The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dismissed claims that it ranked states based on their performance in its recently released examination for school candidates as false. Mr Patrick Areghan, WAEC’s Head of National Office, dismissed the claims, calling them misleading, false, and the work of a liar. Areghan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos …
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday said it would punish political parties found to be violating electoral timelines as well as provisions of the new Electoral Act 2022 (as amended), especially during the 2023 elections. The commission also maintained its ground not to jettison electronic transmission of results and revert to manual process and would not lower the bar …
The new Nigerian Bar Association President, Mr Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, was on Friday, sworn in to take over the mantle of leadership from his predecessor, Mr Olumide Akpata. Maikyau, who was sworn in as the 31st President of the NBA, won the election held earlier in July with 38,000 votes, following an election conducted by legal practitioners online. He was …
In the second quarter of 2022, the Finance and Insurance sector grew by 29.90% in nominal terms. According to the National Bureau of Statistics’ most recent GDP report. Financial Institutions grew at a rate of 31.63%, while Insurance grew at a rate of 17.28%. The Finance and Insurance Sector consists of the two subsectors, Financial Institutions and Insurance, which accounted …
Kingsley Wali, a good governance activist, stated at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference that Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, and Kashim Shettima violated electoral law. According to Wali, the vice presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), and All Progressives Congress (APC) turned the event into a campaign ground. Borno Central Senator Shettima represented APC flagbearer …
Despite their divorce, music producer JJC Skillz wished actress and politician Funke Akindele a happy birthday. JJC sparked outrage online hours ago when he posted a video of Funke wishing her a happy birthday. In a recent interview with TVC, the music producer stated that they had a good relationship for almost seven years and wished her luck. JJC emphasised …
The Nigerian House of Representatives has agreed to summon the Auditor General of the Federation, Mr Okolieaboh Sylvia, to provide documentary evidence on the audit of funds spent on fuel subsidies. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, this was revealed by Rep. Ibrahim Aliyu, Chairman of the Special Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidies, in Abuja on Thursday. He …
Apple Watches are already among the most expensive digital smartwatches available, but a new case designed by a Swedish company called Golden Concept has increased their price even further. The company’s most recent product is an Apple Watch case encrusted with 443 colourless, cut, and exceptionally clear diamonds. The titanium frame is carved from a single block. Because each piece …
Nigeria’s GDP increased by 3.54% year on year in real terms in the second quarter of 2022, an improvement over the 3.11% growth recorded in the previous quarter. This is according to the National Bureau of Statistics’ most recent GDP report. Year on year, the Q2 2022 growth rate fell by 1.47% points from the 5.01% rate recorded in Q2 …
On Wednesday evening, a commercial driver, simply identified as Bello, was killed by terrorists during an ambush along the Katsina/Jibia highway in Katsina State. Babangida Kachile, 56, and Halimat Shuaibu, 50, were kidnapped by the attackers. According to a source, the victims were on their way home when they were ambushed by terrorists at Kadobe village. According to the source, …
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo chapter in the United Kingdom has distanced itself from a recent comment made by its chieftain, Prof. Joe Ukamenem, about Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Kanu’s house in the United Kingdom, according to Ukemenam, is worth £10 million. In an interview with Sun Newspapers, he stated that Kanu had no traceable …
Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem, Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, has warned those he calls purveyors of a calumny campaign to stop their evil plots against the education family, declaring that the campaign will fail. The commissioner was responding to an anonymous post that was widely circulated on social media and raised allegations that ministry officials were taxing some …
In this interview with ABIODUN NEJO, Raphael Adeyanju, Publicity Secretary of the Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party, says the PDP’s stakeholders in the state are only interested in returning the party to its members and strengthening it so that it can win future elections. Your party lost the governorship election on June 18th. What was the cause and what was …
The federal government has signed an agreement with Israeli and Japanese companies to assemble and manufacture environmentally friendly, green, electric, and smart automobiles by 2023. On Thursday, the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) announced a collaboration with Israeli, Japanese, and Nigerian companies in Abuja. According to Michael Freeman, Israel’s ambassador to Nigeria, the partnership, which combines Israeli, …
Stakeholders in the Niger Delta region have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to approve a board of directors for the Niger Delta Development Commission rather than a single administrator (NDDC). The stakeholders made the appeal in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Ogbakiri Yanga, on Thursday in Yenagoa, under the auspices of the Niger Delta Movement for Development (NDMD). …
The Parents Teachers’ Association of Nigeria has debunked the statement that it will contribute 10, 000 naira each for Nigerian students, for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end the 6 months strike. Alhaji Haruna Danjuma, the National President of the association, in a statement, distanced the group from the claim. He explained that the PTA was not …
Primate Elijah Ayodele of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church said Nigerians will face more hardship because the government is in debt that cannot be paid off in the next six years. The cleric made the statement through his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin. In his “fresh prophetic warnings,” Ayodele stated that people will begin to protest economic hardship because things will …
The Peter Obi Support Network has reacted to the meeting between former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike. Naija News had earlier reported that the trio met in London on Thursday and the meeting had in attendance some governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party …
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, met with the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi; and the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in London. Although details of the meeting were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, It was learnt that it was part of negotiations ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Wike attended the meeting …
Electricity distribution companies, DisCos, said they had succeeded in creating over 32, 000 jobs since privatisation. In a statement signed by the Executive Director, Research & Advocacy, the Association of Nigeria Electricity Distributors, ANED, Barr. Sunday Oduntan, on Wednesday, the DisCos they had created 32,573 as against 23,515 at privatisation The explanations became necessary following the recent takeover of some …
