The Confederation of All Progressives Congress (APC) Support Groups (CASG) has called on Nigerians not to indulge in any uncoordinated nationwide protest that is capable of plunging the nation into chaos. The Director-General of the group, Prof. Kailani Muhammad, made the call on Thursday at a news conference...
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JOEL OLADELE, Abuja The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has partnered with the Federal Ministry of Health to fight corruption in primary healthcare delivery in Nigeria. This was made known at a one-day conference themed “Corruption-Free Primary Health Care Delivery for All” organized by the...
Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago has announced N20,000 wage award for the state and local government civil servants in the state. The governor stated this during a town hall meeting in Minna on Thursday. He also assured members of the public that the youths from the state would...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, and the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, have denied suggestions that their personnel provide security for illegal miners in the country. The duo made the denial at a public hearing convened by the House of Representatives Committee...
Anambra State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Ify Obianabo, has described as terrible and unfortunate, alleged defilement of a toddler in the state by her father. The commissioner said on Thursday in Awka that efforts were being made to apprehend the man, following a complaint by his wife,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday directed Bureau De Change (BDCs) operators to sell forex at a maximum profit margin of 1.5 per cent, aiming to correct market distortions. The bank, in a circular to BDC operators and the public, which was signed by Aliyu Mahdi,...
Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi said on Thursday in Abakaliki that President Bola Tinubu administration would complete inherited projects across the country in spite of funding challenges. Umahi said while declaring open the 29th meeting of National Council on Works said the administration was determined to solve...
The Labour Party Chairman in Rivers, Mrs Hilda Dokubo, was on Thursday suspended as a member of the party in her ward, Asari Toru Local Government Area of the state. The suspension is contained in a letter written to the Labour Party Chairman of the Asari Toru LGA...
The Naira on Thursday appreciated at the official market, trading at N1,566.82 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), showed that the Naira gained N14.83. This represents a 0.937 per cent...
The University of Ilorin has emerged the best institution at the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit Award (NATAP-M Award) for the year 2021 and 2022. The ceremony was held during the 2024 JAMB policy meeting and 4th edition of the National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended invitation to 246 new applicants comprising of 82 from Edo and 164 from Ondo state to provide complete data so that they will be eligible to vote in the upcoming governorship election in both states....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has sworn in ten new judges recently appointed into the state judiciary. In his address at the swearing in ceremony held at the Muhammadu Buhari Square in Lokoja, Governor Ododo charged the new judges to serve the...
The leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) on Thursday kicked against the removal of Senator Alii Ndume as the Chief Whip of the Senate, describing it as as a threat to the nation’s growing democracy. Addressing news men in Abuja, the National Chairman of the Party,...
The Federal Government and tr organised labour have reach an agreement on N70,000 new minimum wage. This was announced by Alhaji Mohammed Idris, Minister of Information and National Orientation at the end of the meeting with labour at the State House on Thursday. Details later…..
The House of Representatives has resolved to cut members’ salary by 50 per cent for six months in order to support the Federal Government in providing succour to the citizenry over the current hardship in the country. The resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance by Rep....
The Appeal Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed an application filed suspended DCP Abba Kyari requesting that the unlawful drug deal charge against him be dropped. A three-member panel of justices dismissed Kayri’s appeal, marked: CA/ABJ/CR/516/2023 for being unmeritorious. IJustice Adebukola Banjoko who led the panel held that...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Cross River State House of Assembly has called on the state government, through the office of the Attorney General, to mandate the Director General of the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) to produce Miss Dorcas Paul Ojong a missing corp member. The...
The Police on Thursday restricted the Non-Teaching Staff Unions in the Universities from carrying out a planned streets protest in Abuja over their members’ withheld salaries and other sundry issues The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the unions comprise of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and...