The arraignment was originally scheduled for April 30, 2024, but was rescheduled following the agreement of the court and the parties.In the four-count charge filed against him, the EFCC alleged that Emefiele disobeyed the direction of law with intent to cause injury to the public during his implementation of the naira swap policy of the […]
The chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this while hosting chairmen and other leaders of political parties to a meeting at the INEC headquarters in Abuja .According to him, parties are expected to finalise and submit the names of their candidates before the 20th of May, when the portal for candidates in the […]
In a statement by the National President of NANS, Comrade Lucky Emonefe, the striking lecturers were urged to see reasons and resume work immediately.He said that it was saddening that ASUU always ignores the interests and plight of Nigerian students and parents before opting for their actions.Emonefe noted that NANS will support the federal government […]
The Minister unveiled the former Super Eagles forward at an event in Abuja attended by the leaders of the Nigerian Football Federation. The unveiling ceremony will kick-start Finidi’s reign in charge of the three-time African champions.The 53-year-old former Ajax and Real Betis winger was an assistant to former handler of the team, Jose Peseiro for […]
A newly published report ‘Africa Pulse’ by the World Bank said the trend since 2019, has been downwards recording a significant decline to ₦960.7bn attributed to COVID-19 in 2020, while a minor recovery was recorded in 2021 at ₦1.15trn. However, in 2022 a huge drop to ₦781.1bn was recorded and another significant drop to ₦778.4bn […]
The action of the workers follows a joint directive from the leadership of both the Nigeria Labour Congress ,NLC, and the Trade Union Congress ,TUC, at weekend to their members to picket these offices in protest of the tariff hike.Leading members of the labour unions in the protest at the headquarters of the Nigerian Electricity […]
The Duke of Sussex arrived with his wife on Friday in Nigeria’s capital Abuja where they visited a school event on mental health, in a trip that also saw the prince meet wounded Nigerian soldiers in the country’s northwest.On day three of the visit, Prince Harry and Meghan took part in a basketball event with […]
The Assistant Registrar, Public Relations Unit of the institution, Temitope Oluwatayo, who made this known in a statement explained that Loto was sacked after the adoption and ratification of the Senate decision by the Governing Council of UNIMED at its 22nd Statutory meeting held at the Council Chamber, Medical Village Campus, Ondo.The statement said, “The […]
It said some suspects had been arrested and were undergoing prosecution with relevant security agencies.The NIMC Director General, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja, noting that the commission got wind of the issue after a customer complained that she had paid N120,000 to modify her birth certificate.Odusote at the briefing also […]
Olamilekan, a 200-level student of the Department of Information Science, was said to be running a business outfit known as Dcrown Unisex Salon at Under G before he was murdered by his assailants during an argument.He was reportedly stabbed by yet-to-be-identified colleagues and later rushed to a nearby hospital, where he gave up the ghost.One […]