Tag: national

.. A constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Barr Ken Ikeh, has advocated policies of concerned authorities to salvage the Igbo apprenticeship scheme. Barr Ikeh was reacting to clamours of some stakeholders to resuscitate the scheme, which hitherto was a platform for empowerment in Igboland. The lawyer described it “as a reliable method of…

The Police have arrested one Mubarak Haladu for allegedly kidnapping and killing his seven-year-old nephew in Dadin Kowa community, Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State. ASP Buhari Abdullahi, the state Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. Abdullahi said that the case of kidnap was reported to the Dadin…

.. The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada, have partnered to tackle the challenges of graduate employability and entrepreneurial skills development. NUC Acting Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki while speaking at a three-day Stakeholders Capacity Workshop in Abuja, lamented the rate of unemployment for graduates in Nigeria and urged stakeholders…

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed confidence that it will soon take control of Rivers State. The National Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje, stated this at an event on Thursday in Abuja. Ganduje stressed that the party’s chapter in Rivers State would be rebuilt and repositioned to establish a stronghold in the…

Bianca Ojukwu .. Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, thanked President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his “thoughtfulness” in appointing Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Spain and Wife of the Late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Mrs. Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. In a press statement released on Friday, through his…

Civil Society Organizations and other critical stakeholders in the South-East have urged the Federal Government to prioritize a non-kinetic approach to complement efforts in addressing separatist agitations in the geopolitical zone. This call was made during a one-day dialogue tagged “Building trust and enhancing civil-military relations in Nigeria’s Southeast geopolitical zone,” held in Enugu. The…

Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu and NNPCL GCEO, Mele Kyari .. The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu has paid a condolence visit on the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd, Mallam Mele Kyari, over the recent death of his daughter, Fatima…

Philippine rescue workers struggled through widespread floodwaters on Friday to reach residents stranded on rooftops as Tropical Storm Trami, which has moved out to sea, left at least 40 people reported dead. The storm dumped two months’ worth of rainfall over just two days in parts of the country, displacing tens of thousands. “Many are…

.. Elon Musk’s satellite internet service provider, Starlink, may exit Nigeria if the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) fails to approve its recent subscription price hike. On October 1, Starlink announced a price hike for its Nigerian residential users by 97.36% from N38,000 to N75,000. The company also inflated the price of its hardware from…

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested at least 21 persons for allegedly attempting to disrupt the just-concluded local government elections in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. Hassan said the suspects, identified as political thugs, were caught allegedly attempting…

.. Akwa Ibom students who represented Nigeria at the 2024 Bilateral Schools Debate held in Singapore have emerged tops at the competition returning home to the warm embrace of the state government. The students were treated to a rousing welcome by the Akwa Ibom State government at the Victor Attah international Airport near Uyo,…

The Niger State Government has approved the sum of N80,000 as the new minimum wage for civil servants at the state and local government levels. The governor stated this shortly after meeting with leaders of the organised labour at Government House Minna, where he disclosed that the payment of the new salary structure will commence…

.. The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly Committee on Health has expressed dismay over the non-release of budgetary allocations to hospitals for their operations in the state. Moses Essien, the committee chairman who represents Ibiono Ibom state constituency on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) expressed the displeasure when the committee…

The Imo State Police Commissioner, Aboki Danjuma, has ordered a probe of the Medical Director of Goodwill Maternity at Obinze in Owerri West LGA of the state, Silas Nwamadi, who allegedly seized twin baby boys delivered at his hospital over the mother’s inability to pay the hospital bill. The police commissioner also ordered the immediate…

.. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has strongly condemns the recent violence in Amagba Community, Edo State, resulting in the tragic death of Mr. Israel Ogbeide. His body was discovered on October 19, 2024, at approximately 2:00 pm, bearing a fatal gunshot wound. Preliminary investigations suggest that this unfortunate incident is connected to a…

Members of the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, in Abia State, have flagged off their campaigns ahead of the forthcoming chairmanship and councillorship elections. Speaking at the event held at the Enyimba International Stadium, Aba, the state chairman of the party, Chris Onukwue, charged the candidates to take their campaigns to the nooks and crannies of…

.. The Abia State House of Assembly, has refuted a report that the House has passed into law, a bill to centralise local government funds and deny them financial autonomy. The house further said the House did not pass any bill seeking to create a Central Management Agency for funds belonging to LGAs, which…

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, reserved judgement in a suit seeking to stop the release of federal monthly allocations to the Rivers State government. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, who said that the date for her judgement would be communicated to parties, decided after all parties had argued for and against the originating summons…

.. President Bola Tinubu has directed military forces to join ongoing search and rescue operations following a helicopter crash into the Atlantic Ocean near Bonny Finima in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday. The helicopter, a 5NBQG registered aircraft operated by East Winds Aviation, was transporting contract staff to the NNPC Limited’s FPSO—NUIMS ANTAN…

As floods continue to ravage and submerge communities along the River Niger, corpses are being washed away in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State. DAILY POST reports that the corpses were washed away in Udaba community in the locality. Joseph Odemokpai, Councillor representing Ward 8 of Udaba, Ofukpu, Agbavo and Osomhegbe in the…