Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi has cautioned against incessant congratulatory visits to elected and appointed government functionaries in the state. Nwifuru made the disclosure on Tuesday while swearing-in the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Prof. Grace Umezurike. The governor, who also swore-in Prof Emmanuel Echiegu as his...
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An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 45-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe, to three life sentences for defiling his three underaged children. The minors were aged eight, eight and six. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – TEXEM UK, a leading executive development consulting firm, has congratulated one of its alumni, Mrs Chinwe Iloghalu on her recent appointment as the Executive Director of Lagos and Corporate Banking at Polaris Bank. TEXEM UK Director, Special Projects, Caroline Lucas, gave the commendation in...
Magistrate Folashade Oyekan of the Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday ordered that a 37-year-old businessman, Hembe Donald be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly forging a high court affidavit, birth certificate and others. Oyekan ordered the defendant’s remand after he pleaded not guilty to the four-count...
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Mr Osita Okechukwu, Director-General, Voice of Nigeria (VON) says the emergence of Sen. Godswill Akpabio as President of the Senate is a hallmark of APC’s principle of inclusiveness. Okechukwu also congratulated Akpabio on his emergence as senate president of the 10th assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. “The emergence...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the new leadership of the National Assembly, saying that “the election of Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, CON and Rt. Honourable Tajudeen Abbas as the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 10th National...
The new President of Senate, Sen.Godswill Akpabio says the 10th Senate will work to renew hope of Nigerians via people oriented legislations, given the current state of the nation. He said the senate would also ensure improved revenue stream and proper oversight of MDAs to reduce waste of resources....
Mr Yisa Usman, a Deputy Director with Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was, on Tuesday, arraigned on allegations bordering on threatening Mrs Raheemat Oloyede on phone with intent to blackmail her husband, Prof. Ishaq, the board’s registrar. Usman was arraigned by the police on behalf of the Federal...
A cross-section of the newly inaugurated senators have commended the emergence of Sen. God’swill Akpabio (APC-Akwa-Ibom) and Sen. Barau Jibrin (APC-Kano) as Senate President and Deputy Senate President of the 10th Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akpabio and Jibrin were on Tuesday, inaugurated as leaders...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has sworn-in the reappointed Secretary to the Government, Barrister Muhammad Ubandoma Aliyu, seven newly appointed permanent secretaries, as well as two members of the State Judiciary Service Commission. The governor, while administering the oath of office to the appointees,...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Nigerian Police Retirees across the country have lamented the ordeal its members have been passing through the Contributory Pension Scheme PENCOM, describing its as enslavement. The Police Retirees in a statement on Monday which was signed by Bar. Ofem Mbang the National Legal...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State House of Assembly has again unanimously reelected Rt. Hon. Abdulkarim Lawan as Hon. Speaker of the 10th State Assembly for the fourth time. The Clerk of the State, Mr. Jidayi Mamza disclosed that the House received a proclamation from the State Governor,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Mrs Arierhi Joy Olawore (Nee Ijabor), is a visionary fashion designer and the creative force behind Dreamation Designs, known as DIIDII Designs, based in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Her brand has the perfect collections of cloth with ancient and modern touch from Africa and being...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday distributed 442 tractors, 312 ploughing and harrowing implements and 100 trucks of MPK fertilizers to farmers at Borno Digital Farm Center, Muna along Mafa-Dikwa Road, Maiduguri He directed that 5 tractors should be distributed to each of...
A member of the House of Representatives from Zaria Federal Constituency in Kaduna State, Tajudeen Abbas has been elected Speaker of the Green Chamber. The anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Idris Wase and Aminu Jaji in a voice vote on Tuesday at the National Assembly...
The 10th National Assembly was formally inaugurated on Monday with the federal lawmakers electing their leaders who would pitot the affairs of the two chambers for the next four years. First to elected their leaders were the Senators who chose former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Godswill Akpabio...
Alhaji Yusuf Falgore (NNPPP-Rogo) has emerged as Speaker of the 10th Kano State House of Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Falgore was nominated by the lawmakers shortly after the proclamation of the assemblyby Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf on Tuesday in Kano. Mohammed Bello Butu-Butu (NNPP-Rimingado/Tofa) was...
Guiness World Records has confirmed Hilda Baci as the record holder for the longest cooking marathon in the world., voiceofnaija.ng can reliably report. This piece of news was confirmed in a video shared on the official Twitter page of the GWR on Tuesday morning, where it was revealed that...
A former Chief of Staff to Imo State Government, Uche Nwosu, says Democracy Day remains a day to celebrate Nigeria’s past heroes who fought for the nation’s democracy. Nwosu said this while addressing newsmen in a virtual news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. He said President Bola Tinubu’s Democracy...