Not everyone buys a property to live in. Some buy strictly for business when they envisage a kind of prospect with such property. Property conversion is not new and has been in existence for a very long time. People convert the property to anything that suits their interests or...
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By TENEBE ANTHONIA, Lagos – Nigerian Exchange Group Plc (“NGX Group”), a leading integrated market infrastructure group in Africa, is pleased to announce that its Board has appointed Alhaji (Dr) Umaru Kwairanga as the new Chairman at its meeting held on Wednesday, 5 October 2022. Prior to Dr. Kwairanga’s...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the appointments of three special advisers and a senior technical assistant. Zulum’s spokesperson, Malam Isa Gusau, who announced this on Friday morning in a statement, said the governor appointed Alhaji Umaru Bako, Alhaji Hassan Zanna Boguma and...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has approved an extension of teachers retirement age from 60 to 65 years in the state. The governor announced the upward review on Wednesday in Maiduguri, to commemorate the 2022 edition of World Teachers Day. Borno State Commissioner for...
The organizers of the flagship Reality TV show Big Brother Africa have announced that the link to the audition for the next season is out. They announced this via their official Twitter handle on Thursday. This will be the first of its kind since Big Brother began in Africa....
The presidential flagbearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and his running mate Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed have released their official campaign website. This was made public on Friday morning via a tweet from Obi’s Twitter handle. “I invite every member of the OBIdient Family, and every supporter of...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has announced the diversion of traffic on the Lokoja-Abuja Expressway due to the increasing floods in Kogi State. The Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal , Bisi Kazeem announced this in a statement issued on Friday in...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday presented before the two chambers of the National Assembly, the proposed N19.76 trillion budget for the 2023 financial year. The N19.76 trillion budget which was presented by the president is the last he will present before his tenure elapses, and it a 15.37 per...
The Court of Appeal has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call of the strike immediately as it is the only condition that the union’s request to appeal the ruling of the National Industrial Court which ordered the union to call off it’s strike will be...
Indian authorities are investigating cough syrups made by a local pharmaceutical company after the World Health Organisation (WHO) said they could be responsible for the deaths of 66 children in The Gambia. The UN health agency issued an alert this week warning that four cough and cold remedies manufactured...
US President Joe Biden said Thursday the world is facing nuclear “Armageddon”, warning that Vladimir Putin may use his atomic arsenal as Russian troops struggle against a Ukrainian counteroffensive. After Russia’s invasion eight months ago, Putin has made thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons if he feels he...
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, has said that about 10 witnesses would testify in a suit filed against Prof. Obiajulu Obikeze and four others over allegations bordering on forgery of chieftaincy documents. Counsel for the AGF, Ewere Aliemeke, made this known on Friday before Justice Inyang...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In compliance with provisions of the law, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of 837 candidates and their running mates for the 28 governorship elections that are due in 2023. The Commission also released the final list of 10,231...
The Force Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) Maj.-Gen. A.K. Ibrahim, has urged troops to prepare for renewed operation on the shores of Lake Chad. Maj. Gen. Ibrahim made the call when he paid operational visit to troops of Sector 111 in Baga, to boost their moral in preparations...
A former Commissioner for Natural Resources in Ondo State, Mr Idowu Otetubi, has described Sen. Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the best presidential candidate come 2023 election. Otetubi said this while addressing newsmen on Thursday in Akure. “Tinubu remains the best for...
Security has been beefed up at the main gates to the National Assembly as President Muhammadu Buhari presents the 2023 budget estimate of N19.76 trillion to a joint session of the Assembly. A crop of security agents including the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria...
Introduction I thank the organizers for inviting me to deliver the Keynote Address at this 4th National Summit on “Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector”. It is an honour, which I gladly accepted, and I am glad to be here with you today. “Corruption and the Education Sector in...
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to the country Thursday from the United Kingdom. The APC flagbearer landed in Abuja to the warm embrace of party chieftains and supporters after 12 days away. Some of those at the airport to receive him were...
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina has been named 2022 Man of the Year (Africa) by Exclusive Men of the Year (EMY). In a statement issued by the Communication and External Relations Department of the AfDB on Thursday, Adesina was named for his visionary leadership...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has informed the public that it has sufficient stock of petroleum products and the public should not give in to panic buying. The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC Ltd., Garba Muhammad, said in...