Author: TheScrutinyNG

In order to ensure the availability of blood for transfusion, the Federal Government has concluded arrangements to establish blood collection centres in all the 774 council areas in the country, including the FCT. This, according to Abdullahi Haruna, Head of Media and Publicity, National Blood Service Agency (NBSA), will ensure the availability of blood in an emergency situation. He made this known through a press statement in Abuja on Saturday. The statement quoted Professor Saleh Yuguda, the Director-General, NBSA, as reiterating the government’s commitment towards addressing blood shortages in the country as the initiative would save lives. “We are working…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has issued first operating license to UTM Offshore Limited to construct the nation’s first floating liquefied natural gas facility. The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority issued the license-to-construct to the company for an LNG project estimated to produce 2.8 million metric tons per year. Farouk Ahmed, the chief executive of Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, while speaking at the event, said: “This marks a significant milestone and aligns with the gas expansion ambitions of the government.” Vanguard reports that the project is in line with the nation’s aspiration to tap its…

Governor Caleb Manasseh Mutfwang of Plateau State has announced the dissolution of the 17 Local Government Transition Implementation Committee Chairmen. The resolution, the governor noted, took effect from September 6, 2024. Governor Mutfwang disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday night. The committees were constituted on June 9, 2023 and were initially scheduled to last six months, but their tenures were extended several times until Friday night. The governor’s statement, signed by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr Gyang Bere, directed the Directors of Personnel Management in the 17 LG areas to assume responsibility for the administration of…

Nigerians voted for a fair deal and good governance, not hardship as they are going through. This is the position of Allied Conservative Congress (ACC), while reacting to the increase in fuel pump price by the Federal Government which has plunged the country and citizenry into deprivation, want and suffering. The opposition party in a statement on Friday, said the action would impose more hardship on citizens and worsen their plights, while further stagnating the economy. Signed by its National Chairman, Rev. Olusegun Peters, ACC in the statement explained that it “was curious that the Federal Government would contemplate a…

The French capital will pay tribute to Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei, who was set on fire by her boyfriend, by naming a sports facility in her honour, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Friday. The marathon runner, who competed in the Paris Games last month died on Thursday, four days after she was doused in petrol and ignited by her boyfriend in Kenya, in the latest attack on a female athlete in the country. The 33-year-old, who finished 44th in her Olympic Games debut, suffered burns to more than 75% of her body in Sunday’s attack, Kenyan and Ugandan media…

…Promises Eventful Experience The Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau, LASRAB, has charged members of the public to embrace virtual participation in the one-day stakeholders symposium slated for Thursday. Tagged “Lagos: Bridging Knowledge and Unraveling History” and will hold at the Balmoral Convention Centre, Sheraton, Ikeja, at 9am. According to the Director General of LASRAB, Ms Toyin Ogunlana, noted that virtual participants would experience wholesome dividends of the program. Like physical attendees, she said online participants will benefit from the resource of researchers, historians, community leaders, stakeholders, students, and the public as they dissect some of the historical background, colonial…

Former Brentford player and son of the legendary David Beckham, Romeo, has retired from professional football at the age of 22. He has decided to end his football career and pursue a career in fashion, having already signed a contract with a modeling agency.

President Bola Tinubu has assured that he would take every bold and hard decisions to reposition Nigeria. The president spoke in Beijing, China on Friday, noting that he was was ready to take the hard decisions to move the nation forward even as also said that it was not always easy for a leader to have a national consensus on issues. The President stated this when he met with Nigerians living in the People’s Republic of China to round off his official engagements in the country, describing his visit as “very good and successful.” Addressing members of Nigerians in Diaspora…

In a move to demonstrate strong intent on fighting corruption, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, returned 53 stolen vehicles and cash amounting to over $180,000, taking by some Nigerians citizens fraudulently, to Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Ola Olukoyede, the executive chairman of the anti-graft agency, while speaking at the handover ceremony, stated that the Canadians were victims of cybercrimes. He stressed that recovering and returning the assets reinforced the commission’s commitment to fighting financial crimes. The EFCC Chairman said the event also emphasised the need for countries to collaborate to tackle financial and other forms of…

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) has challenged the Federal Government to allow Nigerians to breath in the face of the harsh economic realities as a result of increase in the price of premium motor spirit (Fuel). President General of the forum, Yerima Shettima, while speaking on the pump price increase and the attendant hardship being experienced by Nigerians, said it was now becoming clearer that the present government may have lost touch with the reality on ground. He said for the same government that appealed to Nigerians not to embark on protest with the promise to make life better,…