FUEL SCARCITY LOOMS IN KANO, YOBE OTHERS – IPMAN
Gov. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State
Unless urgent steps are taken, there is tendency that Kano and its adjoining states will face petroleum products scarcity soon, the branch chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Alhaji Bashir Ahmad Danmallam, has…
80 PDP MEMBERS SET TO DEFECT TO APC IN KADUNA
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The newly formed All Progressives Congress is set to witness another influx as 80 members of the rulling party are set to leave the PDP for the APC.
The ceremony is to be held in Kaduna North Local government. Our reporter who is covering the event says among the defecting members…
South Sudan rivals to open peace talks
Talks in South Sudan’s history have often been preceded by renewed fighting
Talks between South Sudan’s government and rebels are due to start later on Tuesday, mediators say.
The two sides are expected to reach an agreement on the cessation of hostilities, they said.
The talks…
NIGERIAN GRADUATES ARE EMPLOYABLE – NUC
Students Protest ASUU Strike
The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Professor Julius Okogie, has said that products of Nigerian universities are employable and productive.
Reacting to speculation that Nigerian graduates are unemployable, Professor Okogie said…
China’s Yutu Moon rover pictured from orbit by Nasa satellite
The lander (top arrow) and Yutu (bottom arrow) cast shadows across the Lunar “soil”
An American satellite has pictured the Chinese Yutu rover on the surface of the Moon.
The 150cm-wide wheeled-vehicle appears as a single pixel in the images from the US space agency’s…
NNPC KEEPS N100BN FUEL AS STRATEGIC RESERVE… DIDN’T RECEIVE SUBSIDY SINCE JAN 2012
Oil refinery
Petroleum products worth about N100 billion are currently kept as strategic reserve for the nation by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
The spokesman NNPC, Dr Omar Farouk Ibrahim, said yesterday that the corporation has the mandate to keep at least 32 days of…
APC MAY SANCTION MARWA, GUNDIRI OVER NYAKO – DUHU
Gov Murtala Nyako
For boycotting an Interim Committee meeting convened under the leadership of Governor Murtala Nyako, the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the North East has threatened to sanction two of its prominent members in Adamawa State; former gubernatorial candidate of the Congress…
‘PDP CANNOT DECLARE OUR SEATS VACANT’
Hon. Ali Ahmad
Rep. Ali Ahmad (APC, Kwara) is one of the 37 members of the House of Representatives who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview with our correspondent, the legal luminary, who represents Ilorin East/South …
STELLA ODUAH AT MEDIA TRUST, SAYS…WE LEASED, NOT BOUGHT, ARMOURED CARS
National carrier coming in January
Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, during her visit to Media Trust Headquarters in Abuja yesterday.
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority [NCAA] did not purchase bullet proof cars as widely alleged by the media but only leased them, Minister of…
Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners
Inmates freed from Israeli jails as part of US-brokered deal to restart Middle East negotiations.
Photo: Russia Today
Twenty-six Palestinian prisoners have been released from Israeli jails, as part of a US-brokered deal to restart Middle East negotiations.
Tuesday’s release comes a day b…
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