NATIONAL NEWS

The Senate on Thursday confirmed the nomination of the 11 Justices of the Supreme Court. The upper chamber confirmed them during plenary after a debate by the lawmakers who advocated for augmentation of the judiciary budget and also stated the impropriety of leaving a vacuum in the Supreme Court for an extended period before making […]

The Port Harcourt Refining Company in Rivers State has recommenced operation in line with the Federal Government’s promise to ensure the production of refined products at the facility in December 2023.  The development is coming after many years of underperformance and turnaround maintenance of the facility. Four of Nigeria’s refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri, and […]

Prof Isah Adagiri, Chief Medical Director (CMD), Kogi Specialist Hospital, on Wednesday lamented the dearth of Medical Doctors in the state, which he said, calls for concern and drastic measures. The CMD, who cried out during the 2024 budget appraisal and projection on the floor of Kogi House of Assembly in Lokoja, attributed the scarcity […]

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday urged the Senate to consider and confirm, 11 nominees for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court. Tinubu’s letter of request was read at plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. The 11 nominees had been recommended by the National Judicial Council for Tinubu’s approval to fill the vacant positions at […]

Operatives of the Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have intercepted a syndicate engaged in illegal maritime activities, arresting 14 individuals and impounding a vessel used in their unlawful operations. Capt. Uche Aneke, the Commanding Officer of the base, revealed to journalists on Wednesday that […]

Justice Uwana was abducted along a highway on Monday in Oron Local Government Area of the state by the gunmen who shot dead her police orderly. The police spokesperson in Akwa Ibom Odiko MacDon has confirmed the abduction.  The judge was on her way home to Uyo after the court sitting in Oron when she […]

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has ordered the demolition of more than 200 houses in the Nuwalege community for the presidential fleet plot. Wike gave the order on Tuesday in Abuja through the Director of the Department of Development Control, Tpl Mukhtar Galadima who said that the directive is a […]

Former Minister of Labour Employment and Productivity, Simon Lalong, has been sworn in as a member of the 10th Senate. Lalong was sworn in on Wednesday at a session presided over by the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio. He took the oath of office at about 11.57 am on the floor of the […]

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday approved a 50 percent slash in price of interstate transport fare for Nigerians traveling during the yuletide from Thursday, December 21, 2023 to January 4, 2024. This is as the President approved free rides for commuters on all train services within the period. The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr […]

A total of 113 Nigerian Army Generals on Tuesday bowed out of the service. The breakdown includes one General, one Lieutenant General, 67 Major Generals, and 44 Brigadier Generals. At the Regimental Dinner Night organised in honour of newly retired and retiring Nigerian Army senior officers in Abuja, the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru, hailed […]