Following the unrest that greeted the selection of candidates for the position of vice-chancellor at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK), and the eventual appointment of Dr. Bernard Odoh as the seventh substantive Vice-Chancellor, and Rosemary Nwokike as the Registrar, the Read more…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), yesterdaty, praised its security arm, the Eastern Security Network (ESN). The pro-Biafra group in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, noted that ESN formed and established by its leader, Nnamdi Read more…
The National Assembly Joint Committee on Works and the Federal Ministry of Works will today hold a stakeholder engagement meeting on the ongoing Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project . The Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Yakubu Adam Kofarmata announced the meeting in a Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Ahead the Nov 5, 2024 United States of America(USA) polls. Azuka Foundation has declared emphatically that the world needs the former president Donald Trump to return to power. Azuka Foundation’s position was contained in a statement signed Read more…
Dangote Refinery has disclosed its petrol prices following the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) and Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) claiming to be importing the products at cheaper rates compared to that of Dangote. Tribune Online reports Read more…
Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday said it stood by the judgment of the Federal High Court which barred the disbursement of monthly allocations to the state government. A Federal High Court in Abuja has barred Read more…
Kemi Badenoch has been elected as the new leader of the UK’s Conservatives in a vote on Saturday, replacing Rishi Sunak and becoming the first black woman to lead a major British political party. Born in the UK and raised Read more…
The federal government has declared that it would no longer approve the renewal of licenses to oil producers for oil fields that are left undeveloped. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri who announced this, charged oil producers Read more…
Continuing his custom of offering Mass in a Roman cemetery on All Souls’ Day, on Saturday, 2 November, Pope Francis visited the Laurentino Cemetery, the third largest in Rome. He celebrated the Mass in an area reserved for deceased Read more…
The Federal Government, through its National Bureau of Statistics, has stated that in 2023, Nigerians paid N40.14bn in road taxes to state governments. This is according to an analysis of data from the Internally Generated Revenue report recently published by the Read more…
The presidency has dismissed claims that President Bola Tinubu’s recent appointments in Nigeria’s security agencies favour the Yoruba ethnic group, asserting that these appointments reflect fair regional distribution. Sunday Dare, the Special Adviser on Public Communication and Orientation to President Read more…
Ukraine’s inability to defeat Russia on the battlefield has fueled debate in the US about the point of sending more money to Kiev, according to British state broadcaster the BBC. The conflict is “increasingly going Russia’s way” and the realization of Ukraine’s Read more…