A security guard working for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was detained in Rivers State by Department of State Security (DSS) agents for allegedly extorting citizens. It was learned that the official was taken into custody for the alleged offence at the INEC office in the state’s Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. Geraldine Ekelemu, an INEC public affairs representative in …
14 suspects have been detained by the Ondo State Police Command for alleged acts of terrorism and other crimes in the state, including armed robbery, cultism, and theft. The state police public relations officer (PPRO), SP Funmilayo Odunlami, paraded the suspects yesterday at the command headquarters on Igbatoto Road, Akure, and said the arrests were a part of the command’s …
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization’s Lagos State chapter has denied rumours that it supported Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, over Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, ahead of the 2023 elections. The chapter’s president, Sunday Ossai, claimed that the untrue rumour that the Ohanaeze in Lagos had dumped Obi for Tinubu came straight from the pit …
Kefas Agbu, the PDP’s candidate for governor in Taraba State, still has work to do because one of the candidates in the recently held primaries has petitioned the Federal High Court in Jalingo for justice. Professor Jerome Nyame, the candidate, insisted that the party’s nominee had not submitted any nomination or expression of interest paperwork and had not undergone screening …
The Delta State Chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has chosen Monday John Onyeme, the chairman of the Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, to run as the party’s deputy governor candidate in place of Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori. Onyeme and the governorship candidate will run together on the party’s joint ticket as the PDP’s flagbearers in the 2023 …
On Tuesday evening, unidentified gunmen allegedly killed three people in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State. At around 7:10 p.m., gunmen stormed a provision store across the street from Seplat Petroleum Development Company on Ufuoma Atose street, according to a Facebook user, Sapele Oghenek, who made the disclosure on his verified page. He went on to say that they …
On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari explained why he defied the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in refusing to remove the country’s fuel subsidies. Despite the Bretton Wood institutions’ repeated calls for it to be removed, the President said in an interview with Bloomberg News that eliminating the fuel subsidy was becoming increasingly untenable. In January, the federal …
Three Nigerian senators who were elected on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform have resigned from the ruling party. Senators Ahmad Babba Kaita (Katsina North), Lawal Yahaya Gumau (Bauchi South), and Francis Alimikhena (Bauchi South) are among the lawmakers (Edo North). Read Also: Breaking: House Steps down Motion to Override Buhari’s Veto on Statutory Delegates Gumau, on the other hand, defected …
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted down a motion to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to an amendment to the 2022 Electoral Act that would allow statutory delegates to attend political party congresses and conventions. As the countdown to the 2023 elections heats up, the failure of the assent has denied elected public officials the opportunity to …
Nigeria’s external reserves are expected to decline, according to the World Bank, because the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is expected to clear $1.7 billion in foreign exchange backlog and forward contracts to foreigners by the end of October 2022. The World Bank revealed this in a report called “Nigeria Development Update (June 2022): The Continuing Urgency of Business Unusual.” …
Against the backdrop of rising insecurity in Nigeria, His Grace, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, Archbishop of Enugu Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, has warned that a revolution is on the way to drive out those who are holding the country back. The call was made during the Archbishop’s pre-Synod press conference on Tuesday, …
Prince Kassim Afegbua, an Edo State politician, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party, or PDP. According to reports, Afegbua served as a campaign spokesman for Nigeria’s former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar. However, Afegbua has a rift with the opposition party’s presidential candidate for 2023. In a letter to the PDP Chairman, Ward 5 Okpella, Edo State, Afegbua announced his …
Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed, has stated that the federal government will invest heavily in all aspects of the agricultural value chain in order to ensure adequate and high-quality data for effective agricultural policies. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Minister stated this at a Training of Trainers workshop on the National Agriculture Sample Census (NASC) held in …
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested six members of a notorious cult group who had been on the command’s wanted list for their roles in a series of cult clashes in Shagamu and its environs that resulted in the deaths of at least four people. The arrest of the suspects was announced in a statement by the state Police …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will not be able to end voter registration on June 30, 2022, as scheduled by the Federal High Court in Abuja. Following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, Honourable Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) granted an order of interim injunction on Monday (SERAP). SERAP and 185 …
To consolidate its performance, TotalEnergies Plc has assured shareholders of the company’s commitment to becoming a multi-energy company that will play a key role in the country’s energy transition, particularly in renewable energy. This was stated by the company’s chairman, Jean-Phillipe Torres, at the company’s 44th annual general meeting, which was held in Lagos over the weekend. He expressed confidence …
Following the resignation of Malam Zubairu Massu, who defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party, the Kano State House of Assembly elected Alhaji Kabiru Dashi (APC-Kiru) as deputy speaker (NNPP). According to NAN, Dashi was elected after being nominated by Mr Sale Marke (APC-Dawakin-Tofa) in plenary on Monday. Mr Nuhu Achika (APC-Wudil) seconded the nomination, and the lawmakers confirmed his …
Abductors of former Secretary of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Sani Toro; former Assistant Coach of the Super Eagles, Garba Yila and one of their friends, Isa Jah, are demanding N150 million for their release. Toro and others reportedly left the wedding of the son of former NFF President, Aminu Maigari, in Abuja on Saturday, at about 05:00 pm en route …
A horrific motor accident involving a Toyota bus and a truck in Niger State resulted in the death of 18 passengers. The accident happened along the Minna-Bida Road in Minna, the state capital, in the Gidan-Mangoro area. A Kano Line bus was travelling from Lagos to Kano when it collided with a broken-down truck at about 3 a.m. on Saturday. …
Only four states and the federal capital territory have started paying pensions to employees under the contributory pension scheme, according to the National Pension Commission (PenCom) (CPS). Lagos, Osun, Kaduna, Delta, and the federal capital territory are the states involved (FCT). In its most recent report, titled “Status of implementation of the CPS by states and the FCT for the …
