Troops of Operation Delta Safe fighting to rid the country of crude oil theft and economic sabotage, have discovered and destroyed 40 illegal refining sites, 136 storage facilities, and 66 ovens while 53 suspected saboteurs were arrested in the Niger Delta region. Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa Danmadami who made this […]
11 commissioners in Taraba state have reportedly dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the ruling party of the All Progressives Congress. This massive defection to the ruling party comes a few hours to the rally of the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima in the state today. […]
The regulatory agency for universities in Nigeria, the National Universities Commission has ordered the closure of universities across the country to enable students to participate in the 2023 general elections. In a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and directors of inter-university centres, the NUC noted that the directive was based on the […]
Ahead of the 2023 general elections in Akwa Ibom State, the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Obong Akanimo Udofia has pledged to accelerate the infrastructural and human capital development of the State with a view to making the State a destination of choice for investors and tourists if voted into office. Obong […]
An independent research think-tank based in Lagos, with a special interest in democratic governance and human rights known as Citizens’ Participation For Good Governance (CPGG), has tipped the ACCORD Governorship Candidate in Akwa Ibom State; Engr. (Dr.) Emem Coffie FNICE, COREN, FIMC, FICEN, FIMS, to win the March 11 election. This is the second […]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, is currently briefing the Federal Executive Council chaired by the President, Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja. The President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, announced this shortly after Buhari arrived at the Council Chamber before the meeting commenced proper. […]
The federal government has assured Nigerian workers that it would set in motion the process that would lead to the approval a new minimum wage to be implemented on or before May 2024. The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who was the special guest of honour at the 13th quadrennial delegates conference of the […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja, has discharged and acquitted of fraud allegations Mr. Jide Omokore, the Businessman who donated fiive cars to Senator Bassey Albert. Omokore is the Chairman of Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited, while Albert, populary called OBA is the Governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Akwa […]
The Supreme Court, Wednesday, restrained the Federal Government from enforcing the February 10 deadline for the use of N200, N500 and N1000 old Naira notes. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a seven-member panel, halted the full implementation of the demonetisation policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The ruling followed […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has cancelled the registrations of 817 candidates in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The cancellation came following the discovery by the nation’s tertiary institutions admission body that the candidates engaged in various forms of irregularities while carrying out the registration exercise in various Computer Based […]