President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been chosen to lead the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as its next chairman. The choice was made on Sunday in Bissau, the capital of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, at the group’s 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the … [Read more…]
The Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to dismiss alleged maneuvers by external influencers aiming to impose former governor Nyesom Wike as the party leader in the state. In an open letter dated July 6 addressed to President Tinubu, the state branch of the APC urged the … [Read more…]
The committee of inquiry set up by the Anambra State Government to look into the examination fraud involving Mmesoma Ejikeme has confirmed that she manipulated her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result, giving herself a score of 362 as against an actual score of 249. The Committee in its eight-page report said that the student of … [Read more…]
ENUGU STATE POLICE COMMAND PRESS RELEASE OF FRIDAY, 7TH JULY 2023 PROHIBITED ILLEGAL SIT-AT-HOME ORDER: ENUGU POLICE OPERATIVES DISLODGE SUBVERSIVE CRIMINALS, INFLICT FATAL GUNSHOT WOUNDS ON THEM, RECOVER AK-47 RIFLE, AMMUNITION, PETROL BOMBS AND OTHER EXHIBITS; …as CP Ammani reaffirms sustained onslaught against the criminals, urges citizens to report individuals sighted with gunshot injuries In … [Read more…]
LP PRESS STATEMENT. APC’s Protest against EU Report, an Embarrassment. The Labour Party’s attention has been drawn to Friday’s protests by some All Progressives Congress, (APC) hirelings at the premises of the European Union Mission in Abuja and views such protestation as a huge national embarrassment as it shows how antithetical the party is to … [Read more…]
Twitter threatened to sue Meta just hours after the Instagram parent company launched Threads, an app it hopes will beat out the struggling site owned by Elon Musk. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, published by online news outlet Semafor on Thursday, Musk lawyer Alex Spiro accused the company of “unlawful misappropriation of … [Read more…]
Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti State has issued a notice that he would prosecute owners of facilities that would be used for a proposed three-day Kiss-A-Thon programme which was aimed at breaking a Guinness World Record (GWR) in the state. According to a Prohibition notice signed by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s Presidency has dismissed all names being touted as possible members of the yet to be constituted Federal Executive Council (FEC). It described as mere fabrications various reports on the formation of cabinet by President Bola Tinubu. The Presidency also said the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is reaping from the crisis in the opposition … [Read more…]
The Osun State House of Assembly on Friday indicated that a list of 25 commissioner-nominees has been forwarded to it for screening and confirmation by Governor Ademola Adeleke. Announcing the names during the plenary session, Adewale Egbedun, Osun Assembly Speaker, said he received a letter from the governor for the confirmation of the nominees in … [Read more…]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has admitted the former Head of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, to a N50 million bail in a charge filed against him and two others by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/408/2022 against Kyari and two of … [Read more…]
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has summoned ex-Governor Abdullahi for questioning over the controversial dollar videos. In 2017, Daily Nigerian, an online publication, had released some videos of Ganduje allegedly collecting kickbacks from contractors. The ex-governor had denied the allegation, saying the videos were doctored. But speaking Wednesday at a one-day … [Read more…]
The House of Representatives has urged the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to consult with political, traditional and religious leaders in the South-East geopolitical zone to find a lasting solution to the insecurity in the area. The call by the lawmakers came a day after gunmen attacked Ishieke Daily Market located in the Ebonyi Local Government … [Read more…]