The Nigerian Army has announced the appointment of new Principal Staff Officers(PSOs), General Officers Commanding(GOCs), commanders of various operations of the force and a new Director of Defence Information (DDI). The redeployment according to the Nigerian Army spokesman Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu, is routine, particularly with the recent promotion of senior officers as approved by the … [Read more…]
The Federal Government on Friday ordered temporary suspension of construction works on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, to make traveling experience easier for holiday makers returning to their destinations after the festive season. Recall that Julius Berger returned to site on Tuesday after leaving in December 2022, to continue construction works between the popular Long Bridge and Kara … [Read more…]
Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has given insight into why the collection of the, Permanent Voters Cards, PVC and voting in the forthcoming elections on February 25, 2023 is critical to Nigeria and Nigerians. In a special broadcast he made via the social media, on Thursday, Obi said every Nigerian … [Read more…]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the federal government to increase the Education Tax from the current 2.5 per cent to 10 per cent to enable Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to mobilise more funds to adequately address the decay and challenges confronting the tertiary education sub-sector. This came as the federal … [Read more…]
The Sokoto Division of the Court of Appeal has reinstated Dauda Lawal as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Zamfara State. Earlier, a high court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State, presided over by Justice Aminu Bappa-Aliyu had nullified the primaries that produced Dauda Lawal as PDP governorship candidate and instead, ruled that the … [Read more…]
Decades after mental health regulatory reforms have languished in the legislative chambers with failed attempts at overhaul in 2003 and 2013; President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed into law the Mental Health Bill harmonised by both Houses of Assembly in 2021. The signing which seems to be a parting gift to Nigerians from the president … [Read more…]
Worried by the inflationary consequences of huge public sector cash withdrawals on the nation’s economy, the Nigerian Financial and Intelligence Unit (NFIU), yesterday, outlawed cash withdrawals from all government accounts effective March 1, 2023 warning that defaulters risk three-year jail term. The NFIU declared that such transactions would now be done electronically in line with … [Read more…]
Five governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), known as G-5 Governors, or Integrity Group, yesterday, kept silence on their preferred presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. The five governors comprising Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu) and Seyi Makinde (Oyo), however, said they remain committed … [Read more…]
The Federal Operations Unit Zone A, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday, said it intercepted about 156 trailer loads of rice, 656,414 liters of premium motor spirit (PMS) other contraband worth N13,908 billion in 2022. The acting Controller of the Unit, DC Hussein Ejibunu, who stated this while addressing newsmen in Lagos, said … [Read more…]
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, yesterday approved the request of the state chapter of Labour Party to use the Pa Ngele Oruta Township Stadium in Abakaliki for it’s rally slated to hold on 11 January,2022. Presidential candidate of the Labour party, Mr. Peter Obi, and his team are expected in Ebonyi for his presidential rally … [Read more…]
Fifty-two days to the 2023 general elections on , the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tuesday, received the last consignment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation (BVAS) machines. National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in a statement said the Commission’s Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, National Commissioners and senior officials of the … [Read more…]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday explained that Polaris Bank was sold to Strategic Capital Investment Limited, SCIL, because it offered the highest financial bid of N1.355 trillion. Dismissing allegations to the contrary by an online news outlet, CBN’s Director, Corporate Communication Department, Mr. Osita Nwanisobi, in a press release yesterday stated: “For the … [Read more…]