The President made the call during the induction of the Nigerian Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, ‘TSAIGUMI,’ in Kaduna on Thursday.
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NIGERIA @57: THE LAND IS GREEN
TY BELLO – GREENLAND Standing in the rain as the clouds got grey [Found the rocks of the earth say] seasons just beginning sunlight is high and clouds make [wind] for the pouring of my blessings will not be afraid I see it now i undertand i know so i embrace a dance in the rain, its for my […]
Continue reading »FG, COMPLETE LAGOS-IBADAN EXPRESSWAY – PUNCH EDITORIAL
With the confirmation by Power, Works and Housing Minister, Babatunde Fashola, that contractors reconstructing the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were set to suspend work, the irresponsibility of our federal legislators is once more laid bare.
Continue reading »NATIONAL AIRLINE WILL GROW NIGERIA’S ECONOMY, SAYS AMAECHI
Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, says the establishment of a national carrier will grow Nigeria’s economy.
Continue reading »OSINBAJO UNVEILS FIVE SUPER MUSHSHAK TRAINER AIRCRAFT ACQUIRED FROM PAKISTAN
The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Tuesday in Kaduna unveiled five Super Mushshak trainer aircraft acquired by the federal government to boost the capacity of Nigeria Air Force personnel in the country.
Continue reading »WHY NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL JET IS PARKED IN LONDON – PRESIDENCY
The Presidency says it is constrained to decry criticisms, mostly on social media, on the retention in London of Nigeria’s Presidential Aircraft, NAF 001 as “mostly informed by lack of understanding of protocol around foreign trips by Heads of State all over the world”.
Continue reading »FG TO EXECUTE THREE-PRONGED STRATEGY TO END FUEL IMPORTATION BY 2019
To achieve the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s target of meeting the nation’s needs and end the importation of petroleum products by 2019 which cost the country N3.35 trillion last year, the Ministry of Petroleum Resources is executing a three-pronged strategy.
Continue reading »I’LL ‘WALK’ IF NIGERIA CONTINUES OIL IMPORT IN 2019, KACHIKWU VOWS
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has said he would resign if Nigeria continues to import oil by 2019.
Continue reading »FED GOVT REPLIES SENATE, INSISTS SOUTHEAST NOT EXCLUDED IN RAIL PROJECTS
The Federal Government on Thursday reacted to the Senate’s resolution on the exclusion of the eastern corridor in ongoing rail line projects, stressing that the new route is an improvement from an original plan, which includes the South-East, and links major cities in the country.
Continue reading »FG TO MAINTAIN N145 PUMP PRICE OF PETROL – KACHIKWU
—– NNPC now sole importer as oil price rallies The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has stated that the federal government would re-visit the pricing modulation model introduced in 2016 and remove the multi-layer charges on importation of petroleum products to maintain the pump price of petrol at the current N145 per litre.
Continue reading »‘ARMS SCANDAL: CONTRACTOR INFLATED HELICOPTERS’ PRICE BY $20M EACH’
The claims read like the plot of a best-selling thriller, with secretive arms dealers and a corruption-riddled government fighting jihadists.
Continue reading »NIGER DELTA INDIGENES GIVE TERMS FOR MODULAR REFINERIES’ TAKEOFF
— Want 100% funding of projects by govt — Seek 50% investment of 13% derivation funds in schemes — They’re alternatives to illegal refining, says govt The proposed investments in community-based modular refinery projects across oil-bearing states of the Niger Delta will become a pipedream unless government reviews its model to accommodate divergent interests among youths in the region, according […]
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