Tension in Ihiala as supplementary poll holds today
Following attacks on journalists and observers in Ihiala LGA and declaration of the Anambra State Governorship election as inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, there is tension as the electoral umpire holds supplementary poll in the area today.
Concerns as foreign nationals are being detained in Equatorial Guinea
Since the end of October, the security forces of Equatorial Guinea have begun to discreetly arrest undocumented foreign residents. “Since Monday November 1, compatriots have been arrested and detained at the Malabo Multisports Complex alongside many other foreign nationals living in Equatorial Guinea. A similar operation has been taking place on the mainland since Saturday […]
Tinubu with blueprint to create jobs, promote youth talent – support group
The Edo Volunteers for Tinubu 2023, led by Ms Owolabi Adetutu, has asserted that former Lagos Governor Bola Tinubu, who enjoys national support for a Presidential run in 2023, possesses and has demonstrated a sound economic blueprint guaranteed to gainfully engage and promote the talents of Nigeria’s bustling youth population.
Jobless youths should be taken off streets with music – 7Figure Records boss
By Chris Onuoha The CEO of 7Figure Records, Franklin Chiekezie Chiemelu has stated that the music industry in Nigeria is capable of taking large number of youth off the streets with the right investment. He also noted that the industry has given those with passion and drive for music a means of livelihood across the […]
Qatar Charity partners Jigawa govt, Inuwa Foundation on agric, water projects
Qatar Charity Foundation is collaborating with Jigawa State Government and Mallam Inuwa Foundation to provide solar-powered water plants, boreholes, hand-pumps, and mosques across the 27 Local Governments Areas. The parties met in Abuja at the Jigawa Governor’s Lodge to discuss ways of supplying and installing the projects that will benefit of millions people in many […]
Bill: Kebbi Peace corps seeks speedy presidential assent
The kebbi state Peace Corps command has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the bill before him forwarded to by the National assemblies.
Younger generation panacea to Africa’s developmental challenges – Lawal
Fresh indication have emerged that giving economic power to the younger generation remains the only solution to Africa’s developmental challenges.
Nigerian Basketball Federation crisis – One election, two faulty constitutions
By Segun Odegbami Permit me to bore my readers again today. This is very technical stuff that does not make interesting reading. Yet, it speaks to the heart of the current crisis in the Nigerian Basketball Federation. It is also an early warning signal of a similar crisis happening in the Nigeria Football Federation. The […]
Fuel scarcity: IPMAN constitutes task force to check hoarding — Official
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has constituted a taskforce to check hoarding of products by fuel station operators. The Chairman of IPMAN, Kano Zone, Alhaji Bashir Danmallam, made the disclosure on Monday in Kano in a statement issued to newsmen. He said that the task force would work in collaboration with the […]
Delta Assembly suspends budget defence for higher education over irregularities
The Delta House of Assembly Committee on Education has suspended the budget defence deliberations on higher education due to irregularities in the budget documents. Chairman of the Committee, Mr Charles Emetulu, said there were irregularities in the figures presented by the Commissioner for Higher Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, while presenting the 2022 budget of the […]
Niger Delta group rejects 3% to South-South in NNPC N621.2bn for construction of 21 roads
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru A Niger Delta group, South-South Study Group, 3SG, has kicked against the allocation of three percent to the zone out of the N621.2 billion tax debt by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, for the reconstruction of 21 federal roads across the six geopolitical zones. The Federal Government through the Minister of […]
