Tag: national

.. Cutix Plc has cancelled its Extra-Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) earlier scheduled for Wednesday, November 27, 2024, in Anambra State. The cancellation of the special shareholders’ gathering was due to the resignation of Dr. Chidozie Nsoedo as a member of the company’s board. Cutix, which is in the business of electronic cable production, had…

Imo citizens have expressed mixed reactions to the vote of confidence passed on Governor Hope Uzodinma by the State House of Assembly on Tuesday, November 19, in recognition of what they described as his solid and outstanding achievements. Some residents have criticized the move, arguing that it was unnecessary and questioning the legislators’ role as…

.. A Senator who represented Rivers East Constituency in the 4th Republic, John Azuta Mbata has asked the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, to banish the thought of controlling proceedings in Rivers State from Abuja. The Elder Statesman asked Wike to rather focus on delivering on the task given to him by President…

Protest is currently rocking Osogbo by members of the Osun State Transport Management System, DAILY POST reports. The action is against the shooting of Wakeel Nurudeen Alowonle, the Chairman of Osun State Transport Management System on Monday night by operatives of the Osun State Police Command Anti-Kidnapping Squad. The expressway at Aregbe Park has been…

.. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike, has approved N1.1 billion for payment of compensation to owners of properties affected by the ongoing construction of Airport Road to Kuje expressway. Wike disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, after he inspected the structures, comprising about 13 buildings, including some factories along…

Biu and Shani local government areas in Borno State have made the list of 130 local government areas in Nigeria declared open defecation free. This came when the state authorities in collaboration with UNICEF and other development partners launched the Borno State Open Defecation Free Roadmap and flagged off campaign for Open Defecation Free in…

.. The Cross River State Government on Tuesday said plans are on the way to generate about 120MW from combined sources to ensure steady and reliable power supply across the state. The state’s Commissioner for Power, Mr Eka Wiliams, disclosed this in an interview in Calabar. Wiliams listed the energy sources to include Compressed…

The Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has confirmed an attack by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists on troops deployed at stabilisation operation pro-force and defence site in Gubio LGA of Borno State. A statement by the Director of Defence, Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, said five soldiers were killed in the coordinated attack. Buba added that ten were…

.. …FG Spent N3.8tn Servicing Debt In 8 Months President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday wrote to the National Assembly to approve a fresh N1.767tn as a new external borrowing plan in the 2024 appropriation act. Tinubu’s request was read by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbass, during plenary on Tuesday. According…

After a two-week break, the National Assembly members are back to Abuja, and the tax bills by President Bola Tinubu appear to be their priority. The four tax reform bills are before the National Assembly. However, the discourse over them appears to be divided between the North and the South. The four bills, the Nigeria…

.. Vice President, Kashim Shettima, and former Anambra State governor, Chris Ngige were in attendance on Tuesday as the Senate dedicated its plenary session to honour the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah. Ubah represented Anambra South in the National Assembly and died some ees ago in the UK. The casket bearing the remains of the…

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have laid an ambush on a monitoring team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC. The spokesperson for the NSCDC, Afolabi Babawale, who disclosed this in a statement, said the NSCDC team, comprising nine officers and 71 other ranks, was mobilised in response to recent attacks on power lines,…

.. A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) to bring back no fewer than 270 Nigerians currently imprisoned or detained in Kaliti Prison, Ethiopia. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, gave the order of mandamus compelling the ministry and NIDCOM to…

.. The call by former President Olusegun Obasanjo for the sack of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has drawn support from some pundits in Enugu. Obasanjo had in a lecture during the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum at Yale University in the US called for the sack of the…

Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo Visits Venue of Building Collapsed At Oduigbo Ochanja Market .. The Anambra State Government has suspended the operation of Salitz Ventures over alleged human right abuse. The suspension was contained in a letter signed by the permanent secretary, Ministry of Environment, Tochukwu Obotogha, on behalf of the Commissioner.…

The Osun State Government has raised alarm over the alleged shooting to near death in police custody of the Chairman of Osun Transport Management System, Iyanda Alowonle, over a domestic matter. This is as the state government also sought the arrest, transfer and prosecution of Moses Lohor, the Head of the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the…

.. The implementation of the new minimum wage will push the personnel cost of the federal government by N3.56tn to N9.64tn in the 2025 fiscal period. The figure is contained in the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) document for 2025-2027. The MTEF povides the basis for annual budget planning and…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has said that the FCT Administration will pay a compensation package of N1.1 billion for the structures affected by the ongoing construction of the FCT Highway 105, from the Airport Expressway to Kuje township. The FCT Minister disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday when he addressed journalists…

.. The Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has ordered heads of various security agencies in the state to make Edo unsafe for criminal elements. Okpebholo gave the directive during an inaugural security meeting held on Monday night in Benin, the state capital. In a statement on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to…

The Niger State chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Most Rev Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, has commiserated with the state government and the Muslim Ummah over the death of the Chief Imam of Minna, Mallam Ibrahim Isah Fari. Most Rev Yohanna, who is also the Catholic Bishop of Kontagora Diocese, in a condolence message…