PLANNED STRIKE: CSOs tasks labour to shelve threat of strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has been urged to shelve the threat of strike as such action would do more harm than good to the economy they are fighting for.
Mob roasts suspected cultist over murder of final year UNIUYO student
By Egufe Yafugborhi & Chioma Onuegbu UYO – A suspected cultist was burnt alive yesterday by a mob in Uyo, Akwa state capital for alleged involvement in Sunday morning killing of Daniel Okon, a final year Computer Science student of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO). The suspect who suffered the jungle justice along with three […]
Reps to investigate states’ utilisation of FAAC increased allocation
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committees on Special Duties, National Planning, and Economic Development to look into spending and utilisation of increased allocations from the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) by state governments.
Gov’s Wives to FG: Declare State of Emergency on drug abuse in Nigeria
The Nigeria Governors’ Spouses Forum, NGSF, has called on the Federal and State Governments to declare state of emergency on substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria with a view to mobilising resources to tackling the pandemic.
Buhari’s signature forged to withdraw $6.2m from CBN, ex-SGF tells court
The immediate past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday, appeared as a witness in the ongoing trial of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, before an Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama.
Reps step down bill to change educational qualification for President, Vice, others
The House of Representative have stepped down a bill seeking to change minimum requirement for the office of President, Vice, National Assembly members and other political office holders from first school leaving certificate to degree or its equivalent.
Alleged $6.2m fraud: Ex-SGF Mustapha says forged documents were used to pay foreign observers
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, appeared in a Federal Capital Territory High Court on Tuesday to testify in the trial of ex-Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele.
NSIA announces $220, 000 Innovation Prize for start-ups
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has announced the second edition of the NSIA Prize for Innovation (NPI 2.0), with a combined prize value of $220,000, for Nigerian star-ups.
Wigwe: Isiokpo Kingdom begins 7-day mourning period
The people of Isiokpo ancient kingdom in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers State Tuesday concluded arrangements to begin a 7-day mourning period in honour of their illustrious son, Herbert Wigwe, who died in a copter crash in the United States, weekend.
Why I stabbed her to death, suspected killer of AAUA female student, confesses
A 21-year old final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko, Ondo state, Olubodun Sanni, has confessed to stabbing a 20-year-old female student of the same institution, Adekunle Adebisi Ifeoluwa, to death over her iPhone XR.
Economic hardship pushing Nigeria to the brink, PDP BoT tell Tinubu
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has expresses deep concerns over what it described as biting economic hardship, high cost of essential life-enhancing commodities and alarming food scarcity in the country “occasioned by the ill-implemented policies of the APC administration which are already causing restiveness and agitations in various parts of the country.”
