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Sen. Wasiu Sanni, Chairman Senate Committee on Marine Transport, says the bill to amend the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Act has passed first reading on the floor of the Senate. Mr Sanni said this on Friday during a working visit by the committee to NIMASA operational offices in Lagos. He noted that

President Bola Tinubu has pulled the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, out of the Treasury Single Account, TSA. FCT minister, Nyesom Wike revealed this at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. The decision will effectively pave the way for the FCTA to utilize the territory’s Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, for the development of the

The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Friday, October 13, disclosed that President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Civil Service Commission (CSC) in the FCT Administration. Wike revealed this while briefing reporters in Abuja. The minister also stated that the president had approved the establishment of a Woman Affairs

Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum, overthrown in a coup on July 26, enters his 80th day in detention with his wife

By Temitope Mustapha, AbujaOn Oct 13, 2023 Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu says her husband, President Bola Tinubu is unwavering in his determination to restore Nigeria to its greatness. Senator Oluremi said this when she received in the audience the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Nigeria, Salem Saeed AIshmasi to her office

Nigerian Parents have been urged to create more time to supervise the activities of their children especially their daughters on the internet. The Managing Director of the Standard Educational Book House, Mrs. Oluwakemi Ayodele made this known in Lagos during a Girl Child Summit held to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child 2023.

Lagos State government sealed the Mile 12 International Market and the Owode Onirin Market on Friday for creating environmental malfeasance. The Ministry of Environment and Water Resources stated in Ikeja that the markets were sealed because of indiscriminate dumping and burning of refuse, the filthy environment, and blocked drains. It stated that the Commissioner for

President Bola Tinubu does not have identity problem and does not require re-introduction, the All Progressives Congress, APC, declared in Abuja on Wednesday. It was reacting to an insinuation made earlier on Wednesday by Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s, LP, presidential candidate at the 2023 election at a news conference he addressed. Mr Obi focused

The Commissioner of Health in Cross River State, Dr Egbe Ayuk, has disclosed that the ministry will reactivate the anti quackery task force on healthcare. The commissioner expressed dismay that the spate of medical quackery and other malfeasances in the state have become alarming. He spoke when he received a visiting team from the National

The Commander, 2 Brigade Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Ken Chigbu, on Thursday, flagged off Exercise Still waters 111 in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State to tackle all forms of security threats in the state through the yuletide. Addressing the participants at the Step up Headquarters, Ikot Afanag, Essien Udim, Chigbu described

The Alawe of Ilawe Ekiti, HRM Oba Adebanji Ajibade Alabi, AFUNTADE 1, has congratulated Mrs Funmi Falana on her elevation to the prestigious class of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The wife of erudite lawyer, Barr Femi Falana, (SAN), was listed earlier today among newly appointed SANs. In a statement issued in his palace in

The United Nations (UN) member countries that have never officially recognized Israel have been revealed. The World of Statistics, in its latest release on Friday via its verified social media platform, X, listed 18 countries which do not recognize the statehood of Israel. Media Talk Africa reported that gunmen from Islamist group Hamas invaded Israel from