The Minister of Solid Minerals, Mr. Dele Alake, has said that the ministry will add at least 50% to the Nigerian economy to attract Foreign Direct Investment to the country. The minister, who spoke during the unveiling of the ‘Agenda for the Transformation of the Solid Minerals for International Competitiveness and Domestic Prosperity’, in Abuja on Sunday. Alake said that the ministry will focus on a seven-point agenda including the creation of the Nigerian Solid Minerals Corporation, Joint Ventures with Mining Multinationals, Big Data on specific seven priority minerals and their deposits, 30-day grace for illegal miners to…
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The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has confirmed the arrest of one Chike Ibezim, an entrepreneur, following a petition by former Minister of Works, Babatunde Fashola. On August 10, Chike was reportedly arrested by some police officers in Abuja, the country’s capital. Fashola was said to have written a petition against the entrepreneur about a report published by Reportera, a news established by Nnamdi Ibezim, the elder brother of Chike. In August, the platform published a report claiming that Fashola was drafting the presidential election tribunal verdict that would be handed to judges to deliver. The former minister denied the…
Zamfara State Government has announced the immediate closure of eight cattle markets in five local government areas of the state.
In its desperate effort to avert the Nigeria Labour Congress’ warning strike scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, the Federal Government says it is ready to meet with the labour union on Monday. However, the labour union said there was no going back on the two-day warning strike, even as it affirmed that it remained open to negotiations with the government despite breaking its previous promises. Already, some state chapters of the NLC said they were ready to proceed with the strike, while some others said their executive committee would meet on Monday as a precursor to the strike. The NLC…
The Nigerian Army has assured Imo citizens of its dedication to reviving the nightlife and ensuring everyone’s security in the state.
Four children from the same family were killed in a building collapse at Agric Quarters, Mgbemena, in the state’s Coal Camp region,
There were several commercial buses as well. This same spot had seen many kidnappings take place for several years; even the train bombing that took place after my kidnap was
A Nigerian X user identified as Logik #iamlogikk on Saturday celebrated receiving the payment of N36,858,567 from the app ads revenue sharing programme introduced by owner Elon Musk. Logik shared screenshots of payment statistics on his X page. Captioning the post, he simply wrote, “36m… God bless Elon Musk X launched its new payment plan in the United States of America in July and only recently extended this payment plan to verified global users with Twitter Blue subscribers. Also, a few Nigerian content creators on the microblogging app, has begun to receive payment as well. Bamidele who controls a whopping…
Gabon’s army said on Saturday that it would reopen the country’s borders, closed in the wake of the military coup that ousted ex-president Ali Bongo. A spokesman for Gabon’s military rulers said on state TV that they had “decided with immediate effect to reopen the land, sea and air borders as of this Saturday”. A group of 12 Gabonese soldiers had announced on Wednesday that the country’s borders were closed until further notice, in a statement broadcast on the Gabon 24 television channel. General Brice Oligui Nguema, the head of the elite Republican Guard, on Wednesday led officers in a…
Suspected kidnappers have invaded the popular El-Rufai Estate in the Kuchiko Resettlement Development Area of Bwari Local Council of Abuja and abducted a resident identified as Chinedu. The incident reportedly happened in the early hours of Saturday. According to Daily Trust, the victim was whisked away from his house within the estate. While confirming the incident, the victim’s wife said the hoodlums came heavily armed and forcefully took away her husband. She said the gunmen broke through the fence to gain entrance into their compound. “They shot sporadically in the air to scare our family members and neighbours before…
After a three and a half year hiatus during the pandemic, US government student loans resume accruing interest on Friday. Repayments are expected to reduce millions of Americans’ monthly take-home pay by hundreds, and in some cases, thousands, of dollars. In his presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised to eliminate at least $10,000 in student loan debt for millions of Americans, and upon taking office, he launched a $400 billion programme to accomplish precisely that. However, the US Supreme Court invalidated the student loan forgiveness programme on June 30 after finding that his administration had overstepped its bounds. As a…
The Nigerian Navy on Friday handed over four suspected oil thieves to the Lagos State Police Command. At the handover of the suspects to the state police headquarters in Ikeja, NNS Beecroft Commander Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga stated that the suspects were apprehended by Nigerian Navy personnel stationed at FOB Lekki after locals raised the alarm after hearing gunshots from the water. Oguntuga stated that the men were accompanying a sizable wooden boat carrying 11,000 litres of crude oil that they were rumoured to be stealing. Responding, the state Commissioner of Police, CP Idowu Owohunwa, said, “We will take in…