December 10, 2023
I Have No Plan To Dump APC, says Benue Governor
Governor of Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, on Sunday described as “false” the insinuations that he was planning to dump the All Progressives Congress for the Peoples Democratic Party. He said he had special love for the APC and would never work against it. Alia disclosed these in a statement by his Chief Press […]
Works Ministry Inherited N1.5trn Debt From Buhari’s Govt – Umahi
The Ministry Works says a committee has been constituted to look into the N1.5tr debt the federal government is owing contractors. In a statement Sunday, the Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi, said the six committees, one per each geopolitical zone would look into certified certificates generated before May 29th, 2023, and from May 29th […]
CBN insists there’s sufficient stock of naira notes
Amidst complaints by some Nigerians about the scarcity of naira notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says there is an adequate supply of the currency. This follows complaints by some bank customers about the scarcity of naira notes at the counters, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), Points of Sale (PoS), and Bureaux de Change (BDCs). […]
I am not in competition with Obaseki, says Shuaib
The deputy governor of Edo state, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has stated that he is not in competition with Governor Godwin Obaseki on the payment of the hospital bill of the attacked players and officials of Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) side, Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure. Representatives of Obaseki, comprising high-ranking officials from his […]
Razed Kogi Assembly Complex Renovated, Plenary Resumes Monday – Speaker
The Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Alhaji Umar Yusuf, on Sunday affirmed that members of the Assembly would on Monday resume plenary at their renovated complex in Lokoja, the state capital. He said the complex, razed on October 10, 2022, had been renovated and handed over to the Assembly for use. Reports […]
Government officials took N6bn from NECO and have not accounted for it – Ex-Chairman
A former Chairman of the National Examination Council Board, Prof Abubakar Mohammed, has accused government officials of taking N6 billion that belongs to the examination body and not accounting for it. Mohammed made this accusation on Saturday at the NECO Award Ceremony held in Minna, Niger State. He said: “The government and especially some officials […]
JUST IN: Many kidnapped as Bandits Invade Kaduna Community Over Failure To Pay Levies
Again rampaging bandits have invaded another Kaduna Community, Kidandan in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State, where yet to be ascertained number of persons were feared killed resulting in residents fleeing in large numbers to neighbouring villages for safety. The bandits were said to have stormed the community, shooting sporadically because, according to a […]