President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the recruitment of 50 doctors and 100 nurses to cater for the medical needs of inmates in correctional centres across the country. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, announced this on Thursday in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Alao Babatunde, in Abuja. Tunji-Ojo, according to the statement, has also secured presidential approval for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to post medical doctors to correctional centres for the service year, in realisation of the need to protect the rights of the weakest in society. The Minister also announced the approval…
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The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said Nigeria’s average daily crude oil production has increased significantly to 1.539 million Barrels Per Day (bpd) in January. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the country for the first time, met the OPEC production quota of 1.5 million bpd since it was set for the 2024 period at OPEC’s ministerial meeting in November 2023. The production figure which was released in OPEC monthly oil market report showed that the increase was against 1.485 million bpd recorded in Dec. 2024, which represented 54,000 bpd change. In December 2024, the quota was…
The General Superintendent of the Holy Spirit Mission, Ikeja, Lagos State, Bishop Charles Ighele, on Wednesday called for a ban on the celebration of Valentine’s Day in Nigeria. Ighele made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, against the backdrop of illicit sexual abuse attached to the day by some people. He said that the day had been misconstrued for the promotion of romantic relationships, rather than its original promotion of aid to the needy and humanitarian works. He described it as a deception from the devil to impose a universal day of immorality…
Dangote Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria Limited (DPAN), the official manufacturer and marketer of Peugeot vehicles in Nigeria, has assembled the GT variant of the Peugeot 3008, a globally acclaimed and award-winning SUV. Equipped with a high-performance 1.6-litre turbo engine, the Peugeot 3008 GT expands DPAN’s existing lineup from its state-of-the-art assembly plant in Kaduna. This marks a significant step in Dangote’s commitment to boosting local vehicle production and enhancing Nigeria’s auto industry. Peugeot’s first assembly of the 3008 model in Africa took place in Ghana in 2022. This marked a significant milestone in the brand’s expansion into the continent, specifically the…
By Shadrach Okon Governor Umo Eno has revealed his plans to tackle the menace of unemployment among young people in Akwa Ibom State. Eno who spoke while signing an Executive Order establishing the Akwa Ibom State Labour and Industrial Committee and inaugurated an eleven-member team to lead the committee said the committee will work with Oil companies operating in the state to ensure that Akwa Ibom youths are gainfully employed in companies operating within the state. The committee will also be responsible for ascertaining the number of oil and gas companies, as well as servicing companies, operating within and beyond…
Federal Government has made mandatory the use of the National Identification Number (NIN) by Nigerians to access all social services and government palliatives. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, revealed this in Lagos while inaugurating an Inter-Ministerial retreat on the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development (ID4D) project. Akume, who was represented by Prof Babatunde Bolaji, emphasised that the provision of digital identity for all Nigerians remained a key priority of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. The SGF, who also serves as chairman of the Project Ecosystem Steering Committee (PESC) for the Nigeria Digital ID4D Project,…
Almost 12 years after it last effected a price hike, Nigeria’s telecoms sector, yesterday, began the implementation of a new tariff. Subscribers, especially on the MTN network, woke up Tuesday to see that the prices of its data subscriptions and SMS have gone up. The tariff hike came a bit earlier, as the telecoms operators had planned to effect the change from March after they had secured the final nod from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). According to information from MTN, the revised data prices showed that MTN’s 1.8GB monthly plan now goes for N1,500, against the previous N1,000. The…
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has raised concerns over the disappearance of 3,907 rifles and pistols from various police formations in the country in 2020. The committee also revisited the case of reported missing 178,459 firearms, including 88,078 AK-47 rifles from police inventory. The concerns were raised on Tuesday when the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, appeared before the committee to respond to audit queries flagged in the 2019 Auditor-General Report. Mr Egbetokun was represented by an Assistant Inspector General of Police, Sulaiman Abdul. The lawmakers pressed the police to explain how such a high number of firearms…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has directed workers to boycott services of telecommunications giants: MTN, Airtel and Glo over the 50 percent tariff hikes. The Central Working Committee of the labour union, made the announcement on Wednesday in a statement signed by its president, Joe Ajaero, and secretary, Emmanuel Ugboaja. It also urged other interested Nigerians to join the boycott, beginning from 11:00am on Thursday. The statement read, “The CWC demands an immediate reversal of the tariff hike, which took effect today, and insists that the companies revert to the previous tariff until the committee completes its deliberations and reaches…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially launched a nationwide digital membership registration exercise, aimed at having a comprehensive database of its members ahead of the 2027 general elections. The signing of the agreement between the party and the Tunmef Global Limited, the consultant handling the project, took place at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Speaking during the event, the APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for endorsing the digital transformation agenda, and described the initiative as a long-conceived programme. Ganduje emphasised the importance of digitisation, particularly in the context of elections and…