By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed reports claiming that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) and replacement of lost Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) will resume on May 27, 2025. According to INEC, this information is entirely false and no resumption date has been...
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported that 91 per cent of women in Rivers give birth with the assistance of skilled birth attendants. UNICEF Health Manager, Dr Martin Dohlsten, disclosed this on Tuesday in Port Harcourt during a media dialogue on neonatal healthcare, childhood illnesses, and vaccination....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday auctioned properties and assets forfeited by drug cartels, valued at millions of naira. Speaking during the bidding process in Abuja, NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, expressed the agency’s satisfaction with the process, emphasising that the proceeds would serve...
A coalition of civil society organizations, support groups, and professionals has come out in defense of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, dismissing recent sexual harassment allegations against him as “false” and “politically motivated.” The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations in Nigeria (COCSON), Tinubu/Shettima Support Movement (TSSM), and Nigerian Professionals in...
The Bloggers and Vloggers, Content Creators Association in Nigeria (BAVCCA) has called for responsible reporting on the sexual harassment allegations against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, leveled by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. During a press conference in Abuja, BAVCCA’s National Spokesperson, Tabuko Kennedy, expressed concerns about the growing trend of media...
No fewer than 16 persons were reportedly burnt to death in a lone accident involving a Mazda bus at Buhari Estate axis on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway on Tuesday. The spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident in a statement...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja -– President Bola Tinubu has appointed Shamsedeen Ogunjimi as the new Accountant General of the Federation after a rigorous selection processes. A statement issued on Tuesday by the presidential spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, said the appointment, approved on Tuesday, takes effect from March 7, 2025, the...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday remanded the former manager of P-Square, Jude Okoye, for allegedly stealing one million dollars and 34, 537 pounds. Jude, who is also the elder brother of Peter Okoye (Alias Mr P) and Paul Okoye ( Alias Rudeboy), was arraigned alongside his company,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Anambra State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been embroiled in an alleged bribery scandal, with stakeholders claiming that a governorship aspirant within the party attempted to bribe the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) with $3 million. The spokesperson of Anambra...
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has been urged to comply with the 48-hour ultimatum to re-present the 2025 Appropriation Bill to the Assembly. The Director General, Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM), Johnson Georgewill, made the call while speaking with journalists in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. He said that the ultimatum...
Death toll of NNN beneficiaries awaiting payment hits 106, members beg Northern governors at Ramadan
Death toll of NNN beneficiaries awaiting payment hits 106, members beg Northern governors at Ramadan
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Beneficiaries of New Nigerian Newspapers under Northern States Governors Forum have lamented the protracted dilemma of non payment of their benefits amounting to N2.1 billion stressing that the death toll of members waiting for this benefit have reached 106 as January 2025. A statement...
Senate Leader, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele, on Tuesday said that the upper chamber had been passing diverse laws aimed at positioning Nigeria for a $1 trillion economy by 2030. Bamidele, representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, said this at a meeting with a delegation of the United Kingdom Parliament, held at...
Pope Francis slept well throughout the night, the Vatican said on Tuesday, after the pontiff suffered two episodes of respiratory insufficiency the evening before. “The Pope slept through the night and now continues to rest,” a statement said. Monday’s episodes resulted in two bronchoscopies, which removed “large secretions” of...
Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 150 soldiers and a tank in the Kursk direction in the past 24 hours, according to the Russian Defence Ministry on Tuesday. “Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 150 servicepeople, a tank and two infantry...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is unwilling to talk about a real peace deal, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday. “What I do know is that President Trump wants to make a deal, and unfortunately, it has appeared thus far that President Zelensky is unwilling to talk...
The Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has lauded the Federal Government’s plan to erect seven thousand telecommunications towers in rural areas. The President of ATCON, Mr Tony Emoekpere said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday , that it would...
Operatives of the Amotekun Security Network, Efon-Alaaye Command, have handed over 43-year-old Mrs Damilola Clement to the police for allegedly hitting her 9-year-old son on the head with a pestle. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that details of the incident were contained in a statement signed by...
Ukraine has shown its determination to continue cooperation with the United States (U.S.) and is ready to sign an agreement on rare earth metals, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Tuesday. Fox News reported earlier, citing a senior White House official, that the U.S. is temporarily suspending all military...
An Abuja High Court on Tuesday, threatened to revoke the bail it granted to Yisa Usman, the sacked Deputy Director, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), over behaviour considered to be improper. Justice H.A. Musa, who cautioned Usman, granted the oral application by N. Orji, the prosecution lawyer, to...