The Federal government will adopt all legal and administrative measures to ensure effective implementation of the National Tobacco Control Act, the Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, has said. The Minister who spoke in Abuja on Tuesday at the inauguration of the National Tobacco Control Committee (NATOC) said ... Read more
Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment in the re-integration and empowerment of ex-militants in the Niger Delta region Brig. Gen. Paul Boro (Rtd), Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme, stated this on Wednesday at the graduation... Read more
Ebonyi State Government will next month launch a one-man, one-hectare scheme in its determined effort to make the state Nigeria’s number one rice producer. Governor David Umahi made this known in Abakaliki during an Agricultural Summit for Civil/Public Servants on Thursday. Umahi, at the well attended event, said his... Read more
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun on Monday expressed the determination of the current administration to lead in the reforms of a more vibrant Nigeria insurance market. The Minister in her opening remarks at the National Insurance Conference in Abuja, explained that a developed and active insurance... Read more
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi, has disowned cloned social media accounts bearing his name and pictures which are being used to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. Umahi, in a statement on Monday by his spokesman, Mr. Emma Anya, advised the public to dishonour such accounts... Read more
The Abia State Chief Judge, Justice Theresa Uzoamaka Uzokwe has dismissed rumours that she absconded from her duty as unfounded. In a release issued on Satuday by the state judiciary’s Acting Chief Registrar, Mrs. Vicky Analaba, the Chief Judge described the allegations as “spurious and mischievous”. Her words: “The... Read more
… says ‘Your men wrote petitions against us’ Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has denied a claim by his predecessor, Chief Martin Elechi, that he headed the Executive Council Committee on Inspection during his (Elechi) second tenure as governor. Umahi also dismissed allegation that he was... Read more
FOLLOWING Nigeria’s quest and intense desire for Direct Foreign Investment especially in oil and gas infrastructure development, Blooming Faith Petroleum Ltd, a subsidiary of Blooming Faith Global Holdings Ltd has concluded plans to partner with the Nigerian government to build and operate a 200, 000 barrels per day capacity,... Read more
