The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has reaffirmed its commitment to achieve 70 per cent local content by the year 2027. Mr Felix Ogbe, Executive Secretary, NCDMB said this on Monday at the Nigerian Content Seminar, a flagship programme of…
Mr Adebayo Adelabu, Minister of Power, has said that no explosion occurred at Zungeru power plant on Monday. A statement by Mr Bolaji Tunji, Special Adviser, Strategic Communications and Media Relations, on Monday in Abuja said that the minister was…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammed Pate, has inaugurated some medical structures in the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) for affordability of health care services. Pate, at the inauguration on Monday in Gwagwalada, said that…
Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has sworn-in four new Permanent Secretaries with a charge to exhibit transparency, integrity, and prudence in the discharge of their duty. Oyebanji gave the charged at the swearing in ceremony held at the Governor’s…
The Nigeria Customs Service said its operatives intercepted nine containers carrying offensive items including arms, ammunition, Illicit drugs and second-hand clothes worth N13.9 billion. The Comptroller-General, NCS, Adewale Adeniyi disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Onne Port, Rivers…
Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has congratulated Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon, on her new appointment as the Chancellor of Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. A statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun Director, Media, Public Relations and Protocols at NiDCOM, indicated…
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the commission has no constitutional power to conduct local council elections except in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Yakubu said this on the sidelines of a two-day induction retreat for…
Nigeria’s active internet subscribers increased by 4.33 per cent to 164,368,292 in the first quarter of 2024, from 157,551,104 in the corresponding quarter last year. The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, disclosed this on Monday in its Telecom Data report.…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has announced the constitution of a committee for the coronation of the new Olubadan of Ibadanland, Owolabi Akinloye Olakulehin. Makinde made this declaration on Monday. Olakulehin had earlier been nominated and appointed as the…
The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has disconnected power supply to Aliko Dangote University, Wudil, over outstanding debt of N248 million. The Managing Director, KEDCO, Alhaji Abubakar Yusuf, told the newsmen in a telephone interview on Monday that the company…
