The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has allegedly commenced investigations into the bank accounts of individuals and organizations allegedly sponsoring the planned nationwide protest, according to Daily Trust’s report. The anti-graft agency was allegedly directed to collaborate with the Department of State Services (DSS) to gather...
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The Federal Government has said Nigerian youths should embrace dialogue rather than embark on protests, which could have undesirable outcomes. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, said this while addressing State House correspondents at the end of Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday. He...
Dare-devil gunmen, on Monday evening, struck at Irete axis of the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway, killing four police operatives and a female Point of Sale (POS) operator. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the policemen were attacked while on duty at a checkpoint near SaveMore Market Place, Irete...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, said on Monday that President Bala Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Mandate Secretariat for Youth Affairs in the FCT. Wike made the disclosure during an interactive engagement with residents of Bwari Area Council of the...
The House of Representatives would on July 31 reconvene for an emergency plenary to address pressing national issues. Clerk of the House of Reps, Mr Yahaya Danzaria, disclosed this in a directive communicated through an internal memorandum and signed by the spokesperson of the House, Rep Akin Rotimi,...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi- A foremost Humanitarian and Development Non-Governmental Organisation, Ior Gboko Foundation (IGF) has dissociated itself from the planned nationwide protests scheduled to hold from 1st – 10th August 2024. In a press release by its President, Dr Jimmy Ajim, the Foundation acknowledged the Constitutional Rights...
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has suspended its planned 800% increase in navigational charges. A spokesman for the agency Abdullahi Musa said the suspension was directed by the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo over “current economic challenges faced by Nigerians”. In a statement on Monday, the minister...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Members of Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), has suspended sitting for this week to return home from Monday, in order to persuade their constituents not to join the planned nationwide protest. The Lawmakers are to visit their constituencies, engage their people and...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it has recovered from the recent flood disaster that damaged some facilities at the Benin office of the commission. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this during the commission’s regular quarterly consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Some caretaker committee members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State have thrown their weight behind the outcome of the ad-hoc delegates’ election held on Saturday across Kogi State. The spokesperson of the committee Honourable Sunday Shigaba, while addressing the press...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to sell crude oil to Dangote Refinery and other local refineries in naira and not in United States greenback. Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) boss Zack Adedeji disclosed after a FEC meeting chaired by...
President Tinubu on Monday signed the new minimum wage bill into law days after the National Assembly had passed the bill. Details to follow……..
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has appointed ace stand-up comedian Seyi Law as his Senior Special Assistant on Entertainment and Tourism . The comic artiste took to his Instagram page to make the announcement, while expressing gratitude to the governor. He wrote: “Thank you to His Excellency, @LuckyAiyedatiwa,...
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has summoned an emergency plenary session, slated to hold on Wednesday. The notice of the emergency session was announced in an internal memo on Monday in Abuja, by Mr Chinedu Akubueze, Clerk of the Senate . Akubueze in the memo said:”dear Distinguished Senators, the...
The declaration of a state of emergency by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited [NNPC Ltd] on crude oil production has yielded a positive outcome with the increase recorded in daily production from 1.25 million barrels per day [mbpd] in June to 1.61mbpd as of July 23, 2024. Group...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered telecom operators to immediately restore phone lines blocked due to unverified National Identification Numbers (NINs) linked to Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs). This follows a weekend of disruptions, where many subscribers were unable to access their...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nigerians have been called upon to support the present administration of APC under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to deliver more dividends of democracy and good governance. Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, made the call on Monday, at his residence in Lafia, the state capital...