According to Ibrahim, the idea is to enhance...
Abia Holds Environmental Sanitation Saturday, Vehicular Movement Restricted (See Time)
The monthly environmental sanitation in Abia state will hold on Saturday, July 29th 2023 simultaneously across the state. The exercise holds within the hours of 7am - 10am, Mr Ogbonnia Okereke, the GM/CEO Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA). This is a shift from the 9am—11am environmental sanitation timing obtainable in the previous administration. READ ALSO: Families Of Slain Abia Police Officers,...
Airtel Loses $151m To Foreign Exchange Rates Harmonisation
On Thursday, Airtel Africa Plc reported losing $151m because of the harmonization of foreign exchange rates in Nigeria. It disclosed this in its second quarter report filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited. The telecom company said, “Profit after tax was negative ($151m), driven largely by a foreign exchange loss of $471m recorded in finance cost before tax and $317m after tax,...
Abia Local Govt Workers Pledge Support To Gov. Otti, Laud Salary Payment
Local government workers under the aegis of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Abia State Chapter, has passed a vote of confidence on the state Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, thanking the governor for fulfilling his promise to pay the local government workers despite ongoing verification of staff, ABN TV reports. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kazie Uko...
Onyejeocha, Wike, Umahi, 25 Others Make Ministerial List
Former House of Representatives member who represented Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency of Abia State, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha has been nominated for appointment as Minister of the Federal Republic. She former lawmaker was nominated along with the immediate past Governors of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike and his Ebonyi counterpart, David Umahi and 25 others. Their names were read on the floor of the...
Ex-President Buhari’s Information Minister Lai Mohammed Gets New Appointment
Former Minister of Information, Culture, and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, has been appointed as the Special Advisor to the Secretary General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), Zurab Pololikashvili. The announcement of his appointment was made during the opening session of the 66th UNWTO Commission for Africa (CAF) in Mauritius. This comes a month after Mohammed got appointed as the...
Subsidy Removal: Jigawa Approves N50m Palliative For 1000 Female Traders
The government of Jigawa State on Wednesday announced that it has approved N50 million to empower 1,000 women traders to lessen the effect of the petrol subsidy removal on their businesses. Sagir Musa, Commissioner for information, youths, sports, and culture while addressing newsmen said the approval followed a memo presented to the council by Hadiza Abdulwahab, the commissioner for women’s...
Reduce Standing Committees From 109 To 60, Group Tells Abbas
The African Parliamentary Advocacy and Reform Group (APARG) has called on Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives, not to increase the number of standing committees in the green chamber to 145. It was learned that the Speaker is scheduled to announce the composition of the House standing committees on Thursday. The group via a statement released on Tuesday by...
Asari Dokubo Training An Army Near Igbo Borders – Ohanaeze Raises Alarm
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has raised an alarm that the ex-Niger Delta warlord and militants’ leader, Asari Dokubo “is training an army close to Igbo land”. Secretary General of Ohanaeze and former Nigeria Consular to South Africa, Dr Okey Emuchay, who raised the alarm while addressing select journalists in his Azumini country home, Ukwa East...
Sit-At-Home: Bring Back Simon Ekpa To Face Justice In Nigeria, Senate Tells FG
The Senate, on Wednesday, condemned the Monday sit-at-home in the South East geopolitical zone and asked the Federal Government to collaborate with the Finnish Government and extradite a pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, for prosecution. The upper chamber also resolved to invite the Minister of Foreign Affairs (when appointed) and relevant stakeholders to carry out thorough investigation as well as bring...
