At least five hundred and fifty five persons have been killed in petrol tanker fire explosions across the country between January 2020 and January 2025, according to data from the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). Mrs Joyce Alexander, Sector Commander, FRSC, Anambra State Command, read the data on Thursday in Awka, during a town hall…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is at the final stage of getting listed in the capital market, in keeping with the provisions of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) 2021. This was disclosed by the company’s Chief Finance and Investor Relations Officer (CFIO), Mr. Olugbenga Oluwaniyi, at a consultative meeting with partners at…
A member of the House of Representatives, Prince Abiodun Adesida has charged Nigerian youths to take advantage of the empowerment initiatives of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The lawmaker representing Akure North/ Akure South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives,/ gave the charge on Thursday while delivering a Keynote address at the…
Honourable Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, attended the presentation of fifty (50) academic textbooks written by Nigerian scholars and published by TETFund’s Higher Education Book Development Intervention Project and its Tertiary Advisory Group (TAG). The event, hosted at TETFund’s Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, 24th March 2025, was attended by key education stakeholders,…
According to EkweAnaedo, The debate over local government autonomy in Nigeria has reached a boiling point, with the Finance Commissioners Forum firmly pushing back against the federal government’s plan to require local government councils to open accounts with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). At the center of the controversy is the federal government’s…
The Honourable Minister of Regional Development, Engr Abubakar Momoh, FNSE, warmly welcomes the historic signing into law of the South West Development Commission and the South South Development Commission by His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. With this landmark development, every region in Nigeria is now equipped with a dedicated Development Commission—an unprecedented…
The Mayor of Idemili South Local Government Area, Hon. Mrs Amaka Obi(Iyom Ife-Abata), has inspected some ongoing road projects in and other individual factories under construction at Nnokwa community. During the visit, she inspected the 3 in 1Blue World Factory nearing completion at Nnokwa and expressed great joy with the development. According to her, such…
The Peoples Democratic Party, the Coalition of United Political Parties and the Social Democratic Party have condemned the House of Representatives’ move to impose age limits for the offices of the President and governor in the country. Through a bill that passed second reading on Thursday, the House aimed to prevent individuals over 60…
Electricity consumers in Anambra state have called for the unbundling of the Enugu Electricity Development Company EEDC following epileptic power supply in the area. This is coming as the officials of the EEDC shunned the stakeholders meeting of consumers despite that they were duely invited for the program. Confirming their absence at the meeting…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has reinforced its commitment to tackling the menace of illegal arms proliferation in Nigeria, calling on the media to play an active role in sensitizing the public. The Zonal Director of the Centre’s South-East office, Major General…
