Procurement Observation and Advocacy Initiative, PRADIN has written a formal letter to the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, dated August 12, 2024 and signed by the National Coordinator, Mohammed Bougei Attah, advising the federal government to shelve the planned amendment to the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007 Recall that on August…
Following the resolution of Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting of Monday July 14, 2024 that directed the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, to head a committee to review the Public Procurement Act (PPA) 2007, a civil society group in the advocacy for sound procurement management, anti-corruption and transparency has written…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has identified the corpse of a crossdresser found on Katampe-Mabushi Expressway in Abuja as Ifeanyi Chukwu-Agah Benedict. In a statement on Wednesday, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, identified the crossdresser as a 33-year-old man from Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The statement read,…
Guinness World Record has recognised 116-year-old Tomiko Itooka as the world’s oldest living person, following the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas Morera. The GWR disclosed this in a statement on its website on Wednesday. GWR further disclosed that Tomiko is currently the 24th oldest person in record history The statement read, “116-year-old Tomiko Itooka (b….
Ukraine’s parliament voted on Wednesday to join the International Criminal Court, as Kyiv seeks to bring Russia to justice over war crimes it is alleged to have committed throughout its invasion. The ICC prosecutes grave offences like genocide and crimes against humanity and has the power to issue arrest warrants that its 124 members are…
Donald Trump will hold a rally outdoors Wednesday in North Carolina, the former US president’s first open-air campaign event since he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt at an open-air appearance one month ago. Security precautions are being boosted for the afternoon rally scheduled at an aviation museum in Asheboro, North Carolina, including the use of…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (NNPCL) has explained why fuel scarcity resurfaced nationwide. Dapo Segun, NNPCL’s Vice President (Downstream), addressed the situation during a press conference at the NNPC Towers in Abuja. He attributed the recent fuel scarcity, which has resulted in long queues at filling stations across the country, to the impact of…
Following the ongoing face-off between it and Nigeria Police, the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress has asked its members to be ready to commence a nationwide strike if need be by midnight of Tuesday. The labour centre said in a communique issued after its emergency National Executive Council in Abuja that it had directed all…
Nigeria has won two silver medals in this year’s Pan African Mathematics Olympiad, PAMO. The event, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, saw Elvis Chiedozie Ekwelem from Rivers State and Oghenerukevwe Patrick Esemitodje from Lagos State win two silver medals for the country in the annual continental mathematics contest. The competition brought together young African students…
Barack Obama told fellow Democrats in Chicago Tuesday that “the torch has been passed” to Kamala Harris and that the United States was ready for her to become president. Former president Obama, who was greeted with rapturous applause and cheers at the packed arena hosting the party’s nominating convention, said Vice President Harris would fight…
