NYSC to Corps Members: Army won’t allow violation of military tradition
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The Director-General of National Youth Service Corps, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, says the Nigerian army will not allow any violation of its military traditions. Ibrahim, who stated this at a briefing, was reacting to the recent detention of a female soldier who got romantically entangled with a male corps member at […]
Akwa Ibom APC ‘collapses’ as Udoedeghe defects to PDP
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Akwa Ibom State, is presently counting her woes as a brother to the Secretary of the National Caretaker Committee of the party, Senator John Udoedehe, who has just defected from the opposition party in Akwa Ibom to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Clark to Obasanjo: Your disdain, insincerity for people of Niger Delta hasn’t reduced
By Henry Umoru – Abuja Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark yesterday took a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo, saying that his disdain and Insincerity for the People of Niger Delta has not in any way reduced. Clark in a personal letter to Chief Obasanjo described his comments that […]
NDE empowers 100 unemployed youths on Entrepreneurship skills in Ondo
No fewer than 100 unemployed youths across Ondo state have commenced a five days training, courtesy of the initiative of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in continuation of the government’s skills acquisition programs.
Senate chickens out of overriding Buhari’s veto on Electoral Act Amendment Bill
Says it will act on Buhari’s letter in January To consult with Reps, Constituents on next line of action By Henry Umoru THE Senate Wednesday fell short of the expectations of many Nigerians, especially stakeholders in the electoral process when it could not carry out its avowed readiness to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the […]
Nasarawa Assembly passes 2022 budget of N114.3bn
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has jerked up the 2022 Appropriation Bill from the initial N109.8 billion presented for consideration and approval by Gov. Abdullahi Sule to N114.3 billion. Alhaji Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House, announced the passage of the budget after Mr Daniel Ogazi, the Deputy Majority Leader of the House, […]
Barcelona agree to sign Ferran Torres
By Emmanuel Okogba Barcelona have agreed to sign forward Ferran Torres on a five-year deal from Manchester City for €55m plus €10m add-ons. The move for the Spaniard, 21, is a return to the league he competed in with Valencia before the 2020 switch to Premier League football. The deal is a push by the […]
Court throws out Senator Akume’s motion to stop Ortom’s N60b libel suit
By Peter Duru A Makurdi High Court presided over by Justice Augustine Ityonyiman has dismissed the preliminary objection filed by the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, praying the court to strike out the N60billion libel suit filed against him by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, for lack of merit. […]
Senate passes N17.12trn Budget for 2022
THE Senate Wednesday passed an aggregate expenditure of N17,126,873,917,692 trillion naira as budget for the 2022 fiscal year.
NAPTIP Abia records 70 cases of human trafficking in 6 months
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it recorded more than 70 cases of human trafficking in Abia in six months. NAPTIP Coordinator in Abia, Mrs Nkemdirim Okafor, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Umuahia. She said the 70 cases were […]
