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The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is presiding over the first Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting this year at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. Present are the Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Doctor Folasade Yemi-Esan; and the Deputy Chief … [Read more…]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he had “no doubt” Moscow would emerge victorious in Ukraine, despite military setbacks in the nearly year-long offensive. Putin sent troops to Ukraine in February last year, and in September announced a military mobilisation to prop up Moscow’s forces in the pro-Western country. Despite a number of military defeats, … [Read more…]
Governors of the 36 states have planned to meet with the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, on Thursday over the present withdrawal policy and the redesigned naira notes. The governors under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum through its spokesperson, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, in a statement Tuesday night said the governors … [Read more…]
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mark Suzman, has announced that it will spend $8.3 billion in 2023 to continue its work fighting poverty, disease and inequity. He also shared examples of how the Foundation uses its resources, voice, and convening power to call attention to and help find solutions for problems … [Read more…]
The unions appealed to the government to pay their withheld salaries, saying their members were not on strike with ASUU last year. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has presented certificates of registration to the Congress Of University Academics (CONUA) and the National Association Of Medical And Dental Academics (NAMDA), two breakaway labour … [Read more…]
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Peter Mbah has sent his sympathies to the victims of the fire incident which gutted many shops and goods worth millions of naira at Agu Nwede Plaza, Agbani Road, Gariki-Awkunanaw in Enugu metropolis. In a statement issued by his media office on Tuesday, the governorship … [Read more…]
With barely three days after Reverend Isaac Achi of the St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Kafin Koro Deanery was gruesomely murdered by yet to be identified gunmen in Kaffin-koro, Paikoro local government area of Niger state, some angry youths on Tuesday morning set the Kafin-koro police station ablaze. The Police was also said to … [Read more…]
About 15 shops with goods worth millions of naira have been completely razed down at Agbani Road, in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened on Monday night. The affected shops were situated at Agu Nwede Plaza, Agbani Road, Gariki-Awkunanaw in Enugu metropolis. Eyewitnesses told our correspondent … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has maintained that the Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, is a critical document in the forthcoming general elections and registered voters yet to collect theirs before the deadline would not be allowed to vote. The Commission explained before the Abuja division of the Federal High Court that PVC is critical … [Read more…]
The intervention of one of the Service Chiefs yesterday saved Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Mr. Godwin Emefiele, from arrest upon return to Nigeria from his annual vacation abroad. This is coming at a time the Directorate of State Services (DSS) denied ever storming the CBN headquarters to arrest Emefiele, with the … [Read more…]
The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and Cadre Harmonisé, has released a scalding report, stating that 25 million Nigerians will experience food insecurity between June and August, this year, if urgent measures are not taken to address the trend. The figure is a projected increase from the over 17 million people currently at risk of … [Read more…]
The first prosecution witness, Inspector Matthew Ameh, a member of the patrol team led by ASP Drambi Vandi has told the Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square that the police were conducting a stop and search on Christmas Day when Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem was shot. Led in his testimony by the … [Read more…]