The Chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Justice Adolphus Enebeli, has invited stakeholders for a meeting as the body prepares for election into Local Government Councils (LGCs). Enebeli, in a statement on Wednesday in Port Harcourt, listed the stakeholders to include leaders of parties leaders, traditional...
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Nigeria’s international Table Tennis player, Offiong Edem, has said she is targeting a quarter-final berth at the Paris Olympic. Edem said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday at the opening of World Table Tennis Contender 2024 in Lagos. ”It is a...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has extended the deadline for the sale of forms for its 2024 congresses from June 17 to June 28. National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on...
The leadership of Edo chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday announced the expulsion of former deputy governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, from the party. Also expelled was the National Vice Chairman (South-South) of the party, Chief Dan Orbih. Shaibu and Orbih were expelled for anti-party activities, according...
The Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Maj.-Gen. John Ochai, on Wednesday celebrated with wounded-in-action personnel and declared that they were true heroes of Nigeria that must be celebrated. Ochai celebrated the heroes at a dinner in honour of wounded soldiers receiving medical attention at the 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital,...
The Deputy Governor, Corporate Services, of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Bala Bello, has been trending for a while. He was accused of being an ethnic bigot, a nepotist and more. For whatever reason, his traducers attributed the recent firing of some staffers of CBN to him as...
The Abia High Court sitting in Umuahia, on Wednesday, dismissed a suit filed against the State Government by the Okwuta Isieke Ibeku Community, Umuahia for “lacking the capacity to stand”. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suit was filed by Messrs Onuoha Onyecherelam, Ebere David...
The stock market, resuming from the Sallah break on Wednesday, closed on a negative note with indices dropping by 0.08 per cent, amid sell pressure. Sell pressure in the stocks of MTN Nigeria, alongside Tier-one banks, namely: FBN Holdings, United Bank For Africa (UBA), as well as Nigerian...
Benue State Government may use ₦29,271,692 on treatment of malnourished children yearly, if it fails to implement nutrition policies. The Programme Officer, Civil Society-Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), Mr Ambrose Evnoesor, stated this on Wednesday in Makurdi, during a meeting on implementation of six months Maternity Leave...
The average price of 5kg cooking gas increased from N6,521.58 recorded in April 2024 to N7,418.45 in May 2024, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This is contained in the Bureau’s “Cooking Gas Price Watch’’ for May 2024 released on Wednesday in Abuja. The report said...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has said the average retail price of a litre of petrol increased from N238.11 in May 2023 to N769.62 in May 2024. It made the declaration in its Petrol Price Watch for May 2024 released in Abuja on Wednesday. It stated that...
The Deputy Governorship Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Yusuf Kadiri, SAN, has called on the electorate to vote for the party come September 21. Kadiri said, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Auchi, Edo, on Wednesday that their votes count because the party’s...
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo, on Wednesday, remanded a 25-year-old woman for allegedly causing grievous harm to a 12-year old girl by inserting a piece of burning firewood into her private part. The defendant, who resides at No 6 Isewo Dotin, in Obada-Oko area in Abeokuta,...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has directed an immediate audit of the accounts of the 23 local government councils in the state. Governor Fubara gave the directive in Port Harcourt on Wednesday shortly after swearing-in Caretaker Committee Chairmen of local government councils in the state. He said that...
Residents of Okpoama Community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa, have butchered a stranded giant whale at seaside of the Atlantic ocean close to the community. The stranded whale, measured about 15 meters long, 5 meters wide and 3 meters height, may have been washed off on...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant bail to the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and four other police officers charged with alleged drug trafficking. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other defendants in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/57/2022, are four members of the disbanded...
An Ado-Ekiti High Court presided by Justice J.O Adeyeye on Wednesday sentenced one Ojo Ayegbusi to life imprisonment for the rape of a 15-year-old minor. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr. Julius Ajibare, in his submissions, said the convict, who faced a lone count charge of rape, perpetrated...
The Edo State Chapter of Association of Professional Outdoor Signage Practitioners of Nigeria, (APOSPON) on Wednesday lamented the destruction of campaign billboards across the state. Speaking with newsmen in Benin, the State Chairman of APOSPON, Mr Esokpunwu Ekuase, said that the development had negatively affected their business. Ekuase...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has accused Western countries of adopting “double standards” on democracy, ahead of next month’s general elections in the country. Kagame, who has been President of Rwanda since 2000, made the accusation on on Monday in response to a question about critics who accuse him...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has directed the immediate payment of the annual medical allowances for the year 2024 to traditional rulers across the state. Gov Sule, gave the directives when he hosted members of the Nasarawa State Council of Chiefs, led by...