July 2025 – Page 208

We’re Changing Infrastructure Dev’t Nationwide, Says Tinubu

03.07.2025

President Bola Tinubu has said his administration has been changing the story of infrastructure development across the country through the execution of tangible projects. He restated his administration’s resolve to build a nation where every community is connected, every business thrives, and every citizen enjoys a life of dignity and opportunity. Tinubu stated this yesterday...

NDDC Defends Ogbuku Over Jonathan’s Claims

03.07.2025

The Niger Delta Progressive Youths Forum (NDPYF) has claimed that political foes of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Managing Director Samuel Ogbuku are working to rubbish him. The group said this in reaction to the claims that Ogbuku was funding “an imaginary presidential ambition of Dr Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the 2027 race”.. In...

ECS: Family Of Deceased Unity Bank Staff Gets N11m Compensation

03.07.2025

The family of a deceased staff of the Unity Bank, (name witheld) has received the sum of N11 million Naira from the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), as lump sum of death benefits. Presenting the cheque at a brief ceremony at the headquarters of the bank in Lagos Managing Director of the NSITF, Barrister...

World Bank Injects N3.8bn To Support Climate-Smart Farming In Yobe

03.07.2025

No fewer than 101 communities in Yobe received $25,000 each (about N38.3 million) as non-interest World Bank loan throught Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACRESAL) Project. The ACRESAL’s state Coordinator, Alhaji Shehu Mohammed, made this known at the signing of a Memorandum of Acceptance with 101 scale-up communities to enable them access a noninterest Community...

Senate Passes Bitumen Development Commission Bill

03.07.2025

The Senate yesterday passed a bill seeking to establish the Bitumen Development Commission, marking a significant legislative step towards harnessing the country’s vast bitumen resources. Its passage followed the presentation and adoption of the report of the Committee on Solid Minerals Development, which conducted a review of the bill. he report was presented by Diket...

UNHCR, US Congressional Delegation Visit Yelewata Victims In Benue

03.07.2025

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and a delegation of United States Congressional staffers on Thursday visited survivors of the Yelewata massacre, currently sheltering at the Makurdi International Market Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp, as part of a fact-finding mission and assessment of humanitarian support in Benue State. The delegation, led by Jessie...

…Seeks Level Playing Field For Indigenous Contractors For Contract Bidding

03.07.2025

The Senate, yesterday, resolved to protect local contractors in contract bidding by ensuring a level playing group in competitive bidding in the country. Accordingly, the apex legislative Assembly man dated its Committees on Public Procurement and Local Content, to ensure level playing ground for local contractors in the contract bidding process. To achieve this objective,...

Residents, Drivers, Commuters Jubilate As Sanwo-Olu Inaugurates Roads In Agege, Ikotun-Igando

03.07.2025

The Lagos State Government yesterday inaugurated the reconstructed Abaranje Road in Ikotun-Igando Local Council Development Area and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Old Dopemu) Road in Agege Local Government Area. The 3.86km Abaranje Road in Alimosho Local Government is a major arterial that provides access from the densely populated Abaranje community to Igando on LASU-Iba Road in Igando-Ikotun...

Minister: 47% North West Lack Access To Financial Services

03.07.2025

The Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Suleiman, says the North-West region has the highest rate of financial exclusion, as 47 per cent lack access to formal and informal financial services. The minister disclosed this at the launching of a two-day NorthWest Governors’ meeting on Nigeria For Women Project (NFWP) Scale-Up Summit in Katsina. The...

Nigeria Attracted Over $16bn Investment In Two Years – NUPRC

03.07.2025

The Chief Executive of Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Engr. Gbenga Komolafe, has said within the last two years of President Bola Tinubu’s administration, the energy sector attracted over $16 billion investment. Speaking on the theme: “Positioning Nigeria’s Upstream Oil & Gas for Energy Security, Sustainability and Economic Resilience,” yesterday at the Nigerian Oil...