The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Wednesday, said the importation of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, into Nigeria has reduced by 50 per cent since the withdrawal of subsidy on the commodity. During his inaugural speech on May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu declared that fuel subsidy was gone. Within 24 hours after that declaration, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Nigeria’s sole importer of PMS, withdrew subsidy on petrol. This led to a jump in the price of the commodity from about N198/litre to over N500/litre, as it later moved up to over N600/litre…
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No fewer than nine people have died of Lassa fever in Benue State in the past two months. The State Epidemiologist, Dr Sam Ngishe, disclosed this to journalists in a telephone chat on Thursday. This comes after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said it has recorded 2,621 suspected Lassa fever cases and 84 deaths with a case fatality rate of 18.6 per cent. According to Ngishe, 46 people including health workers and internally displaced persons have been hit by the dreaded disease across the state. He noted that four cases were found among the Internally displaced persons…
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, has urged Nigerians to persevere in the face of the current economic hardship in the country. Okoh gave the charge while fielding questions from newsmen on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the National Day of Prayer 2024 in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the interdenominational prayer with the theme, ‘In His Hands’, was organized by CAN to offer special prayers for the nation and its leadership in the face of its challenges. The cleric urged Nigerians to continue to pray for policymakers and leaders…
The Nigerian Communications Commission has ruled out an extension of the February 28, 2024 deadline for the linkage of Subscriber Identity Module cards to National Identification Numbers. As a result, telecommunication companies have been directed to bar 12 million lines that have not been linked to the owners’ NINs after the expiration of the deadline. The Director of Public Affairs, NCC, Reuben Mouka, confirmed the development to the Correspondent on Wednesday. Reaffirming the NCC’s stance, Mouka stated, “We already issued a public notice in this regard and all the information. If there was an extension, NCC would have communicated that.…
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, appealed for patience from Nigerians over the current economic hardship in the country, giving the assurance that there was light at the end of the tunnel. The President said he was fully aware and took responsibility for the difficulties Nigerians had been subjected to on account of government policies. He said he would not complain but welcome all criticisms since he was the one who asked to be Nigeria’s President. The President spoke in Akure, the Ondo State capital, during his visit to the leader of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti in…
Date: 2024-Feb-29 🎯TOPIC: LONGING FOR GOD 📺 WATCH THE DEVOTION VIA THE LINK BELOW👇 https://youtu.be/3T19EEmmIBs?si=b0xv-BLXuucg_lP_ ✝️TEXT: Psalm 63: 1-11(NKJV) 63:1. O God, You [are] my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. 63:2. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. 63:3. Because Your lovingkindness [is] better than life, My lips shall praise You. 63:4. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name.…
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, has approved the appointment of Assistant Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Muhammed Kabo to the rank of Deputy Corps Marshal to represent the Northeast geopolitical zone. Akume also approved the promotion of 818 other senior, intermediate, and junior officers. The FRSC spokesperson, Jonas Agwu, stated this in a statement made available to our correspondent on Wednesday. According to the statement, “The promoted officers include; eight Corps Commanders promoted to the rank of Assistant Corps Marshal, 56 Deputy Corps Commanders to the rank of Corps Commander and 63 Assistant Corps…
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof Muhammad Pate, on Wednesday, disclosed that the Federal Government had enrolled about 750,000 Nigerians into the National Health Insurance Scheme. Pate stated this at the third edition of the ministerial press briefing series initiated by the Ministry of Information in Abuja, noting that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration will unveil a comprehensive programme to digitise the nation’s healthcare system in the next two weeks. The briefing series was initiated to provide a platform for public officials to reel out their achievements and apprise Nigerians of the challenges of governance. The Special…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election, Peter Obi, has applauded the move by President Bola Tinubu and the Federal Government to adopt implementation of the Steve Oronsanye’s report. In a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, the former Anambra Governor said he would have also implemented the Oronsanye report as President stating that it was in his 2023 manifesto. He wrote: “I have received several text messages from people wanting to know if I would have implemented the Oronsaye Report, whose full implementation has just been directed by the President. “In response to…
In the aftermath of the drama that ensued between Nigeria and Cameroon during the penultimate qualifying fixture for the 2024 Olympic games, Super Falcons coach, Randy Waldrum, says voodoo is strange to him, There was drama at the start of the second half inside the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja on Monday after a Cameroonian player allegedly attempted to plant ‘voodoo’ inside the Falcons goal post. Falcons’ goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie, was in fine form as she stopped every shot in her direction to prevent the Indomitable Lionesses from scoring. However, in the closing minutes of the game, Cameroon sent…