Amid claims certain senators were given #500m for constituency project. The lawmaker representing the Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said that contrary to the claim that some ranking senators received N500 million from the 2024 budget, he only received N266 million. Recall that the senator representing Cross River North, Agom Jarigbe on Tuesday, March 12, revealed that ...

26-year-old Nigerian without engineering certification invented water-powered generatorA 26-year-old Nigerian man, Emeka Nelson, built a generator that operates mainly on water. Nelson invented the water-powered generator despite lacking formal education or engineering certification. The inventor said the generator has a maximum capacity of 1,000 Watts and a voltage ranging between 220 and 240. It also has the potential to challenge ...

Presidency on Wednesday explained that the Students Loan Scheme slated to be launched on March 14, was put off in order to put final touches on it. The Presidency also assured that President Bola Tinubu is fully committed to the loan scheme as it would guarantee that indigent students did not drop out of school due to lack of money. ...

Access Holdings Plc has announced the appointment and return of Mr. Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede as its non-executive chairman. He was the Group chief executive officer between 2002 and 2013 ably supported by his partner and deputy, the late Dr. Herbert Wigwe who later succeeded him.” Now Aig-Imoukhuede is coming in for obvious reasons..He replaces Mr. Abubakar Jimoh, the erstwhile chairman of ...

A senior lawyer in Enugu State, Barr Eli Ugwu has been shot dead. The incident has thrown the entire people of Nsukka into deep agony. Available information shows that the legal practitioner was shot dead in Kogi State shortly after delivering ransom to kidnappers who abducted his cousin. There are, however, controversies trailing his death. Initial claims had said he ...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr. Dayo Mobereola to serve as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for a renewable term of four years. The appointment follows the exit of Mr. Bashir Jamoh, whose tenure recently expired. Dr. Mobereola holds a Ph.D, and an M.Sc in Transport Economics from the University of ...

Ahead of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, Dr Olukayode Ajulo has given reasons Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa soars above other aspirants in getting the party’s ticket for the forthcoming governorship election. Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Tuesday, formally declared his intention to contest the November ...

Top Musical instruments Hiring Company Boss Tayo Adeolokun otherwise known as TASMAN has been kidnapped. YOUNEWS learned that Adeolokun was kidnapped around his residence in ikotun / Egbe area Lagos State Nigeria on his way to Church on Sunday. Investigation revealed that the whereabout of TASMAN is yet unknown. But the kidnappers had demanded #200 million initially as ransom had ...

Senator NingiThe President of the Senate of the Federal Republic, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said the statement credited to Senator Abdul Ningi in the media had damaged the integrity of the Senate Speaking at the plenary on Tuesday, Akpabio said the upper chamber had been subjected to ridicule as Nigerians were bashing the parliament. He further faulted Senator Ningi’s earlier interview ...

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio and the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Mainly over the developments in the Senate that culminated in the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi. Senator Akpabio met with the President shortly after the nation’s upper legislative chamber handed a three-month suspension to the Chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, NSF ...