The Chairman of the National Population Census, Nasir Kwarra, Thursday in Abuja, requested the release of the allocated N31 billion capital allocation, in the 2023 budget, for preparatory activities ahead of the exercise. Kwarra also requested President Bola Tinubu’s approval for an additional N225.2 billion to cover training and fieldwork allowances, retraining of trainers, and…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has joined the trending social media platform and Twitter rival, Threads. In his first post on Threads, President Tinubu wrote, “My fellow Tailors, Idan has landed.” Recall that Threads has recorded over 10 million sign ups after its launch. Thread, owned by Meta and founded by Mark Zuckerber, launched after new…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will personally announce new dates for the postponed national population and housing census. The Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), Nasir Kwarra, stated this on Thursday while briefing State House reporters after leading a delegation to brief the president at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the commission…
Instagram’s Threads app, a text-based social media platform touted to become Twitter’s latest rival, has been launched and now available to users in more than 100 countries. Threads will function similarly to Twitter, with text-based posts that can be liked, commented on, and shared, according to examples of screenshots on the App Store listing. A…
Gabriel Jesus said he decided to leave Manchester City when head coach, Pep Guardiola, made him cry after leaving him out of the starting lineup in a Champions League game. The Brazilian international worked under Guardiola for five years at the Etihad Stadium before joining Arsenal last summer, a move he said made him feel…
Federal High Court in Abuja has granted suspended DCP Abba Kyari N50 million bail in a charge in which he and two of his siblings were accused of failing to declare assets to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. NDLEA had filed the 24-count charge against Kyari and his brothers — Mohammed Baba Kyari…
Niger Delta activist, Asari Dokubo has questioned the age of the candidate of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, Mmesoma Ejikeme. Dokubo wonders why Mmesoma wrote JAMB at age 19 when his children completed their secondary school education at 15 and 16 years respectively. Dokubo noted that Mmesoma’s age might have been altered before she…
The Osun State House of Assembly has revealed that it will make public the names of the nominees for the cabinet of Governor Ademola Adeleke. The Director of Information and Public Relations of the Assembly, Laide Lawal, made the declaration in a statement issued on Thursday. Lawal said the list would be unveiled to the…
The Independent NationBREAKING: INEC Files Six-count Charge Against Suspended Adamawa RECal Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa state, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The charges were filed at the high court in Yola, the state capital on Thursday, July 6. INEC disclosed that its action came after…
The attention of the Osun state government has been drawn to a press conference by a pressure group within the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) and fake news about plans to sack workers. We affirm that there is neither a plan to sack workers nor any re-introduction of half salary. This was old fake news…
