Human rights lawyer Femi Falana has faulted the 48-hour ultimatum by the Department of State Services (DSS) to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited and oil marketers to end the lingering fuel scarcity in the country over security threats. DSS Spokesman, Peter Afunanya, on Thursday, stated that failure to make Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) … [Read more…]
On the 2nd of December, during a parley with members of the Senior Executive Course No. 44 (2022) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, held at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja, The Nigerian President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), had in a statement, accused governors in different states of the … [Read more…]
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has declared that security agencies are always under pressure to compromise elections in the country. He has, however, called on Nigerians to have implicit confidence in Nigerian military officers and men who will remain totally committed to being neutral and apolitical. Speaking with newsmen Thursday at … [Read more…]
… Ada Ogbu bears manifesto to Akwuke widows, assures competent representation The Enugu East APC senatorial candidate, Princess Ada Ogbu Nara Unataeze, took her consultation to the Building Materials Dealers Association, Enugu State. In a One-On-One discussion with the traders, she reeled out her mission statement to the Building Materials traders which is all inclusive. … [Read more…]
He said one trillion naira old notes now in CBN and other banks’ vaults. Governor of Nigeria’s central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, has disclosed that government will not be rigid in the implementation of the cashless policy in the country. Emefiele, who spoke with newsmen Thursday in Daura, Katsina state, after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari, said … [Read more…]
The noble and formidable group; Nigerian Union Of Mine Workers, Enugu Chapter today Endorsed the Candidacy of High Princess Ada Ogbu Nara Unataeze, the Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for Enugu East Senatorial Zone. Princess Ada Ogbu, Speaking during the Consultation and Interaction with the Executives of the Union, High Princess while soliciting … [Read more…]
The House of representatives has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend the limits on weekly cash withdrawals by individuals and corporate entities. The lawmakers also summoned Godwin Emefiele, governor of te apex bank, to appear before it next Thursday over the new policy scheduled to take effect on January 9, 2023. The … [Read more…]
AHEAD of the 2023 general elections, no fewer than 953,803 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, are yet to be collected in Lagos. And of the 6,630,661 PVCs received between 2011 and 2021, 5,676,858 have been distributed as of December 2, 2022, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Lagos State, Mr. Olusegun Agbaje, has said. Reeling out … [Read more…]
Federal Government agencies and petroleum marketers have undertaken to end the crippling shortage of petrol across the country that has seen pump prices hit N285 per litre. Speaking after a meeting at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, in Abuja on Thursday, the operators said the depots … [Read more…]
Members of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu made up of leaders and representatives of the Catholic Men Organisation (CMO), Catholic Women Organisation (CWO), Catholic Youths Organization of Nigeria (CYON), among others, otherwise known as the Catholic laity, from different parishes in the diocese, have converged on the state capital to declare their support and adopt … [Read more…]
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu State, Frank Nweke Jr, has stated that as Nsukka zone (Enugu North) provides 60% of the total votes in the state and hosts a number of comparative advantages that can accrue to the State, it deserves much attention hence his government would ensure … [Read more…]
Speaking to the GSM Village, New Haven China town, Old Artisan Market, Akwata New Market Traders, High Princess Ada Ogbu, the Frontline Senatorial Candidate for Enugu East Senatorial Zone, in clarity, advanced the reason she is in the race which is solely to touch lives and to ensure the people of Enugu East Senatorial Zone … [Read more…]