May 2025 – Page 91 – Rise Africa

Wike Announces Projects Commissioning To Celebrate Tinubu’s 2nd Anniversary

20.05.2025

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has announced a 19-day project commissioning exercise to commemorate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s second anniversary in office. A statement issued on Monday by the Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, revealed that the commissioning of projects will commence on...

Reps Propose Five Bills To Address Nigeria’s Oil Sector Challenges

20.05.2025

The House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream) and the Special Committee on Crude Oil Theft are set to jointly introduce five legislative bills aimed at tackling critical issues plaguing Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Chairman of both committees, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, disclosed this during a joint meeting held on Tuesday, describing the initiative...

NNPCL, NAPIMS External Auditors Tackle Senate C’ttee Over Appearance

20.05.2025

External auditors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) on Tuesday clashed with the Senate Committee on Public Accounts over their refusal to appear before the committee. The committee had earlier invited the auditors to respond to queries raised in pre-2023 audit reports of both NNPCL and...

Oyo Assembly Yields To Pressure, Backs Rotational Chairmanship

20.05.2025

The Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday yielded to public pressure and passed the amended Oyo State Council of Obas and Chiefs (Further Amendments) Bill, 2025, following its third reading and presentation by the Committee on Local Government, Chieftaincy Matters, and State Honours. The bill, which had sparked heated debates among stakeholders, especially regarding...

Defamation Suit: Court Dismisses VeryDarkMan’s Objection

20.05.2025

A Lagos High Court in Ikeja in Tuesday ordered social media influencer, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan to pay the sum of ₦200, 000 as fine after dismissing his preliminary objections to the ₦1 billion defamation suit filed against him by human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and his son, Folarin Falana, also...

NSITF Advocates Adoption Of AI In Workplace Safety

20.05.2025

The Managing Director of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Olawaseun Faleye, has called for the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digitalization to enhance workplace safety and health standards across Nigeria. Speaking at the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Forum held in Abuja on Tuesday, themed “Revolutionising Health and Safety: The Role of...

Reps Pass Bill To Establish Nat’l Ear Centre In Abia

20.05.2025

The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to establish the National Ear Centre in Bende, Abia State, to address the growing burden of hearing loss and related disorders across Nigeria. The proposed legislation, titled “A Bill for an Act to Establish the National Ear Centre, Bende, for the Prevention,...

TOAN Complies With Kwara Govt’s New Transport Colour Code

20.05.2025

In line with the Kwara State Government’s directive on new colour codes for commercial vehicles aimed at enhancing citizen security, the Tricycle Owners Association of Nigeria (TOAN) has formally presented its newly branded tricycles to the Ministry of Transportation. The presentation was made during a courtesy visit to the Commissioner for Transportation, Lafia Aliyu Korasabi, who...

Coalition’ll Not Fail – El-Rufai

20.05.2025

Former Governor of Kaduna State and a leading figure in the political coalition gearing up for the 2027 presidential election, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has declared that the coalition will not fail in its mission to unseat the current administration. Fielding questions from journalists in Abuja on Tuesday, El-Rufai dismissed doubts over the viability of the...

Manufacturers kick as TCN awards $100m contract to Chinese firms

20.05.2025

The Association of Meter Manufacturers of Nigeria has accused the Federal Government of sidelining local manufacturers in favour of foreign firms for multimillion-dollar contracts in the power sector. The group said the Transmission Company of Nigeria recently awarded electricity meter contracts worth over $100m (approximately N160bn) to two Chinese companies despite the capacity of indigenous...