Senator Okechukwu Ezea (LP-Enugu) says he has yet to receive bags of rice from the Federal Government for distribution as palliative to his constituents. Ezea, who represents Enugu North at the National Assembly, said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. “I’m yet to receive any material palliative, whether money or food item, from the federal government for my constituents. “However, in the event of receiving the palliative, I will, in line with my principles of equity and fairness, share such palliatives transparently. “Given the enormity of hardship faced by my constituents, I, at my own personal cost,…
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The United Nations has said that Nigeria’s rising debt, increasing inflation rate and its impact on the welfare of the citizens, puts the nation at risk of declining economic growth in 2024. The UN made this known in its World Economic Situation and Prospects report for 2024 projects made available to The PUNCH on Monday. The PUNCH reports that Nigeria’s inflation rate stood at 28.2 per cent, with a debt profile of about N87.38tn by the second quarter of 2023 from N49.85tn in first quarter, which amounts to about 75.35 per cent increase, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.…
Efforts by the air and ground components of Operation Hadin Kai to clear the Northeast of remnants of terrorists within the Northeast region of Nigeria have continued to record series of successes. Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet disclosed this in a statement, on Sunday. According to him; “one of such successful operations occurred on 5 January 2024 at Parisu after terrorists were, for days, observed moving items suspected to be weapons and ammunitions to the area. Parisu, a location near Sambisa Forest, was once a terrorist enclave deserted after own troops…
Akwa Ibom’s N32 billion Yamoussoukro Basilica By Festus Adeday One single thread links Umo Eno, self-styled pastor governor of Akwa Ibom State, his predecessor, Emmanuel Udom and Felix Houphouet-Boigny. It is the religious bigotry and senselessness behind the Akwa Ibom International Worship Centre and the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire. While Eno and Udom constructed a worship centre said to have gulped a frighteningly high N32 billion, Houphouet-Boigny also constructed a monumental architectural edifice in his Yamoussoukro village worth $300 million between 1985 and 1989. Yamoussoukro was regarded as a provincial town that boasted only…
NIPR, has again reiterated its stance against the appointment of unlicensed and unregistered professionals as spokespersons especially for
NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos on New Year day, Monday 1st January 2024 intercepted a consignment of Colorado
Osun NDLEA records 252 Drug Dealers in 2023 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Osun State Command, arrested 252 illicit drug suspects from January 2023 to December 2023. In a statement on Saturday in Osogbo, the NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Chidi Nnadi, said that the suspects comprised 214 males and 38 females. He said that the command secured conviction of 57 suspects, whose sentencing raged from three months imprisonment to five years imprisonment. According to the commander, 47 cases are pending in court. He said that the command seized illicit drugs weighing 1,909.69kg during the period.…
The Federal Government has officially granted approval to three airlines to serve as exclusive carriers for the 2024 pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The airlines according to a statement by the Commission’s Assistant Director in charge of Public Affairs, Fatima Sanda Usara, are Air Peace Ltd., FlyNas and Max Air. The government also approved three other air cargo companies that will airfreight pilgrims’ excess luggage. They are Cargo Zeal Technologies Ltd, Nahco Aviance and Qualla Investment Limited. “The approval reinforces Government’s commitment to ensuring a seamless and secure pilgrimage experience for Nigerian intending pilgrims. Consequently, the Federal government…
The NNPCL has stated that a test run on the 60,000-bpd refinery in Port-Harcourt will be completed this month ahead of the full resumption of work later.
Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi unveiled its first electric car model on Thursday, with its boss declaring ambitions of becoming a global automotive powerhouse
NBS) indicated a continued rise in the cost of staple foods such as rice, beans and beef, which had a significant impact on the cost of living for Nigerian consumers in the year 2023.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is celebrating the ingenuity, creativity, and “immense artistic talents of Nigeria’s thriving entertainment industry.”