The Federal Government has announced plans to shut down public buildings that do not comply with the minimum standards of accessibility for Persons with Disabilities from January 17. The Executive Secretary, National Commission for Persons with Disabilities, Dr James Lalu, disclosed on Thursday while briefing newsmen in Abuja. Newsmen reports that, the news conference was…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has said it rescued and received 21,181 victims of human trafficking in 20 years. The Director General of NAPTIP, Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, said this when she appeared before the Senate Committee on Social Duties for the defence of the 2024 budget. She said the agency…
A former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Frank Kokori is dead. Kokori died on Thursday in a hospital in Warri, Delta State. His death was disclosed by his Personal Assistant, Atawada Oke. Over the past few months, the former NUPENG secretary had been battling a kidney-related ailment. On…
The trial is taking place at the Kainji Prosecution Project Phase IV in Niger State. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, stated at the commencement of the court session in Niger on Monday that the first phase began in 2017. He added that the FG obtained 366 convictions in…
The Federal Government has taken delivery of the Second Niger Bridge from the contractor, Julius Berger, seven months after the previous administration inaugurated it. The Minister of Works, Mr David Umahi, while addressing journalists shortly after he was conducted around the road and the facilities on Sunday by the Managing Director of Julius Berger, Dr…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has approved a full waiver of penalties and interests on all outstanding tax liabilities subject to the payment of the full principal before December 31, 2023. The waiver was disclosed in a recent public notice signed by the Executive Chairman of FIRS, Zack Adedeji. The agency said the concessions,…
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) strongly condemned an outbreak of fighting Friday in Guinea-Bissau, where the situation had returned to calm Saturday. Clashes between members of the national guard and special forces of the presidential guard broke out Thursday night in the capital Bissau, leaving two dead. ECOWAS “strongly condemns the violence…
A Nigerian Air Force helicopter, today, crashlanded and exploded at the NAF Base, Port Harcourt. Though what led to the crash could not be immediately ascertained, it was learnt that the incident occurred around 7.50am. A source said, “I was inside my apartment when I heard this thunderous sound at the NAF Base. “The next…
A 70-year-old Ugandan woman, Safina Namukwaya, has delivered a set of twins a boy and a girl, after becoming pregnant through an In vitro fertilization treatment. Namukwaya went through a successful caesarean delivery on Wednesday at the Women’s Hospital International and Fertility Centre in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. The hospital shared the news of the…
The pan-Yoruba social-political group, Afenifere, has urged President Bola Tinubu to ensure that the Port Harcourt Refinery begins operation in December as promised. Newsmen recalls that the Federal Government had assured Nigerians that the local refinery would commence production by December. Heineken Lokpobiri, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (oil), had, while inspecting the rehabilitation…