This is an optional category description
The Federal government has approved the 2023 disbursement guidelines for the sum of N320,345,040, 835 as intervention to public tertiary institutions across the country. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, at a workshop organised for beneficiary institutions, disclosed that on the basis of this, each university shall get for the 2023 intervention cycle, the … [Read more…]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has pleaded with the Central Criminal Court of England, otherwise known as the Old Bailey, to temper justice with mercy in the May 5 sentencing of convicted Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu; and his wife Beatrice. After a six-week trial at the Old Bailey, last month, the couple and their doctor … [Read more…]
…NCC refutes allegations of tracking, leakage of telephone calls The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has distanced himself from a purportedly leaked phone call between himself and the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo. An online medium had published the audio clip, prompting tensions between Obi’s … [Read more…]
The Enugu State House of Assembly has asked President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to cause investigation into what it described as the “ignoble role of the military in the just concluded governorship and State House of Assembly elections in the state”. The resolution was sequel to a motion on a matter of urgent … [Read more…]
Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts in a Manhattan court after hearing charges against him, according to a source. The charges stem from an investigation into a hush money payment made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump did not speak as advisers expected before … [Read more…]
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has decried the level of campaigns of calumny launched against his person in the past few days. Stating this in a tweet personally signed by him on his verified Twitter handle, Obi wondered why the consistent efforts to portray him … [Read more…]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has warned Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), against inciting violence over the outcome of the presidential election. NAN reports that Mohammed spoke in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international media organisations on the just concluded 2023 polls. The minister accused Obi … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers State on Tuesday requested the cooperation of all political parties seeking the inspection of election materials used in the February 25 and March 18, 2023 polls, saying it will discharge its constitutional and lawful duties “without preferences or bias”. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, … [Read more…]
No fewer than ten students have been kidnapped by bandits in the Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna state. The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan confirmed this in a statement on Monday, where he revealed that the students were from the government secondary school Awon (day secondary school). The Commissioner … [Read more…]
Prof. Wole Soyinka has weighed in on the 2023 general elections and the rhetoric of political actors. The Nobel laureate, who appeared on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Roadmap 2023, described the elections as “not exactly the most edifying exercise that we’ve been through.” Stating that he was out of the country for some months, … [Read more…]
Senate Chief Whip Orji Uzor Kalu has lost his wife, Mrs. Ifeoma Ada Kalu. Ifeoma was said to have died in the United States of America. Announcing her death on his verified Facebook page, Kalu announced his wife died at 61. The former Abia Governor described his late wife as a woman of virtues who … [Read more…]
The Lagos High Court Sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Lagos Island has dismissed a “no case submission” filed by the suspended Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Drambi Vandi, who allegedly killed a Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, on December 25, 2022. Justice Ibironke Harrison ordered the defendant to open his defence as a ‘prima … [Read more…]