The National Examinations Council (NECO) has urged Nigerians to disregard a publication claiming that the examination body plans to recruit new members of staff. NECO’s Head of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, confirmed this in a statement in Abuja, ...
Read More »Traditional rulers condemn minister’s attack on Tor Tiv
The Konshisha Area Traditional Council has described the attack on Tor Tiv by a Minister of Special Duties, George Akume as unwarranted, sacrilegious and unacceptable. Chairman of Second Class Traditional Rulers in Tiv land and Ter Ikyor, Chief Thomas Jam ...
Read More »Yenagoa outage persists as shutdown of PHEDC operations over N16.5b debt lingers
THE outage occasioned by the face-off between the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) and the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) has entered the 10th day with unpleasant consequences. On December 23, 2019, the IYC besieged the offices of the PHEDC and ...
Read More »BoT Chairman of PDP, Jibrin alleges threat to life over 2023 presidential ticket
Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Walid Jibrin, yesterday alleged threats to his life over the party’s refusal to endorse an automatic ticket for former Vice President Abubaker Atiku in the 2023 general election. Jibrin, who ...
Read More »How our people’s resilience helped us to stay in office, by Wike, Tambuwal
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike and his Sokoto State counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal, have attributed their reelection to the resilience of their people against every attempt to rig the 2019 governorship polls. They stated this at the 2020 Rivers State New ...
Read More »Outsiders caused Southern Kaduna crises, Lekwot insists
An elder statesman, Gen. Zamani Lekwot (rtd.), has declared that outsiders rather than indigenes caused the security challenges in Southern Kaduna in Kaduna State. Lewkot said this in an interview in Kafanchan, while reacting to a media report that quoted ...
Read More »Experts urge all levels of government to provide infrastructure, jobs for economic growth
An economist, Professor Olanrewaju Olaniyan yesterday underscored the need for all tiers of government to improve on infrastructure and jobs creation to enhance the country’s economic growth and development. Olaniyan, a Director at the Centre for Sustainable Development, University of ...
Read More »FG borrowed N16tr in four years with no projects to show for the funds, Galadima alleges
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Buba Galadima has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government borrowed N16tr in the last four years with nothing to show for it in the country. Speaking in Abuja yesterday, Galadima, ...
Read More »FG borrowed N16tr in four years with no projects to show for the funds, Galadima alleges
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Buba Galadima has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led government borrowed N16tr in the last four years with nothing to show for it in the country. Speaking in Abuja yesterday, ...
Read More »Delta first lady charges corporate organisations on CSR, lauds Fidelity Bank on medical outreach
Wife of Delta State Governor, Edith Okowa has enjoined corporate bodies and wealthy individuals to give back to their communities through humanitarian services. She gave the charge as Fidelity Bank Plc donated over 500 medicated eyeglasses and conducted 33 successful ...
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