Author: statereporter
In a news publication from the acting PDP Publicity Secretary Bayelsa state, Mr Ogoli Ebiye, informed Bayelsans that it has scheduled the conduct of its State Congress for Saturday, 31st August, 2024. The statement reads, “The Special State Congress of the Party which will elect new set of officers to fill vacant positions left open by the expiration of the tenure of the outgoing State Executive Committee members commences with accreditation of delegates at 11.00am prompt at Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre. And in line with Party Constitutional guidelines, the following delegates are expected to participate in the said Special State…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has warned the Oduma community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State to return a stolen pistol belonging to the agency within seven days or face legal consequences. This was disclosed in a statement by the agency’s Public Relations Officer, Daniel Obah. No fewer than four NDLEA operatives were injured after being assaulted by some angry youths from the community on Wednesday. The operatives were attempting to arrest drug peddlers, and the operational vehicle of the state’s NDLEA command was also vandalised by the youths, who are suspected to be accomplices of the…
Nigerian students from Kano, Borno, and Benue states are the top three applicants of the student loan scheme, data from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund has revealed. NELFUND, in a data chart posted via its official X handle, @nelfnigeria on Friday, highlighted the number of applicants per state of origin. According to the data chart, students originally from Kano State topped the list of applicants with 17,122 applicants; Borno followed suit with 13,798 applicants while Benue had 11,754 applicants. The three states were the only states with over 11, 000 applicants. The implementation of the student loan scheme is President…
Members of Kampan community near the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) have demanded comprehensive compensation for their losses and immediate action to mitigate the environmental and health impacts of the refinery’s operations, alleging that the toxic waste has affected children and farm lands in the area. The aggrieved locals who came out en masse and blocked the entrance of the KRPC during a protest on Friday, said many of their children were in hospital as a result of inhaling the toxic waste. “The chemical discharged had destroyed our farms, killed our animals. It is threatening our health, we are…
Saudi Arabian-based club Al-Ahli have reportedly signed Victor Osimhen for €80 million from Napoli. The 25-year-old was meant to join Chelsea on loan, but Al-Ahli swooped in with a big money move for him. Both the clubs have agreed to a deal for the Nigerian international, who is now booked for a medical by Al-Ahli. It is important to note that Victor Osimhen is yet to say yes to the deal. For this specific reason, the London-based Chelsea have not given up on the idea of a long-term deal with Victor Osimhen on transfer deadline day. For the unversed, the…
The Chairman of BUA Cement, AbdulSamad Rabiu, yesterday, said cement dealers frustrated his company’s plan to sell cement at N3,500 per bag last year. Speaking at the 8th Annual General Meeting of the company in Abuja, Rabiu also said that while his company sold over a million tons of cement to dealers at N3, 500, per bag, with the intention that they would pass the benefits to end-users, the dealers sold a bag of cement to consumers at between N7000 and N8,000. He said the company had to abandon the policy as its intervention was not to subsidise dealers. According…
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has revealed that popular supermarkets in Nigeria are inflating the prices of imported products by as much as 500 percent. This was disclosed by the FCCPC’s Vice Chairman, Tunji Bello, during a stakeholders’ meeting on exploitative pricing held in Abuja on Thursday. Bello explained that a fruit blender, branded as Ninja, was found on the shelf of a supermarket in Texas, United States, at $89, which is approximately ₦140,000. However, the same product was displayed in a well-known supermarket located in Victoria Island, Lagos, for ₦944,999. According to Bello, the Commission is…
The naira showed a slight appreciation against the dollar on Thursday, closing at N1593.93 per dollar in the foreign exchange market, according to data from FMDQ. This marks a gain of N12.63 from Wednesday’s close of N1606.56 per dollar. However, the naira weakened on the black market, falling to N1625 per dollar from N1620 on Wednesday. This fluctuation in the naira’s value comes as the foreign exchange transaction turnover decreased to $155.52 million on Thursday, down from $160.94 million recorded on Wednesday.
Manchester City have been drawn at home to Inter Milan and away to Paris Saint-Germain as part of the new-look league phase to the Champions League that UEFA hopes will provide a more exciting first stage of the competition. At the draw in Monte Carlo, the revamped 36-team competition threw up a showdown between City and Inter, the side they beat to finally lift the trophy in 2023. The new format sees all 36 teams forming a single league, with each entrant playing four home games and four away. The top eight will go straight into the last 16 while…
President Bola Tinubu has departed Abuja for a working visit to China, with a brief layover in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the President will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and hold meetings with Chinese business leaders on the sidelines of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Senior government officials are accompanying the President on the trip, which comes amid a recent controversy involving the seizure of Nigerian assets by a Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited. A French court recently ruled in favor…