NATIONAL NEWS

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof Mahmood Yakubu has said that the choice of who become the next Governor of Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states rest solely with voters.  To ensure a credible election, the INEC boss said the Commission is deploying 2 National Commissioners and Nine Resident Electoral Commissioners and Administrative […]

The Federal Government on Thursday berated the organised Labour over the strike it declared in Imo State and its planned nationwide strike scheduled for November 14 because of the physical attack on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, in Owerri, the state capital. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, […]

The Federal Government says it will start charging owners of completed unoccupied houses triple ground rents instead of the single rate normally charged from three months after completion. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Mr Ahmed Dangiwa said this in an interview with newsmen during his continuation to site visits of housing projects constructed […]

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero on Friday said that he was arrested in Owerri by the Police and was handed over to waiting thugs that got him thoroughly beaten. He said that the thugs who were about seven in number dragged him on the floor like a common criminal. Briefing […]

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the Saudi-Africa Summit scheduled to be held on Friday. At the Middle-East nation, the Nigerian leader was received by ministers, members of the National Assembly as well as other government functionaries at the airport. Tinubu will use the opportunity of the summit to underscore Nigeria’s […]

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has defended the 2023 supplementary budget signed into law by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stating that it is a necessary response to the country’s current economic challenges. Idris’s response comes amid criticism from the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, who opposed the approval of the […]

President Bola Tinubu has appointed Mohammed Abba Isa as the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Disability Matters. The appointment was announced by the president’s spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, in a statement on Thursday. “In his determination to ensure that every segment of society is sufficiently catered to within the ambit of the Renewed Hope […]

With two days to the off-cycle governorship polls, the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has deployed a new commissioner of police to Imo State. In a statement released on Thursday, Force spokesman Olumuyiwa Adejobi announced that Danjuma Aboki had been deployed as the new police commissioner in Imo state by the IGP. Elections are […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again assured Nigerians of sufficient naira notes in the country, and warned against panic withdrawals. The apex bank, in a statement on Wednesday, reiterated that old and new naira notes remained legal tender. “For the avoidance of doubt, while reiterating that there are sufficient banknotes across the country […]

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Thursday grounded activities at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International in Abuja.  The move is part of actions by the unions following an attack on the president of the NLC Joe Ajaero in Imo State. The protesters blocked the airport’s entry and exit […]