There is no resolution in sight to the crisis rocking the major opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as calls to replace its acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, have deepened divisions within the PDP Governors’ Forum. A senior member Read more…
Month: September 2024
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has said that the Senate will tinker with the constitution to allow the Supreme Court Judgement on local government autonomy to be implemented. A statement issued to newsmen and signed by Jackson Udom Special Assistant Read more…
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has backed current moves by the Federal Government and former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, to settle out of court an appeal challenging his abrupt and controversial removal from Read more…
By Ezeakukwu Emmanuel Nsoedo The Primate of Church of Nigeria, and the Metropolitan Archbishop, Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba officiated the consecration of the seven new Bishops-elect and the presentation of four Archbishops-elect. The ceremony witnessed a great attendance of numerous Read more…
Following the explosions in Lebanon, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has announced a “new phase” of the war. The focus is on the “northern front,” several Israeli media outlets reported on Wednesday, citing Gallant’s office. The Israeli army and the Read more…
The Indigenous People of Biafra said on Wednesday that it had no intention to force Igbo people to resign from the Nigerian Army and other security agencies. The separatist group also denied the Nigerian Army’s allegations that its members abducted Read more…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, has blamed the ongoing price war between the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) and the Dangote refinery on the government’s inconsistent policies. Speaking to journalists at the Murtala Read more…
The Presidency has said that Bola Tinubu has not asked Yemi Cardoso to resign from his position as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Bayo Onanuga, the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, issued a statement Read more…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said former Kogi governor, Yahaya Bello is not in its custody. The anti-graft commission made the clarification in a Wednesday statement following viral media reports that Bello submitted himself to the commission. Daily Read more…
By Uzo Ugwunze The Unified Anambra State Universal Basic Education Teaching Modules for Primary Schools has been launched in Anambra State. The event was held at the Archbishop Obiefuna Retreat and Conference Centre, Okpuno Awka during the annual Leadership Retreat Read more…
A partial evacuation has been ordered in Toropets, a town of 11,000 to the northwest of Moscow, where “fragments” of a downed Ukrainian drone started a fire, Tver Region Governor Igor Rudenya said in the early hours of Wednesday. Local air defenses Read more…
In a move believed to be aimed at reconcilation, the main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Board of Trustees (BoT) on Tuesday met with Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister, Nyesom Wike, behind closed doors. The FCT Minister has been Read more…