The Interim Management Committee of the Nigeria Professional Football League (IMC-NPFL) on Wednesday in Abuja conducted the draw for the 2022/2023 NPFL competition. The draw for the new season, which will be in an abridged format of two groups of 10 clubs, saw the clubsides being drawn into Group...
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Traditional Rulers in Ebonyi on Wednesday kicked against any individual opposing Gov. David Umahi’s 2023 senatorial race, declaring that such person or candidate may not see the next Christmas. Chief Charles Mkpuma, Chairman, South-East Traditional Rulers Council, made the pronouncement in Uburu, Ohaozara local government area (LGA) of Ebonyi...
No fewer than seven people were burnt to death on Wednesday when a Mazda bus suddenly burst into flames few meters before Odogbolu on the Sagamu-Benin expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesman, Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta. Akinbiyi said that seven...
The Senate on Wednesday, passed the N21.8 trillion 2023 budget. This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Appropriation at plenary. Presenting the report, the Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Jibrin Barau said that the commitee did a thorough job by examining inputs from its...
The House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) to suspend its planned auction of the oil mining licence (OML) 11 asset. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance by Rep Victor Mela (APC-Gombe) at plenary in Abuja on Wednesday. Moving the...
The Interim Management Committee of Nigeria Professional Football League (IMC-NPFL) on Wednesday said they have secured a sponsor to settle the competition’s match officials indemnities and other expenses. Gbenga Elegbeleye, Chairman of the league organisers, while announcing this during the draw for the competition’s season 2022/2023, said the sponsorship...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the time had come for it to organise the freest and fairest election in Africa. The National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Mr Festus Okoye, said this on Wednesday at the 2022 Calabar Carnival, while sensitising Nigerians on the...
The Senate has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to urgently extend the withdrawal date of old currency notes from Jan. 31, 2023 to June 31. The upper chamber’s resolution was sequel to a point of order raised by Sen. Mohammed Ndume (APC-Borno) during Wednesday’s plenary. The News...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, two Senatorial and 11 House of Representatives candidates have received campaign flags and assured to work towards the victory of PDP in 2023 polls. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the State PDP Chairman, Alhaji Bello Goronyo, issued the flags when...
The Police in Imo say they have arrested Mr Chinwendu Nwagwu, suspected leader of the gang that killed Mr Ahmed Gulak, a former Presidential Aide. Spokesperson of the police in Imo, CSP Michael Abattam, said this while parading the suspect at the Command’s Headquarters, in Owerri, on Wednesday. Abattam...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Task Force on City Sanitation has removed about 3,197 shanties and illegal structures as well as crushed 1,292 commercial motorcycles in the last 14 days. The Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Mr Shehu Ahmad, said this at a news conference on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba has recommended the immediate suspension of Mr Drambi Vandi, who is responsible for the shooting and killing of a Lagos lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a...
The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed the 2023 appropriation budget, raising the N20.51 trillion presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to N21.82 trillion. This followed the consideration and approval of the report of the House committee on Appropriation at plenary in Abuja. Presenting the report of the committee on...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, asked a Federal High Court, Abuja, to dismiss a suit seeking his nullification from the 2023 general election. Tinubu, through his counsel, Karma Fagbemi, told Justice Binta Nyako that the plaintiff; the Incorporated Trustees of...
The House of Representatives has approved President Muhammadu Buhari’s request of N819.54bn domestic loan meant to fix the infrastructure destroyed by floods across the country. The approval followed the adoption of a report presented by the Chairman House Committee on Appropriation, Rep. Muktar Betara, at the plenary on Wednesday....
Senator John Owan-Enoh (APC- Cross River) has withdrawn his court case challenging the outcome of the state governorship primaries which he lost. Owan-Enoh, who represents Cross River Central at the National Assembly said this at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that his decision was based...
The Senate has passed the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N819.5 billion. The consideration and approval of the budget followed the presentation of the report of the the Senate Joint Committee on the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill during plenary on Wednesday in Abuja. The Bill is titled: “A Bill...
About 460 students benefited from the 2022 Dangote Scholarship Award Programme in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, on Wednesday. The Executive Director, Dangote Group, Mr Edwin Devakumar, said 443 secondary schools and 17 tertiary institutions benefited from the scholarship programme aimed at improving the quality of education in Ibeju-Lekki communities. According...
The House of Representatives has called for a ban on police officers from consuming alcohol and other hard substances capable of inhibiting their sense of reasoning. Adopting the motion, the lawmakers while agreeing that the Nigerian police act on the general conduct of the police officers should be reviewed,...
Dr Ade Faponle, a Consultant Nephrologist, Zenith Medical and Kidney Centre, Abuja, has disclosed that Nigeria has only 250 Specialists in the area of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Faponle said this on Wednesday in Ilorin during a paper presentation at the 2022 Scientific Conference and Annual General Meeting of...