A firm, Bluesach Matrix Limited, has announced the acquisition of mining sites from other mining companies that were inactive. The company added after successful exploration and mining of the acquired sites should be able to account for about 100 million metric tons of granitic pegamatite, a form of igneous rock which hosts the largest concentration of lithium and minerals. Its Chairman of Bluesach, Mr. Kingsley Anajemba, a geologist explained that the company is a Nigerian company with global recognition in the solid mineral sector with experienced personals and having acquired the complete ownership and title of mining sites allocated to…
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The spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Hon. Akin Rotimi, has said that the lawmakers would receive their official cars in the coming weeks. He noted that this development was in accordance with extant procurement laws and had been the practice in previous assemblies. Rotimi noted it was also not peculiar to the legislature, as unelected government officials in the Executive arm of government from Director level and above, in most cases, have official vehicles attached to their offices. The spokesperson in a statement issued Ian Sunday said the clarification became imperative following media reports in some sections of the…
The Civil Society Groups for Good Governance (CSGGG), Sunday warned those it described as “saboteurs and their cohorts” to stopped their sustained unwarranted smear campaign against the landmark achievements and the continued progress of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), and its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mallam Mele Kyari. The group, during a press briefing in Abuja, said it became imperative in the face of peddled gross misinformation and unsubstantiated allegations on oil pipeline rehabilitation as well as surveillance contracts which has now been adopted as a weapon of choice in the hands of these unpatriotic elements. The President, Civil…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has debunked the news trending on social media platforms that an attempt was made to steal its coaches in Maiduguri, Borno State It explained that the said coaches are officially being moved to NRC Running Shed Jos, Plateau State to be overhauled and put back to operation. A statement issued on Saturday by the Managing Director, NRC, Fidet Okhiria, read in part, stated that the attention of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), “has been drawn to a news trending on numerous social media platforms purported to have emanated from Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), in which…
Ahead of the November 11 governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states, the National National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu has assured that election results would be transmitted electronically. TheHintsNews reports that the Bayelsa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Ofiong Efanga, recently at a recent press conference said that the commission would adopt manual mode of transmission of the governorship election results. However, the INEC Chairman during the monitoring of the mock election in Lokoja, Kogi state said whatever the Bayelsa said must be disregarded. Yakubu reiterated that the governorship election in the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of three internet fraudsters. The agency in a statement issued Friday said the convicts were first arraigned on September 29, 2023, before Justice Nnadi O. Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State on one -count separate charges bordering on impersonation and attempt to obtain money by false pretences. The convicts’ journey to the Correctional Centre began when they were arrested by the Enugu Command of the agency for internet-related offences. They were charged to court and convicted. The suspects were: Anyanwu Prince Uzoma, Okume Clinton…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the pulling out of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) out of the Treasury Single Account (TSA). The minister of FCT, Nyelsom Wike, disclosed this at a press conference on Friday in Abuja. He also revealed that the President has also approved the creation of the FCT Civil Service Commission to allow for staff career progression. Wike stressed that this would allow the administration to get access to loans for project execution among other benefits. He stressed that the approval would enhance the civil servants’ career progression, saying what president Tinubu did short time in…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has said that the ongoing power projects to light up industrial clusters across the country are an indication that the President Bola Tinubu administration is on a journey of rekindling the flames of enterprise. Shettima, in a statement issued Friday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, said the federal government’s commitment to revamping Nigeria’s infrastructure framework was the much-needed drive in empowering Nigerians and strengthening the nation’s economic policies. The Vice President made this known during his visit to the Agbara Industrial Cluster for the launch of a…
The House of Representatives Thursday passed the Nigeria Audit Service Bill. With the passage of this Bill by the Green Chamber, it is expected to be transmitted to the Senate for concurrence. The passage of the bill has repealed the Audit Ordinance of 1956, establishing along with its Federal Audit Board as well as provided additional powers and functions to the Auditor-General of the Federation. The bill tagged, “An act to repeal the Audit Ordinance of 1956, and enact the Federal Audit Service Act, 2023 to establish the Federal Audit Service, provide additional powers and functions of the Audito-General for…
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Character Commission (FCC) and the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) to review and subsequently consider employing corps members who were victims of election violence into public service of the federation. The resolution of the House followed the adoption of a motion moved at the plenary on Thursday by Hon. Emmanuel Ukpong–Udo. Moving the motion, Ukpong–Udo recalled that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) held the Presidential and National Assembly Elections on February 25th, 2023, followed by Governorship and House of Assembly Elections on March 11th, 2023, and April 15th, 2023, for supplementary…