The Acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Wednesday embarked on a critical duty tour by convoy patrol to assess and address the prevailing security challenges in some parts of Plateau State. The IG promised that measures will be taken to address the insecurity in the state. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP…
New Zealand, hosts of the 2023 Women’s World Cup, delivered the first upset of the tournament with a famous 1-0 win over Norway, former champions, in the opening match of the tournament. The first match of the Women’s World Cup kicked off at Eden Park, Auckland on Thursday and it duly delivered the hype attached…
By Umar Ardo, Ph.D The key index of a failed state anywhere in the world is the collapse of state authority. Clearly, the 8-year Buhari administration has grounded Nigeria and left behind a failed state. Nigeria is today a failed state as there is ample failure of state authority across all facets of our national…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has announced a total tax revenue collection of N5.5 trillion for the half-year period of January to June 2023. This is the highest tax revenue collection ever recorded by the Service in any first six months of a fiscal year. Mr. Muhammad Nami, Executive Chairman of the FIRS stated…
The Network of Bayelsa Professionals (NBP) has canvassed support for the governor of the State, Senator Douye Diri in the quest to alleviate the hardships of the people of the state following the Federal Government’s new increase in the pump price of petroleum. Governor Diri had on Wednesday unveiled a new transport scheme for the…
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has directed lecturers under its umbrella to go to work only two days weekly until the federal government gives a positive reply to their demand of a 200 percent increase in salary. This directive was contained n a statement signed by COECASU’s national president, Dr Smart Olugbeko…
Osun state Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved the appointment of Hon. Sam Oyedotun as the Chairman, Osun State Water Corporation. This was contained in a statement signed by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Spokesperson to the Executive Governor and made available to newsmen in Osogbo, the Osun state capital on Thursday. According to the statement, the…
The National Economic Council (NEC) meeting is being held at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja on Thursday. The meeting, which is being chaired by the Vice President Kashim Shettima, has in attendance governors of the 36 states of the Federation, the Director General of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, as well as…
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has stated that removal of fuel subsidy will save Nigeria’s future. According to him Nigeria as a country would not have survived the next few years if the fuel subsidy had not been removed. The President of the Senate, made the statement while receiving in courtesy, the Governor of…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon Mr Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has finally come up to clear the air on the allegations that President Bola Tinubu had a phone conversation with him in relation to pending proceedings before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC). The CJN’s denial came in a statement issued by his spokesman,…
