The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has denied reports that it perverted the course of justice by allegedly conniving with some politicians.aec The politicians, according to the allegations, were those whose election victories in the last general elections were being challenged in court by their opponents. WAEC, in a...
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Wike, El-Rufia, Umahi, Alake, 24 others unveiled as minister-nominees in Tinubu’s list to the senate
Wike, El-Rufia, Umahi, Alake, 24 others unveiled as minister-nominees in Tinubu’s list to the senate
President Bola Tinubu has sent to Senate, list of 28 ministerial nominees for consideration and confirmation. The list of the nominees is contained in a letter addressed to President of Senate , Godswill Akpiabio and read at plenary on Thursday. Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu,Femi...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons are having the upper hand in the Women’s World Cup match between them and co-host Australia on Thursday. Australia took the lead in the first minute of the added five minutes after the regular first 45 minutes through Van Egmood. The Super Falcons responded swiftly to...
Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has dismissed a request filed by the Department of State Services (DSS) seeking a 14-day extended detention order for the suspended Central Bank Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. The DSS based its application on purported new...
Some commissioners in the Federal Character Commission (FCC), have accused the chairman of the commission, Mrs Farida Dankaka of ”selling jobs” in dollars in Federal Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of Government. The commissioners made the allegations during the House of Representatives Ad hoc committee investigating MDA and parastatal...
In Africa, losing elections can cause depression and psychological disorders. Such sense of loss arising from rejection by the people at times transforms otherwise cultured individuals into deranged activists attempting to assess relevance using the same deceitful tactics that initially accounted for their principal being booted out of office....
Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum took to social media on Thursday with a defiant vow to protect “hard-won” democratic gains a day after he was toppled in a military coup. The country’s foreign minister Hassoumi Massoudou also issued a rallying cry on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, for...
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) Joint Venture (JV), has unveiled three Host Communities Development Trusts (HCDTs) in Delta in line with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Mr Osagie Okunbor, the Managing Director of SPDC Nigeria Ltd. and Chairman, Shell Companies in Nigeria stated this...
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Nigeria’s immediate past Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism has been appointed Special Advisor to Mr Zurab Pololikashvili, the Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). A statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) indicated that the announcement of Mohammed’s appointment...
A group of soldiers who appeared on the West African nation’s national television late on Wednesday, hours after the President of Niger Mohamed Bazoum was held in the presidential palace says his government has been ousted from power. Reading from a statement, Colonel Amadou Abdramane, seated and flanked by...
The Labour Party candidate in the November 11 governorship election in Imo, Sen. Athan Achonu, has faulted plans by the state government to conduct council polls few months before the election. Achonu made his stance known while addressing newsmen in Owerri on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced the registration of artisans in Cross River state. The exercise which commenced on Monday 17th July, 2023 is at the Directive of the Director General of the NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo and is being...
The Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Ejikeme Mmesoma, Rt. Hon. Soli Sada, has commended the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, for the technological innovations deployed by the board for the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. Sada, who...
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to collaborate with Finish government to extradite Simon Ekpa for prosecution, given his alleged roles on persistent “sit-at – home orders and killings in the South-East. The senate resolution was sequel to the consideration and adoption of a motion at plenary...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has issued the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to immediately reverse all anti-poor and anti-workers’ policies or face a nationwide strike from Aug. 2. The NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, said this in a communique, he jointly signed with Mr Emma Ugboaja, General Secretary...
The Federal Government on Wednesday inaugurated and handed over 500,000 cubic metre water scheme to Ogoni communities in Rivers. Residents of Ogoniland have been grappling with decades of crude oil spillages that polluted its ground and surface water to cancerous levels. Mr Ibrahim Yusufu, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry...
A 30-year old bride identified as Tinene Isa, has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly cutting off her husband’s manhood. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Katsina....
Oyo State government has commenced the issuance of promotion letters to 2,166 eligible civil servants who were promoted in 2021, an official said on Wednesday in Ibadan. The Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Kamoru Aderibigbe, indicated in a statement that the beneficiaries have been receiving the promotion...
Liberian President, George Weah, has pledged to deliver a violent free, credible, transparent and inclusive elections as the country prepares for its Presidential and general elections in October. President Weah made the commitment of Wednesday in Monrovia during the commemoration of the 176th Independence of the country with the theme...
The Federal Government says it will continue to dialogue with the members of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) and the labour unions towards addressing their grievances. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, said this after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential...