Rt. Hon. Elvert Ekom Ayambem has been impeached as the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly. The Speaker was impeached on Wednesday by 17 members of the house over allegations of misappropriation of funds. The impeachment motion was moved by Hon. Effiom Ekarika representing...
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Millions of mourners flocked to a funeral procession in Tehran on Wednesday after the death of Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, in a helicopter accident, footage from local media showed. The broadcaster showed the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, leading a prayer ceremony in front of the victim’s...
A male driver of a school bus died on Wednesday, with several children injured, after the vehicle hit a tree in the Australian state of Victoria. Police said in a statement that emergency services are currently working on the site of the fatal bus crash in Kilmore, a...
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate, has cautioned Nigerians against excess intake of salt and sodium, saying it could cause hypertension and other heart diseases. Pate said this on Tuesday in Abuja at a news conference to commemorate the 2024 Salt Awareness Week,...
Thousands of Iranians turned out to mourn President Ebrahim Raisi in the city of Tabriz on Tuesday after he was killed in a helicopter crash near the Azerbaijan border at the weekend along with his foreign minister and seven others. State TV broadcast live images of mourners, many...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday asked Israel to lift the blockade on medical supplies in Gaza. Head of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said approximately 700 seriously ill patients were stuck in a war zone. “Crossings from Egypt into Gaza have remained closed for two weeks, cutting...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government through Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development is currently holding a two-day meeting at the Freiz Continental Hotel in Abuja. Today marks the final day of the meeting which commenced yesterday with a focus on advocacy for the adoption...
The Divisional Police Officer of New Marte in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State has been killed by members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). It was gathered that the DPO, a Superintendent of Police, was killed on Monday night while defending the police...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi has staged a peaceful protest over the Federal Government’s failure to address its plight, saying that it is tired of the government’s “deception”. The Union called on the Government to avoid...
Nigeria and Benin Republic are strengthening their economic cooperation through a bilateral engagement aimed at enhancing trade at the Kebbi-Segbana border. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Tuggar (OON), described the talks which took place at the Segbana customs border post, as a historic milestone. The Special...
The Federal Government has proposed to pay N54,000 as minimum wage, as the Tripartite Committee on the New Minimum Wage returned to the negotiation table after the Organised Labour pulled out of the negotiations last week. At the reconvened meeting this week, the Federal Government made a...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Veteran.Nollywood actor,Zack Orji has debunked social media rumours claiming that he is a citizen of Gabon. The renowned actor, who took to his Instagram page – @realzackorji – to express his frustration, said the falsehood was not the first about him. “I am...
By EZEKIEL OBi, Abuja – The Nigerian Army, on Tuesday, revealed why its troops shut down the popular Banex Plaza in the Wuse Area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Army spokesman, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the plaza was shut after the incident on Saturday, May 18,...
A businessman and politician, Chief Martin Onovo, has said President Bola Tinubu would write his name in gold if he is able to achieve genuine restructuring of the country. Onovo, the Head, Policy Positions, Movement for Fundamental Change (MFC), made the statement in an interview with the...
Police retirees have called for the exit of the police from the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) following their inability to access their benefits. A spokesperson for the retirees, Mr Christopher Effiong, said this during a protest at the National Assembly in Abuja on Tuesday. Effiong, a retired Superintendent...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a young woman, Janty Emmanuel, for allegedly abusing the Naira. EFCC spokesman Dele Oyewale, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, He said that...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says mobile money operators including fintech firms like OPay, Palmpay, Kuda Bank, and Moniepoint will resume the enrolment of new customers “in another couple of months”. CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, stated this on Tuesday at the 295th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of...
The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has placed the National Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF ) on special probe scrutinising its documents from 2018 till date. The chairman of the committee, Rep. James Faleke, said this the ongoing probe of revenue leakages in government Ministries, Departments and...
Mauricio Pochettinoch has left his job as Chelsea manager by mutual consent after one season in charge, the Premier League club announced on Tuesday. “On behalf of everyone at Chelsea, we would like to express our gratitude to Mauricio for his service this season,” sporting directors Laurence Stewart...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the 6th National Stakeholders Working Group also known as the Governing Board of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI). Inaugurating the 15-member committee, Tinubu said he was proud of the board with the members carefully selected, based on their diverse competencies,...