…Pansa and Jobava confirmed as IPA President and Vice President Elect Uchenna Cyril Anioke from Enugu State, Nigeria, has just been elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the prestigious International Publishers Association (IPA), based in Geneva, Switzerland. The outcome of the online election that spanned 2 weeks of voting (9th-23rd September, 2022) … [Read more…]
With the take off of campaigns for the 2023 general election, civil society group, Centre for Transparency Advocacy, CTA, has challenged presidential candidates of political parties to unveil to Nigerians plans to tackle the energy and insecurity challenges facing the country. The group said such plans or manifestos must be backed up by a court … [Read more…]
The House of Representatives has raised the alarm over the possibility of the ebola virus returning to Nigeria, urging the Federal Government to immediately activate preventive measures. Members of the House, at the plenary on Thursday, unanimously adopted a motion moved by one of them, Dachung Bagos, who warned that the virus might spread to … [Read more…]
The National Examination Council (NECO) says no fewer than 727,864 representing 60.74 per cent of the 1,198,412 candidates who sat for this year’s Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) got five credits and above including English language and Mathematics. A total of 889,188 candidates out of the number who sat for the school-based examinations that sat … [Read more…]
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has said there are no ideological differences between him and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Abubakar Atiku. Obi made this assertion during an interview on Arise TV Prime Time monitored by Vanguard correspondent on Wednesday. Recall that the two presidential candidates both ran a … [Read more…]
Angry National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has written a strong worded letter to its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to order for the immediate withdrawal of the Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) released recently. It also ordered him to restrain the PCC from undertaking solo projects of this nature, and agree to … [Read more…]
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday, inaugurated the party ‘s Presidential Campaign Council in line with the 2023 elections timetable of the Independent National Electoral Commission. This is as the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and the Labour Party presidential standard bearer, Peter Obi, had … [Read more…]
Gunmen, yesterday afternoon, killed four army officers and one civilian in Umunze community, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. This came about two weeks after gunmen attacked the convoy of the senator representing Anambra South Senatorial Zone, Ifeanyi Ubah, at the Nkwo Market area of Enugwu-Ukwu community, killing some of the police officers … [Read more…]
THE Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi on Tuesday, stormed the monthly meeting of Afenifere held at the Isanya-Ogbo country home of its leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo with a promise to restructure Nigeria if elected as president in 2023. The report reliably gathered that Afenifere leaders, present at the meeting, received Obi … [Read more…]
The Bayelsa High Court has introduced the E-Affidavit Initiative aimed at efficient and effective administration of justice and to block associated revenue leakages. This is contained in a statement by Mr Julius Nyananyo, Head of Media and Information at Bayelsa Judiciary Headquarters, on behalf of the Chief Registrar on Wednesday. He said that the new … [Read more…]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has lent N9.3tn to businesses, recovering N3.7tn from it. The apex bank said N5tn was not yet due. Director of Development Finance, CBN, Dr Yusuf Yila, disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Abuja, noting that manufacturers got 31 per cent of the fund, which was the biggest chunk. “Some … [Read more…]
The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, to direct Julius Berger Plc to immediately return to site and complete the reconstruction work starting with the Jere-Kaduna stretch of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano Expressway. The call followed a motion on matters of urgent public importance sponsored by Garba Datti Muhammad and … [Read more…]