July 2024
Pro-Fubara lawmakers to screen new commissioner-nominee Monday
The Rivers State House of Assembly has invited another commissioner-nominee for screening and confirmation. The invitation was contained in a Public Announcement signed by the Clerk of the Assembly, Dr G. M Gillis-West on Sunday and obtained by our correspondent. The statement said the screening will be held on Monday at the Chamber of the […]
SSANU, NASU begin nationwide protest Tuesday
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have directed their members across the country to mobilise for a nationwide protest. In a circular directed to all branch chairmen of the two unions and made available to the media in Abuja on Sunday, the unions said the […]
President Tinubu re-elected ECOWAS chairman
President Bola Tinubu has been re-elected for another one-year tenure as Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of States and Government. Tinubu, whose first tenure is to elapse on July 9, 2024, was elected by a unanimous decision of fellow Heads of Government at the 65th Ordinary Session of the Authority held at the […]
Oyo gives owners of illegal structures quit notice
Oyo State Government, on Sunday, faulted the construction of shops and shanties in unauthorised places. The state Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resource, Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, condemned the act during an official monitoring of Lagelu and Egbeda Local Government Council Areas, respectively in the state. According to a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, […]
Man jumps into Osun river after complaining about hardship
A man identified as Femi on Saturday in Osogbo, Osun State jumped into Osun river, not long after he complained about the hardship facing him. A source close to the scene said Femi stood on the Gbodofon bridge located along Osogbo/Gbongan road around 10:30 am and jumped into the river. A vulcaniser, working close to […]
Nigerians will re-elect Tinubu in 2027, APC secretary boasts
The All Progressives Congress has expressed conviction that President Bola Tinubu will be re-elected in 2027 despite the economic hardship and planned alliance between mega opposition parties. The lingering economic hardship resulting from ongoing reforms such as fuel subsidy removal and floating of the naira has given rise to palpable fear that Nigerians may vote […]
NUJ condemns abduction of Kaduna journalists, families
The Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has condemned the abduction of its members in the state. The condemnation is contained in a statement issued by the council’s Chairman, Asma’u Halilu, and the Secretary, Gambo Sanga, issued in Kaduna on Sunday. It was earlier reported that some bandits on Saturday night invaded […]
Bandits kidnap two Kaduna journalists, wives, others
Some bandits on Saturday night invaded Dahjonu community in Millennium City of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted two journalists -The Nation’s Abdulgafar Alabelewe and Blueprint newspaper’s AbdulRaheem Abdu as well as their wives and children. Alabelewe is also the current chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, […]
Court orders Buhari’s minister to account for N729bn payment to poor Nigerians
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, to account for payments of N729bn to 24.3 million poor Nigerians for six months. The court also ordered the former minister to provide the list and details of the beneficiaries who received the […]
CJN to swear in daughter-in-law, 11 others as High Court judges Wednesday
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will swear in 12 judges into the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. According to Channels Television on Sunday, the information was contained in a statement by the Director of Press and Information of the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande. The […]