INEC boss visits burnt Abeokuta office
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu on Tuesday visited Abeokuta, Ogun State. While addressing journalists at the scene of the burnt INEC office in Abeokuta South Local Government, Yakubu said he was in the state to further assess the extent of damage done to the INEC facility. He […]
2022: National Merit Award has no winner
The 2022 edition of the Nigerian National Order of Merit, NNOM, has no winner as the organisers, the Nigerian National Merit Award, said all the 32 candidates nominated for the award did not qualify. The chairman, Nigerian National Merit Award Governing Board, Prof. Shakarau Yakubu Aku, who disclosed this at a briefing in Abuja […]
Police confirm arrest of 10 suspects, recovery of weapons after NURTW rampage in Osun
The Osun State Police Command on Monday disclosed that it has arrested ten persons in connection with the disruption of law and order in Osogbo while trying to take control of motor parks. Hoodlums had earlier went on a rampage across Osogbo, shooting sporadically into the air and attacking members of the National Union […]
Attacks on our facilities won’t stop 2023 poll – INEC Chairman
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the recent attacks on its facilities will not stop the conduct of the 2023 general election. INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu said this when he received a delegation from the Africa Union Special Pre-Electoral Political Mission led by Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on Monday in Abuja. Mr Yakubu, […]
Yuletide: NSCDC begins retraining of private guards
Ahead of Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has commenced a retraining of private Guards in observation, skills, memory and surveillance in Abuja. Head of the Department of Private Guards Company (PGC) of NSCDC FCT Command, Tijani Usman said the retraining was at the instance of […]
$15.4b lost to oil production shortfalls in 2022
Nigeria’s oil production averaged 1.34 million barrels per day in the first 10 months of 2022 against the 2022 Budget benchmark of 1.88 million barrels per day, costing the nation about 161.58 million barrels in lost production. At an average crude oil price of $95 per barrel, it means the country lost about $15.35 billion […]
Adeleke sacks 12,000 workers, dethrones three monarchs
Osun Governor Senator Ademola Adeleke has sacked 12,000 workers with immediate effect, The Nation reported. The Governor also nullified the appointment of 30 Permanent Secretaries and suspended the chairman and members of Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC). The governor had earlier reported that the governor has also dethroned three monarchs. The […]
BREAKING: Senate President Lawan Loses Yobe North Senatorial Ticket
The senate President Ahmad Lawan has lost the senatorial ticket as the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Yobe North Senatorial District. Bashir Sheriff Machina was declared as the authentic APC candidate for the district by the appeal court. The appellate court upheld a judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, […]
Anyaoku, Kukah, Omogui Okauru, Falola praise Musikilu Mojeed’s The Letterman
A former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku; the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah and a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Ifueko Omogui Okauru, have heaped praises on The Letterman: Inside the ‘Secret’ Letters of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, a new book by the Editor-in-Chief of PREMIUM […]
Yellow fever: Kano targets 9,926 children for vaccination
No fewer than 9,926 children have been targeted for vaccination against yellow fever in Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano. The primary health care coordinator of the local government, Mr Isyaku Hamza, made this known at an evening review meeting of the exercise at the weekend. He said that the exercise, which began […]
