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The Ambassador of Israel to Nigeria, Michael Freeman has disclosed the readiness of his country to partner with Nigeria towards realisation of the policy on creation of one million jobs through digital economy.Freeman, who is also the Permanent Representative of Israel to ECOWAS, made the disclosure at a news conference on the official inauguration of the 3rd cohort of the Innovation Fellowship for Aspiring Inventors and Researchers (I-FAIR), yesterday in Abuja. He said Israel remained excited over plans to partner with President Bola Tinubu’s administration to achieve meaningful growth through digital technology, noting that the first two editions of I-FAIR…

*Doubts Nigeria’s petrol consumption data *Backs Tinubu’s decision to remove petrol subsidy *RMAFC: NNPCL’s N8.48tn subsidy claims still unreconciled, backs removal The governor of Nasarawa State, Mr. Abdullahi Sule, yesterday stated that the Muhammadu Buhari administration expended over $19 billion on repairing Nigeria’s four refineries in eight years without commensurate results. Speaking on Channels Television, the governor, who was Managing Director of African Petroleum (AP) about two decades ago, stated that the process of fixing the country’s refineries was largely mismanaged.Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Mr. Mohammed Shehu, also yesterday, expressed support for the removal of fuel…

President Bola Tinubu has assented to a fresh amendment to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria unifying the retirement age of judicial officers in the country. With the signing of the constitutional amendment bill, the retirement age and pension rights of judicial officers have been effectively brought into uniformity and other related matters. With this development, High Court and Court of Appeal judges who retire at age 65 will now retire at age 70 like the Justices of the nation’s apex court, the Supreme Court.The signing of the bill into law, which was the first bill to be…

President Bola Tinubu yesterday pledged to ensure competition in the oil and gas industry in the country, following a visit by officials of ExxonMobil Nigeria, to the State House in Abuja. None of the parties at the meeting disclosed details of the issues discussed, but THISDAY recalls that a pending matter which could not be resolved by the Muhammadu Buhari administration was the $1.3bn assets sale imbroglio between the company and Seplat Energy Plc on the one hand and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) on the other. Some of the key officials of ExxonMobil that visited Tinubu, who…

*Urges them to put nation’s interest above other considerations *PDP moves to back Yari’s faction to create upset, says opposition parties will maximise their numbers *Abiodun: Governors across parties have accepted APC’s candidates President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, met members-elect of the 10th National Assembly across the different political parties and charged them to work together to choose good leaders for both chambers after their inauguration on June 13.Although Tinubu met the lawmakers behind closed doors, THISDAY gathered that the president also told the gathering to go into the next session of the National Assembly with the single resolve of putting…

President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday, vehemently kicked against the bid by the former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku to engage ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to give evidence in his petition challenging the declaration of Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election. Atiku in the bid to establish the alleged irregularities against the election had subpoenaed three ad-hoc workers of INEC to give first hand account of their experiences during the presidential election of February 25. He had specifically requested them to offer explanations on how the results of the…

Lagos Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday made the first appointments since his inauguration for a second term in office. Former Chief of Staff, Tayo Ayinde and Deputy Chief of Staff, Gboyega Soyannwo will retain their former roles. In an announcement made via state television LTV, Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin is the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG). The Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria succeeds Folashade Jaji, a former Head of Service (HoS). Until now, Salu-Hundeyin was the Commissioner representing Lagos at the National Population Commission (NPC). The governor is expected to send a list of commissioner-nominees to…

African Refinery Port Harcourt Limited, the NNPC Joint Venture Partner in the 100,000 barrels per day refinery currently being developed within the Port Harcourt Refinery Complex, has lauded the bold decision to remove the premium motor spirit (PMS) subsidy. In a statement made available to journalists, African Refinery’s Chief Executive Officer, Omotayo Adebajo, also called on Nigerians to be patient in the face of the immediate hardship caused by the subsidy removal and to support the President’s strategic announcement, which in his opinion has been long overdue. While acknowledging that the subsidy removal has resulted in higher pump prices, he…

Victor Osimhen has been nominated alongside Mohamed Salah and Riyad Mahrez for the Ghana Football Awards The three shortlisted players were posted on the Ghana Football Awards Twitter handle. Osimhen will battle with Salah and Mahrez in the Best African International category. Osimhen helped Napoli win the 2022/23 Serie A title, their first since 1990. The Super Eagles striker scored 26 goals in the Italian topflight to become the first-ever African to achieve the feat. Also, he was named Serie A Best Striker for the just concluded campaign. Algerian captain Mahrez is on the verge of winning the treble with…

The FCT High Court in Gwagwalada on Thursday ordered a student, Istifanus Irmiya, to clean the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  for two weeks for internet fraud. Irmiya was docked by the EFCC on a two-count charge, boarding on cheating and personation. He pleaded guilty to the charges and begged the court for leniency. Delivering judgment, Justice Aliyu Shafa, convicted and sentenced Irmiya to clean the commission’s premises from 9 a.m. to 12 noon daily for two weeks. Shafa also ordered Irmiya to pay a fine of N100,000. He ordered that the phone used by the…