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Agency Report Mr Michael Ohiani, Director-General of Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), says Nigeria requires N348 trillion to address infrastructure deficit in the country. He said this during a presentation at the 2nd Quarter 2024 Nigeria PublicPrivate Partnership Network (NPPN) meeting in Minna on Wednesday. The theme of the meeting was ‘Using PPPs in Infrastructure Delivery in the States to ensure National Food Security and Economic Growth’. Ohiani disclosed that going by the Medium-Term Development Plan, the country required over N348.1 trillion investment in infrastructure. He said the private sector would be able to provide the chunk of this investment…

By Halimah Olamide Shettima said that the country has moved beyond politics and was now in the act of governance, emphasizing the need for collective efforts to achieve greatness. Amidst growing allegations of sectionalism and favouritism against the Bola Tinubu administration, his vice president, Kashim Shettima on Wednesday decried such claims. Shettima said Tinubu is working for the good of the whole country adding that the appointments of Northerners to head key defence formations including the recent appointment of the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, DIG Hamishu Argungu is a testimony to his assertion. The Vice president…

Agency Report The United States of America says it has identified Nigeria as one of the most viable countries to promote chemical security for a safer world. Mr. Daniel Rockniak, Senior Director, America Chemical Council (ACC), said this in Abuja on Wednesday at a workshop tagged “Promoting Chemical Security for a Safer World.” According to him, Nigeria is one of those countries we have identified as hopefully good locations for responsible care, and that’s why we are here to start this workshop. He said that his mission was to talk to stakeholders handling chemical distribution about how the country…

By Halimah Olamide “There is no cause for alarm as the refinery is operating and there is no recorded injury or body harm to all our staff on duty,” The Dangote Group on Wednesday described as “minor” the fire oubreak that caused panic at its refinery in Lagos. NPO Reported earlier that a section of the expansive refinery was gutted by fire causing panic among workers who ran up and down for safety. Spokesman of the Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina, confirmed the incident but called it minor which had been curtailed. He said the fire was at the refinery’s…

By Kamil Opeyemi Former Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has taken legal steps against the government of the state over its allegations against him that he diverted funds belonging to the state to other uses. The government had said state funds totalling about N432bn bulk of it loans obtained by the El-Rufai’s administration were diverted to purposes other than those for which they were obtained. The suit, filed by the ex-governor’s lawyer Abdulhakeem Mustapha, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, challenged the report of the Kaduna Assembly Committee which indicted El-Rufai for alleged corruption. In the suit, El-Rufai has…

By Halimah Olamide The fire incident is coming three days after the Vice President Oil and Gas sector of the Dangote Group, Devakumar Edwin accused the International Oil Companies of sabotaging the efforts of the refinery to succeed. There is panic over a fire outbreak at the Dangote Refinery in Lagos. Videos being shared online showed black thick smokes oozing out from a section of the expansive refinery which went into operation earlier this year. People could be seen running up and down and screaming as the fire raged on. The refinery was officially commissioned last year. The cause of…

By Kamil Opeyemi The family of a High Court in Oyo state, Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte has confirmed his death. The Judge’s eldest son, Oladiran, said Justice Gbolagunte died on Monday, June 24, 2024. Oladiran said his father, who until his death served in the Oyo State High Court, passed on during a brief illness in a hospital in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. According to the son, Justice Gbolagunte, who was born on December 10, 1959, left behind his wife, Wuraola; son, Oladiran, a Digital Technologist with specialisation in Network Communications; a daughter, Oladoyin, a lawyer and an accountant; and…

By Halimah Olamide The assailant, 47-year-old Oluwaseun Jacobs, a cobbler based in Ajah, has been apprehended, already been arraigned in court on a three-count charge including assault occasioning bodily harm, and conduct likely to cause breech of peace. A cobbler based in the Lekki area of Lagos who allegedly assaulted a policeman, Oluwaseun Jacobs, has been remanded in the Ikoyi Correctional Centre. Jacobs had alleged caused what the police called “bodily harm” on one of its officers on Saturday 22nd June, 2024 at Chevron Roundabout, Lekki, Lagos State. According to the police, the Inspector-General, Kayode Egbetokun, expressed dismay over…

Agency Report “We need to jump start the economy of the state and for the velocity of money to improve in Abia, we need to stop going to bed by 7pm. The Abia Government has said it would pay salary arrears owed workers in the state civil service, in tranches. The Commissioner for Finance, Mr Mike Akpara, made this known on Tuesday during a press conference in Umuahia. Akpara expressed the determination of the present administration to completely change the narrative of owing workers salaries because “a worker deserves his wages”. According to him, the present administration inherited a debt…

By Halimah Olamide “For the fact that he remains deposed, he remains as a private citizen like every other citizen of Kano, he should not be in any way be seen to occupy a government property,” The Kano state government on Wednesday said some disgruntled politicians within and outside Kano state are the forces pushing the deposed Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero to contest his deposition. Bature Sanusi, spokesman of Governor Kabir Abba Yusuff said that at the centre of the current impasse over the Kano emirate is politics. Speaking on a live programme on Arise TV, Sanusi the reinstated…