By MIKE ABANG, Calabar – A renowned spiritual leader of the Brotherhood of the Cross and Star (BCS), His Holiness Olumba Olumba Obu, has been invited to speak at a 2-day Africa Spiritual Day summit at African Union (AU) headquarters in Ethiopia. The Summit is organised in collaboration...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Two students of MaryGold International School have displayed academic excellence, by emerging as shining stars in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination (JAMB). Ms. Josephine Okon Thomas, 17, scored an impressive 357 out of...
The Labour Party (LP) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu not to renege on his promise to give Nigerian workers a living wage. Deputy National Chairman of the party, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in...
The House of Representatives Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility, (CSR) has summoned Electricity Distribution Companies (DISCOs) and the Generation Companies (GENCOs) over failure to perform their corporate social responsibility in host communities. The committee expressed displeasure over the failure of the Chief Executives officers of DISCOs and GENCOs...
A group of concerned citizens from Zamfara North Senatorial District in Zamfara has begun preparation for the possible recall of Sen Sahabi Ya’u (APC-Zamfara North). This is contained in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday in Gusau signed by his two constituents, Bello Shinkafi and Abubakar Sani....
An advisor and treasury manager has faulted the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recent increase in the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) in an attempt to curb inflation and stabilise the economy. Akeju, a member of the Chattered Institute of Treasury Management (CITM), made his position known while speaking...
Security personnel have taken over the Cross River House of Assembly complex, following the impeachment of the Speaker, Mr Elvert Anyambem, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the speaker’s removal almost resulted in a clash between his supporters and other members of house The state...
The Federal Government has alerted the public to the outbreak of poison in animals at Mandate Cattle Market in Kwara. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mr Temitope Fashedemi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Fashedemi said the poisonous outbreak was...
By BARBARA KALU,Enugu – Enugu State Police Command has arrested a masquerade (popularly called Oriokpa) seen physically assaulting a female nurse (name withheld) at Ugwuoye Junction in Nsukka metropolis. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated this in a statemenn Thursday in Enugu. Ndukwe said that police operatives...
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the country will hold a general election on July 4. “I spoke with His Majesty the King to request the dissolution of parliament. The king has granted this request and we will have a general election on July 4,” Sunak said...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi, has reiterated his dedication to putting an end to the ongoing school kidnappings in the country. Dr. Audi stated this in his remarks during an interdenominational gathering...
The Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has again rejected the Federal Government’s new offer of ₦57,000 minimum wage. The Organised Labour rejected the government’s fresh offer, the third proposal in about a week when negotiation talks resumed on Wednesday....
Network Against Corruption and Trafficking Initiative (NACAT) has called on the two anti-graft agencies to investigate the former governor of Delta, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, over alleged misappropriation of state funds. The Executive Director Investigation of the anti-corruption group, Tega Oghenedoro, made the call at a news conference on...
Trial of Mamman Ali, son of a former National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmadu Ali, for alleged N2.2 billion oil subsidy fraud suffered a setback on Wednesday due to absence of lead prosecution counsel. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ali is...
The Benin Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday, decried the continued infrastructural decay, poor funding and proliferation of universities in Nigeria. Prof. Monday Igbafen, Zonal Coordinator, Benin Zone of ASUU, expressed the union’s stand at a news conference organised over the unresolved issues...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) of the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has flagged off the distribution of fabrics in commercial quantities to women in politics across the 36 states of the federation, including the FCT. Flagging...
The Senate has passed a resolution urging the Federal Government to allocate funds to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), to enable it to restore power to the Jos-Gombe 330KV transmission line. The followed the adoption of a motion by Sen. Haruna Manu (PDP-Taraba) and co- sponsored by...
The First Lady of Nigeria, Oluremi Tinubu on Wednesday, gave out local fabric materials to the Forum of 36 State Women Leaders of the All Progressives Congress and the Federal Capital Territory. Tinubu said it was part of the Renewed Hope Initiative for their support. The First Lady, who...
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the abandoned erosion protection contract in Kolokuma/Opokuma in Bayelsa, awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Abonsizibe Oboku(PDP-Bayelsa) during plenary in Abuja on Wednesday. Presenting the motion, Oboku said that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Assistant Corps Marshal Mohammed Shehu as the Corps Marshal/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC). Director, Information and Public Relations, office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Segun Imohiosen,...