public commentator, Alhaji Ibrahim Abubakar has blamed the lingering banditry activities and uncontrollable Almjeri system in the state on lack of education and proper upbringings of children by parents and guardians. The commentator stated that the children did not start these dastard acts from their mothers’ wombs or even after they were born but their…
ABoeing Business Jet (Boeing 737-700) marked 5N-FGT owned by the Nigerian government has incurred parking charges of at least N95 million since it was taken to Germany for repairs. The amount accounts for the aircraft’s parking charges for 40 days, at the rate of €5,000 (N2.4 million) at the official rate of N473.75 to €1)….
The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has been receiving knocks over the recent increase of the tuition fee of the state-owned University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo, which required non-indigenes and indigenes studying dentistry in the institution in the preclinical years to pay N2.245 million and N1.320 respectively. In a new schedule released…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it recorded a revenue deficit of N1.29 trillion from January to September this year. This is according to NNPC’s September presentation to the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). In 2021, the state oil company had forecasted a monthly revenue of N414.9 billion, resulting in a trajectory of N4.979…
States recorded N849.12bn Internationally Generated Revenue in the first half of 2021 financial period. Figures obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics on Internally Generated Revenue Report at State level for Half Year 2021 revealed on Monday. Lagos led the states as it recorded N267.23bn IGR, while Yobe had the least of N4.03bn. The NBS…
In politics, it is not over until it is completely over. In spite of coming a distant second, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the ongoing governorship election in Anambra State, Valentine Ozigbo has kept hope of winning the election alive. So far, Prof Chukwuma Soludo of APGA has clinched 18 out of…
A private tertiary institution, Thomas Adewumi University, Oko, Kwara State, has inaugurated a 214 kilowatt solar farm to serve its energy needs. The facility, which was unveiled by its founder, Dr Johnson Adewumi, at the university campus on Saturday, would also supply electricity to the neighbouring communities. A statement from the university on Monday said…
Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoloju and Ayomide Onatoye One of the leading food company in Nigeria, Dasda Food is selling its food items at a pocket friendly price at the ongoing Internation Trade Fair in Lagos. investigation conducted by Trust Africa News revealed that Dasda stand is one of the food stand that has…
As predicted by PREMIUM TIMES, the Anambra governorship election has been declared inconclusive by INEC. The state Returning Officer for the election, Florence Obi, the vice-chancellor of University of Calabar, who made the declaration in the early hours of Monday, around 12:20 a.m., said this was because there was no election in Ihiala Local Government…
