Osun State Government has directed that all bedridden and healthy-challenged pensioners will henceforth have their audit exercise conducted through telephone, and as such, will no longer be required to be physically present at the venue of the screening exercise. This was publicly announced by the commissioner for information and public enlightenment, Kolapo Alimi, on Monday….
The former Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Andrew Yakubu will on November 1 know fate in his legal battle to compel the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release to him $9.8 million cash seized in his Kaduna residence since 2017. The huge sum is being allegedly withheld…
Cross River governor, Prince Bassey Otu, says the state security architecture is intact, hence ready to host the world during its 32-days event. Otu gave the assurance on Sunday, while flagging off the first Carnival dry run, at the millennium park in Calabar, the state capital. The governor represented by his deputy, Rt Hon Peter…
Car horns in Quito blared in celebration Sunday as banana empire heir Daniel Noboa, 35, became violence-riddled Ecuador’s youngest president-elect ever. With 90 per cent of votes counted, the electoral authority announced Noboa as the victor. Moments earlier, socialist rival Luisa Gonzalez conceded defeat and offered her “profound congratulations” to Noboa, “because this is democracy.”…
The new Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Aisha Rimi, has pledged to advance Nigeria’s economy through strategic investment promotion. Rimi made this pledge during her opening address after resuming at NIPC headquarters on Monday, in Abuja. In a major reshuffling last Friday, President Bola Tinubu approved the appointment of a…
A ProActive Northern Initiatives (PANI) has described the decision of Federal Government to suspend the N-Power programme as ill-timed, retrogressive, injurious and capable of worsening the fragile security situation in Northern Nigeria. This was even as they described the decision as hasty and anti-people. The group expressed that the programme has brought succour to millions…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has officially sworn in and inaugurated three new ministers, who will now assume their roles as Federal Executive Council (FEC) members. The newly sworn-in ministers are Ayodele Olawale, Abbas Lawal Balarabe, and Jamila Biu Ibrahim. Before today’s FEC meeting, President Tinubu presided over the inauguration ceremony to officially welcome and swear…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has given the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu a three-day ultimatum to either resume office at Government House, Akure or resign. The PDP members had earlier taken to the streets to voice their concerns over the governor’s absence in office before some security operatives stopped them. A detachment of Nigeria…
President of the United States, Joe Biden, has said Israel must eliminate the Hamas terror group but rejected reoccupying the Gaza Strip. Biden made this known in an interview with CBS on Sunday, stressing that reoccupying the Gaza Strip would be a “big mistake.” The US President made this known as Israeli troops prepared for…
…Rivers, Benue states top list with N119bn, N100bn…South-West , Niger Delta regions have N256 bn, N225 bn…What we’re doing to offset arrears — STATES By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South, Dayo Johnson, Victor AhiumaYoung, Sam Oyadongha, Demola Akinyemi, Olasunkami Akoni, Vincent Ujumadu, Egufe Yafugborhi, Peter Duru, Dennis Agbo, Steve Oko, Peter Okutu Marie-Therese Nanlong, Emmanuel…
