By Aluta News Aug 1, 2022 Haitham Al-Ghais of Kuwait on Monday assumed office as the new Secretary General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Al-Ghais was appointed as the new chief of the Vienna-headquartered OPEC in January this year, and his tenure will last for three years.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 1, 2022 The family of Chief Oyekunle Oluwasanmi has announced the passing on of the former chairman of the Board of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday by Mr Oyewole Oluwasanmi and Mrs Oyeyemi Arikawe, sonContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 1, 2022 Gov. Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has approved N13,000 as the official price for NPK fertilizer for the 2022 cropping season. In a speech at the launch of the commodity on Monday in Damaturu, Buni warned that the commodity should be sold to farmersContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 1, 2022 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said a father of 30 children was killed on Monday when a tipper rammed his motorcycle in Kogi. Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, Kogi FRSC Sector Commander, made this known in Lokoja. “The man, Abdulsalam Ibrahim, a 60-year old commercial motorcyclistContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 1, 2022 The Police Command in Niger has rearrested one of the Kuje Prison inmates who escaped during the July 5 jailbreak in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that scores of terrorists had launched a daring attack on the facility and bombed theirContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 1, 2022 The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, on Monday reopened the popular Millennium Park after two years of closure due to the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. The park, which was closed down at the height of the COVID-19, was conceived and designedContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 1, 2022 The Federal Government says it has not removed subsidy on the Premuim Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as fuel. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, disclosed this while speaking with journalists on Monday in Abuja. The minister spoke on the sidelinesContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 1, 2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it recorded 10.4 million fresh registration in the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) before it suspension on July 31. INEC said this in its CVR Update for Quarter 4, week 16, released on Monday, Aug. 1 inContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 1, 2022 Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has lauded the 2022 Muslim pilgrims from the state for their peaceful conduct at the holy land. Gov. Sule made the commendation while receiving the report of the Hajj from the Speaker of the state legislature, Alhaji Ibrahim BalarabeContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug. 1, 2022 Two hundred and sixty nine Nigerian Army Officers have begun a week long Senior Staff Course Qualifying Examination (SSCQE) exercise in Kaduna. The Deputy Director, Army Public Relations,Training and Doctrine Command, Nigerian Army (TRADOC), Col. Muhammad Dole, made this known in a statement issuedContinue Reading
