Malam Muhammad Bello, Federal Capital Territory Minister, has charged Muslim clerics to continue to champion national unity, peace, progress and development. Bello made the call at the 18th Extraordinary Dawrah (Forum) of 17 imams from South-South, South East and South West of the country with the theme, Imams Unity for National Development, held on Saturday […]
The recent devastating floods in Pakistan have inflicted damage and losses of over $30 billion to the South Asian country, the Ministry for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives said in a report on Friday. The damage, loss and needs assessment following the unprecedented floods in Pakistan calls for rebuilding based on the principles of the […]
Mr Abdu Mohammed, Managing Director of the Jos Electricity Distribution Plc. (JED) says many Nigerians still view Distribution Companies (DISCOS) as the old Nigeria Electricity Power Authority (NEPA). Mohammed stated this when he visited Justice David Mann and Mr Albert Ogbole, the Chief Judge of Plateau and Director of the Department of Security Services (DSS) […]
The death toll has risen to 42 and more people were found missing after a strong overnight downpour flooded a number of towns in the Maguindanao province in the southern Philippines, a local official said Friday. Naguib Sinarimbo, interior and local government minister of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said 27 people were […]
The World Bank has approved $275 million in concessional financing targeted at securing support for fiscal stabilisation and accelerated economic growth programs, a senior government official has said. Situmbeko Musokotwane, the Minister of Finance and National Planning said the approval was granted through the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) at a meeting of its […]
The Federal Government has expressed strong disapproval of the unverified security alert recently issued on Nigeria by some embassies in the country. Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, decried the act at a Ministerial Panel of the ongoing UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Week in Abuja. In a presentation titled: “National Media […]
The Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has raised the alarm that the country is losing its value by the day to the scourge of disinformation and fake news. Pantami made this remark at a Ministerial Panel of the ongoing UNESCO Media and Information Literacy Week in Abuja. In a presentation titled “National […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has solicited logistic support from the Kwara State Government to enhance its operational efficiency and tight security surveillance in the state. The State Commandant of NSCDC, Mr Muhammed Ibrahim, made the appeal during an interactive session with newsmen on Thursday in Ilorin. Ibrahim said the logistics support would […]
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has ratified the UN Water Convention on the Protection and use of Trans-Border Water Courses and International Lakes. Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu, told newsmen in Abuja that Nigeria has three trans-border waters viz the Rivers Niger and Benue and the Lake Chad. “This is a UN Convention […]
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N760.235 billion September 2022 Federation Account Revenue to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils. The figure is contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the FAAC meeting for October 2022. A total of N760.235 billion revenue comprised distributable statutory […]