The National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) distributed over 320 million insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and 450 million blisters of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine and Amodiaquine (SPAQ) to children under five years since 2009. Nnenna Ogbulafor, NMEP’s national coordinator, made this known in Minna during the inauguration of the 2025 mass campaign for the distribution of the nets in…
The Apapa Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has launched the Electronic Cargo Tracking System (ECTS), a digital innovation designed to enhance national security and facilitate trade. The area controller, Emmanuel Oshoba, said this in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Tunde Ayagbalo, during the inauguration of the system at the Apapa Port….
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 2,769,137 out of 2,802,790 registered Anambra voters collected their permanent voter cards (PVCs) ahead of the Saturday governorship election. INEC chairman, Joash Amupitan, at a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, said the figure represents 98.8 per cent, describing the turnout for PVC collection as “a significant…
The Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has delivered two high-tech unmanned water vessels to boost surveillance and security across Nigeria’s waterways, the Arewa Good Governance Forum has said. The presentation of the equipment took place at the Presidential Villa on 5 January 2024, signalling what the group described as “a practical…
The federal government has successfully priced $2.35 billion in Eurobonds maturing in 2036 (10-year) and 2046 (20-year) in the international capital market. According to a statement issued by the Debt Management Office, $1.25 billion and $1.10 billion of the Eurobonds are placed in the 2036 and 2046 maturities, respectively. The office stated that the…
BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF In the last seventeen months of the appointment of the new management team of Federal Housing Authority, by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu under the leadership of Rt Hon. Oyetunde Oladimeji Ojo and his Executive Directors, in 2024, alot of administrative and operational changes has occurred that has affected the Authority positively,…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has urged African nations to embrace Islamic finance to drive sustainable and inclusive economic growth. SEC Director-General Emomotimi Agama made the appeal on Wednesday in Lagos at the 7th African International Conference on Islamic Finance (AICIF). The two-day conference, which began on November 4, had the theme “Africa…
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Wednesday, dismissed the N100 billion suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE against Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and its co-defendants over an oil import licence dispute. Justice Mohammed Umar dismissed the suit following an oral application by the defence lawyers after…
The Forward Operating Base of the Nigerian Navy in Badagry handed over seized contraband items to the Nigeria Customs Service and the Civil Defence Corps on Wednesday. A correspondent observed the handover, which was conducted by a senior naval officer at the Base in Badagry. The base transferred 420 bags of foreign parboiled rice…
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) says the recently approved 15 per cent import tariff on petrol and diesel will strengthen local content and deepen support for Made-in-Nigeria goods. MAN’s director-general, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, described the tariff as a strategic and patriotic step aligned with the Nigeria-First agenda…
