Verification Exercise for Local Government and Primary School Pensioners In light of the ongoing verification exercise for pensioners of local government and primary school teachers in the state, we are pleased to announce that the verification team will be embarking on visits to each senatorial zone. These visits aim to conduct biometric capturing and rectify … [Read more…]
Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has urged the people of the state to emulate the virtues of self-sacrifice and love as exemplified by Christ. Mbah also urged them to hold fast to their faith in the midst of the present socio-economic challenges, saying that they would eventually become a thing of the past. … [Read more…]
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said the Red Chamber will soon lift the suspension on Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central). This is coming 24 hours after the lawmaker wrote to Akpabio, threatening to take legal action if his suspension is not lifted within 7 days. Ningi was suspended following his BBC Hausa interview in … [Read more…]
The chairman of the Senate Committee on Capital Market, Senator Osita Izunaso, has said the recent bank capitalisation comes with unique risks, especially when banks opt for the private placement route. The Central Bank of Nigeria had on Thursday announced new guidelines on its recapitalisation policy for banks, directing commercial banks with international authorisation to … [Read more…]
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has successfully restored the national grid following a system disturbance at 4:28 p.m. on Thursday. In a statement on Friday evening, the TCN said full recovery was achieved by 10:00 p.m. that same day. The TCN said that a report from the National Control Centre (NCC) in … [Read more…]
PDP To Hold NEC, BoT Meetings Thursday, April 18, 2024 …National Caucus Meets Wednesday, April 17 The National Working Committee (NWC) of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has scheduled the 98th National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the Party for Thursday, April 18, 2024. The NEC meeting comes after the meeting of … [Read more…]
ENUGU STATE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT GOVERNOR PETER MBAH RECONSTITUTES STATUTORY AND OTHER BODIES The Governor of Enugu State, His Excellency, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah has approved the reconstitution of Statutory and Other Bodies in the state with the following appointments: ENUGU STATE TRADITIONAL RULERS COUNCIL • His Royal Highness, Igwe Samuel Ikechukwu … [Read more…]
Despite the opposition of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mr Julius Abure was yesterday re-elected as the National Chairman of the Labour Party for a second term by a unanimous affirmation of delegates. But the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it did not monitor the purported national convention which was held in Nnewi, Anambra … [Read more…]
Tears, lamentations, gloom was the order of the day at the military cemetery in Abuja yesterday as the 17 soldiers killed at Okuama in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State were laid to rest. Out to assuage the pains of the family members of the deceased soldiers, President Bola Tinubu, who attended the … [Read more…]
The Federal Government has declared Friday, March 29 and Monday, April 1, 2024, as public holidays to mark the celebrations of 2024 Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively. The declaration was made by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on behalf of the federal government in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the … [Read more…]
Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah has inaugurated the newly constituted Governing Council of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, ESUT, in line with Section 6 (1) of ESUT Establishment Law, stressing that education remained the strongest weapon to fight poverty. The Governing Council has Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa as Chairman with Prof. … [Read more…]
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has hiked the benchmark interest rate by 200 basis points to 24.75 percent. This is according to a Tuesday communique by the CBN governor Yemi Cardoso after the second MPC meeting of his tenure in Abuja. The new interest rate is a jump … [Read more…]