The Energy Commission of Nigeria has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s commitment to tackling electricity challenges in public hospitals and universities through increased investment in renewable energy. The Director-General of the ECN, Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday to mark his two years in office. He said the Renewed Hope Solarisation…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its two-week warning strike. Chris Piwuna, president of ASUU, addressed the press on Wednesday after an overnight national executive council (NEC) meeting that ended at 4:00 am. ASUU had embarked on a warning strike on October 13 over its dissatisfaction with the federal government’s response to…
DESPITE the appeal by the minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Honourable Ekperikpe Ekpo, urging marketers, distributors, and all stakeholders along the LPG (cooking gas) value chain to desist from hoarding the product and refrain from exploiting consumers for profit, the product’s scarcity persist in Lagos, Abuja, Delta States, others. Besides, for the few available…
Shehu MohammedThe Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Shehu Mohammed The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced that it has upgraded its printing facility to deliver an average of 15,000 driver’s licences daily, with a target to clear all existing backlogs before the second week of November 2025. The Corps Marshal,…
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, has said Nigeria will demand a higher oil production quota at the next meeting of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries scheduled for November. Lokpobiri disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja during an interview with the media team of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has unveiled a new digital platform designed to streamline the process of obtaining drug integrity tests and visa clearance certificates as part of efforts to enhance transparency, accessibility, and efficiency in its operations. The platform — Drug Integrity Test and Visa E-Administration System — was launched on Tuesday in…
President Bola Tinubu has nominated Dr Bernard Doro from Plateau State as a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, forwarding his name to the Senate for confirmation. Doro’s nomination comes after the elevation of Prof. Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, the former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, who was elected National Chairman of the…
The Federal Government of Nigeria is targeting the creation of at least 20,000 jobs annually through the launch of the second phase of the Nigeria Jubilee Fellows Programme (NJFP). The NJFP, a flagship initiative of the Federal Government being coordinated by the Office of the Vice-President, is implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…
Three northern Nigerian states, Kano, Katsina, and Jigawa, have announced a partnership to form a tri-state electricity market. This comes as the states teamed up to acquire equity stakes in the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), which has Future Energies Africa as its core investor. This was disclosed in a statement by the spokesperson of…
First City Monument Bank (FCMB) has been selected as one of the Participating Financial Institutions (PFIs) for the implementation of the Community Contractors Finance Scheme, an initiative of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) in partnership with the Bank of Industry Limited (BoI). The scheme is designed to bridge the funding and skills…
