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Lokpobiri hails Diri’s development strides at 5th anniversary     The Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Oil) Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri Ph.D joined the Governor of Bayelsa State Senator Douye Diri and other dignitaries in marking the 5th anniversary of the Douye Diri administration. In a statement on Saturday he signed and circulated to newsmen, the Minister reiterated the collaboration between …

Bayelsa’s Growth Impressive, Say Reps Speaker, Plateau Gov *We’ll Do More With Increased Derivation – Diri It was commendations for the Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, on Friday, as both the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, and the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, inaugurated projects in continuation of Diri’s fifth anniversary celebrations. Hon. Abbas …

  National Assembly passes 54.9trn 2025 budget The Nigeria National Assembly has passed the N54.9 trillion budget for the 2025 financial year, increasing the initial proposal by N700 billion from N54.2 trillion. The budget breakdown includes: N3.6 trillion for statutory transfers, N14.3 trillion for debt service, N13.6 trillion for recurrent (non-debt) expenditure, and N23.9 trillion for capital expenditure. President Bola …

Blaze engulfs filling station in Dutse after tanker explosion A fire erupted at a filling station in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, on Thursday evening during the offloading of fuel in Kiyawa Local Government Area, Northwest Nigeria. The incident, which took place around 8 p.m. at Shakkotu along Kiyawa Road, Dutse, was reportedly triggered when a person answered a phone …

JAMB Postpones 2025 UTME Registration Date By Shalom Oludele The Joint Admissions and  Matriculation Board (JAMB) has postpone registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board said that the new commencement date for the 2025 UTME exam registration is Monday, February 3, 2025, instead of the initial Friday, January 31, 2025 announced. This is made known in …

FG SIGNS MoU WITH UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH TO ENHANCE IN-COUNTRY CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT IN OIL AND GAS The Federal Government has taken another bold step in its quest to build human capacity in the oil and gas sector through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the University of Portsmouth (UoP), UK. The partnership aims to facilitate resource exchange …

Diri Emerges South-South Governors Forum Chairman – -Region Backs FG’s Tax Reform, Demands Increased Oil Derivation Governors of the South-South geo-political have unanimously picked Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, as chairman of the South-South Governors Forum. Senator Diri was elected on Tuesday during the forum’s meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, the state capital. Cross River Governor, Senator Bassey …

OONI RESOLVES ISSUES BETWEEN AARE AFE BABALOLA AND DELE FAROTIMI The Ooni of Ife, Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi,CFR, Ojaja II in company of about prominent Yoruba traditional Rulers in Ekiti state was at the Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD) last night to appeal to the founder of the university Aare Afe Babalola to forgive the …

Ekiti MSSN condemns suspension of Shari’a Panel … Says It’s religious intolerance   The Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Ekiti State Area Unit, has expressed profound dismay over the decision by the Ewi-in-Council to suspend the operations of the Independent Shari’a Arbitration Panel. This panel, established by the leadership of the Muslim community with the involvement of key stakeholders …

Ewi-in-Council disbands Ekiti Sharia Panel The Ewi-in-Council has directed the Chief Imam of Ekiti State and President General League of Imams and Alfa Yoruba land, alEdo and Delta, Sheikh Jamiu Kewulere, to disband the Sharia Panel recently constituted by the Islamic body in the State. It will be recalled that the Independent Shari’ah Arbitration Panel held its inaugural sitting in …