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President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in Maiduguri as part of a one-day official visit to Borno State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the presidential jet on Thursday landed at the Nigerian Air Force wing of the Maiduguri International Airport at 10.45 a.m. The president was received by Gov. Kashim Shettima, his Deputy, […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Government on Thursday announced the retirement of eight Permanent Secretaries from the state public service. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Olayinka Oyebode, in Ado-Ekiti, however, did not state the basis for the retirement and was also silent on the names of the affected Permanent Secretaries. The statement, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Prisons Service, Cross River State Command, has disclosed that the female inmate who gave birth to twins has died. According to the Public Relations Officer of the Command, ASP Effanga Etim, the inmate died on April 19, after suffering complication as a result of the delivery, The Nation reports. The statement reads: “The Nigeria […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday unveiled the newly reconstructed Institute of Maternal And Child Health popularly known as Ayinke House located within the premises of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Ikeja, describing it as a critical and timely intervention by the State Government in the health sector. Ayinke House, which is Nigeria’s biggest Maternity […]
Continue ReadingSpeaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, yesterday decried how an alleged quest by the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the control of the levers of power in the country made him to misunderstand the role of the National Assembly. Dogara reiterated that the National Assembly is not […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria also known as Shiites have again, in Abuja, Nigeria, protested the continued detention of their leader, Sheikh Zakzaky. According to Punch Metro, the Shiite members protested peacefully in Abuja on Monday. The movement is demanding the unconditional release of their said leader, Sheikh Zakzaky. See more photos of […]
Continue ReadingFormer presidential spokesman, Reno Omokri, has disclosed what ex-president Goodluck Jonathan told him to do to President Muhammadu Buhari. Omokri, who has been a fierce critic of Buhari, on Tuesday, said, Jonathan put a call through to him and appealed to him to respect and show kindness to Buhari. He disclosed this on his Twitter […]
Continue ReadingAt least 13 presiding officers who said they were deployed as electoral officers by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019 presidential election have admitted under oath that they transmitted results electronically. A question about whether or not results were forwarded to a central database of the commission has been amongst the top […]
Continue ReadingA British aid worker has been confirmed dead after she was shot by kidnappers in Kaduna. The woman who the British High Commission identified as Faye Mooney was among two people shot dead as the armed kidnappers stormed a party at a holiday resort late on Friday. The armed gang also killed a Nigerian man and reportedly kidnapped three […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement issued yesterday, Elder statesman, Malam Tanko Yakasai has faulted the conviction by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen. Yakasai maintained that the ex-CJN’s ordeal, prompted by petitioner Dennis Aghanya, was politically motivated. Juxtaposing the pace at which the Federal Government prosecuted […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has denied the All Progressives Congress’ allegation that he is not eligible to contest because he was not born in Nigeria. Atiku stated this in a response to the APC’s reply to the petition he and his party jointly filed before the […]
Continue ReadingA series of coordinated bombings ripped across Sri Lanka on Sunday morning, striking hotels and churches, killing almost 200 people and shattering the relative calm that the war-torn nation had enjoyed in recent years. The targets of the attacks were Catholic worshipers attending Easter Mass and guests at high-end hotels that are popular with foreign […]
Continue ReadingOne of Nollywood’s film makers, Ifeanyi Onyeabor, has passed away. According to reports, Onyeabor died while shooting a movie in Jos, Plateau state. He fell ill and was rushed to a private hospital where he died in the early hours of Friday, April 19th. Confirming his death, the President of Directors’ Guild of Nigeria (DGN), Fred Amata, […]
Continue ReadingThe National Judicial Council (NJC), has quietly conceded to President Buhari’s request to extend Justice Tanko Muhammad’s tenure as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria by another three months. The decison extending Muhammad’s appointment, according to a statement from the council, was reached on Thursday April 18, 2019, at the Council’s 88 meeting. Muhammad’s first […]
Continue ReadingThree categories of people are excluded from benefitting from the newly signed Nigerian Minimum Wage Repeal and Re-enactment Bill, 2019. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed the bill into law. Those excluded are: Persons who are employing less than 25 workers; persons who work in a ship which sail out of the jurisdiction; persons who […]
Continue ReadingA corps member has died after he fell off a commercial bus in Lagos. Akhigbe Nuel Odiase, a recent law graduate, was in a bus plying the LASU-Isheri road when he fell from the moving vehicle at about 9:45pm on the night of April 15, 2019. He sustained a severe head injury from the accident and […]
Continue ReadingSuspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has asked the Court of Appeal, Abuja to quash the judgment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) that convicted him of charges of false assets declaration. Onnoghen in his appeal filed Thursday against the judgement of the tribunal is also praying the appellate court to set […]
Continue ReadingActing Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has described electoral corruption as the worst form of corruption as it undermines the will of the people and invests power in illegitimate hands. According to Magu, a government that pays its way into power is hardly expected to be accountable; its priority […]
Continue ReadingAt least 23 inmates of the Ikoyi Prisons School on Wednesday participated in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who monitored the examination, reported that the inmates, who turned up early, also showed enthusiasm on siting for the examination. […]
Continue ReadingLai Mohammed, Nigeria’s information minister, has admitted he did not do due diligence before signing off on a controversial N2.5 billion payment to a private digital broadcast signal distributor, according to Premium Times. Mr Mohammed told the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) that he only approved the payment based on the […]
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