Explosion kills ISWAP bombmakers, medical officer, Arab IED experts in Borno
Explosion killed Dan Fulani, an ISWAP medical officer, alongside two foreign Arab IED technicians and two ISWAP bomb-making experts
2023: We’ve logistics for possible run-off – INEC
Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said in line with its tradition of adequately preparing for eventualities, it has enough logistics to take care of a possible run-off in next year’s Presidential Election. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Friday in Abuja at a meeting with Bureau Chiefs and […]
Court discharges Babachir Lawal in N544m grass-cutting fraud case
Breaking: Court discharges Babachir Lawal of N544m grass cutting contract fraud
Atiku, Okowa meet Jonathan in Abuja
Presidential and vice-presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa respectively met with former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja. The PDP flag bearers in the 2023 presidential election met with the former president in Abuja on Thursday night. Okowa, the governor of Delta State, announced the meeting, in a […]
2023: Why PDP may not win South West, South East – Fayose
A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has expressed fears over the chances of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, winning the South-West and South-East regions of the country in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. Fayose made this assertion in an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday. Read also: I’ll support Atiku, but […]
133 million Nigerians poor – NBS
THE National Bureau of Statistics, NBS yesterday said that 133 million (63 per cent) Nigerians are suffering from multidimensional poverty, with children constituting more than half of poor people in the country.
Pay withheld salaries or risk scuttled academic session, ASUU warns FG
Pay our withheld salaries or risk scuttled academic session, ASUU tells FG
TINUBU TO SOUTH-EAST ZONE: Stop complaining, I’ll address your grievances
Says my govt will not segregate, will discuss issues …Promises to revive industries in zone By Chinonso Alozie & Olayinka Ajayi THE Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, yesterday, took his quest for the presidency to the South-East zone, with a promise that if elected he would address the grievances […]
Stash of Cash: More governors on watch list, says EFCC Chairman
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Thursday in Abuja updated President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the commission. Bawa, who briefed State House correspondents after his meeting with the president, said the number of governors being monitored by the Commission for suspected cases of money laundering has […]
Naira redesign: Squeeze, spray notes, face wrath of law – CBN
Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The Central Bank of Nigeria has reemphasised the need for Nigerians to handle the new naira notes with dignity as strict consequences await those mishandling the currency. Speaking at a sensitisation, enlightenment and bank fair programme held in Osogbo, Osun state on Thursday, ahead of the introduction of the redesign notes, the […]
63% of Nigerians are poor — NBS survey
By Elizabeth Adegbesan A National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, survey has shown that 63 percent of Nigerians are poor as at 2022. The survey was contained in a report titled, “The National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) Survey results for 2022.” The MPI report, launched today in Abuja, also showed that 67.5 percent of children within […]
