PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has charged his newly appointed principal officers to live above board and be ready to render quality and selfless service to the people. The governor gave the charge in his office, in Calabar, during an interactive session with his...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – At least 13,000 women and girls have graduated from the EU-UN Spotlight Initiative Second Chance Education programme being implemented by the Grassroots Entrepreneurship Skills Acquisition Initiative (GESA) in Sokoto State. The National Coordinator of GESA, Cynthia Obazee, said the Second Chance Education is a...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with a group of aggrieved politicians within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) known as the G5 or the Integrity Group. In attendance at the meeting at the Aso Rock are one serving governor and four former governors within the party. They are Governor...
Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has opened conversations on the release of the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu requesting President Bola Tinubu to give the matter utmost consideration to extend hand of fellowship to the South-East people. Mbah told State House...
Tinubu assents to constitutional amendment bill on uniformity in retirement age of judicial officers
Tinubu assents to constitutional amendment bill on uniformity in retirement age of judicial officers
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – In exercising the powers vested in him under the 1999 Constitution as amended, President Bola Tinubu on Thursday at the State House assented to a fresh amendment of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. President Tinubu signed into law the “Constitution of...
The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), has called on stakeholders in the petroleum industry to ensure the prevention of oil spillages in Nigeria. The Emir of Keffi, Dr Shehu Yamusa III, who is the Chairman, Governing Board, NOSDRA, made the call at a stakeholders’ meeting with...
Chairman of Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi, Mr Chinonso Ajah has imposed a dusk- to-dawn curfew on three communities in the council area. Ajah stated in Abakaliki on Thursday that the decision followed recurring restiveness in the communities. He listed the communities as Ọkpọsị, Ugwulangwu and Uburu, the...
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has lamented the proposed demolition of 13 functional filling stations to make way for the construction of a flyover in Ekwulobia area of the State. The marketers, in a protest letter signed by Mr Chinedu Anyaso, Chairman of IPMAN Enugu Depot...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), says addressing plastic pollution requires effective multi-stakeholder partnerships among the government, private sector, youth groups and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) . The Director-General, Nigeria Country Department of AfDB, Lamin Barrow, in a statement, was quoted to have spoken at a Webinar to commemorate the...
There was panic at the Anambra State House of Assembly as four armed men, suspected to be operatives of the Directorate of Security Services (DSS), tried to whisk away member-elect for Nnewi North constituency, Mr Onyekachukwu Ike. The armed men drove into the Assembly complex in three vehicles and...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two identical twins: Takwan Potential and Takwan Peter and 26 others for alleged internet fraud in Calabar, Cross River State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a...
The FCT High Court in Gwagwalada on Thursday ordered a student, Istifanus Irmiya, to clean the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for two weeks for internet fraud. Irmiya was docked by the EFCC on a two-count charge, boarding on cheating and personation. He pleaded guilty...
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says the licencing of Deep Blue Industrial Park in Lagos begins a regime of zero fossil energy emission in the country. The Managing-Director of NEPZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, said this while handing over the Declaration Licence to Mrs Anita Omoile, the Managing-Director/CEO of Deep...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, said the appointments of two key leadership positions in President Bola Tinubu led administration were well deserved. Tinubu had appointed Femi Gbajabiamila, ex-Speaker of House of Representatives as Chief of Staff and Sen George Akume as Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF)....
As power brokers in All Progressives Congress (APC) slug it out in search of who will lead the two chambers in the 10th National Assembly, the Peoples Democratic Party is bracing up to provide a formidable main opposition to the ruling party. As part of the measures to achieve that...
Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi State, on Thursday inaugurated the 10th Kebbi State Assembly at the legislative chambers in Birnin Kebbi. Idris, represented by the Clerk of the assembly, Alhaji Sulaiman Shamaki, cited Section 105 sub-section 3 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended....
Mr Adewale Egbedun, the Speaker of Osun House of Assembly, on Thursday said he returned to Nigeria from America in 2016, to join politics in order to serve and provide his people with a better life. Egbedun made this known, while meeting with the staff of the Osun Hosue...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has declared Monday June 12, public holiday in commemoration of the 2023 Democracy Day celebration. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Akinlade who made the declaration on behalf of...
The National Population Commission (NPC) says the expenditure toward the 2023 National Population and Housing Census is not wasted. The NPC Federal Commissioner in charge of Delta, Chief Richard Odibo said this during a breakfast meeting for media executives on Thursday in Asaba. Odibo said that former President Muhammadu...
Two subpoenaed Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ad hoc officers said the election umpire had difficulty uploading presidential results during the Feb 25 election. The officers, Friday Egwuma and Grace Timothy who testified as subpoenaed witnesses before the presidential election petition court (PEPC) made this known on Thursday. In...