THE real reasons behind the removal of Mr. Luqman Adegboyega Fasasi as Chief Security Officer (CSO) to President Bola Tinubu have emerged. Fasasi was handed a letter of removal shortly after arriving on Saturday night with the President, who had returned to the country following a two-week vacation. The CSO …
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THE Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, October 18, 2024, re-arraigned one Ifeanyi Bosah-Reginald, a businessman, on an amended two-count charge bordering on alleged tampering with forfeited property before Justice R. A. Oshodi of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. …
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AFRICAN leaders have appointed former deputy governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu inaugural president of African School of Governance, ASG, based in Kigali, Rwanda. His appointment took effect on October 1, 2024. after a global competitive search. Recall that the leaders weekend announced the establishment of …
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KENYAN authorities have directed the staff of impeached Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to take compulsory leave, marking a significant shake-up in the government. This directive, which took effect at noon on Saturday, impacts numerous employees, including senior advisors. The government has also suspended contracts for all temporary workers. https://newsextra24.com/ebonyi-state-records-28-cholera-deaths-386-cases/ An internal memo …
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Commissioner for Health, Dr Moses Ekuma, has disclosed that the state has recorded 28 deaths and 386 cases since the cholera outbreak on September 24. Ekuma made this known to newsmen on Saturday during the donation of medical commodities by the Governor’s wife, Mrs Mary-Maudline Nwifuru, to the General Hospital …
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THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has explained why it rejected two payment platforms of the federal government and insisted on University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), it created as alternative. ASUU had rejected the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), a platform the Federal Government uses …
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THE All Progressive Congress (APC), has swept the 21 Local Government Chairmanship seats and 239 councillorship slots in Kogi in the election held on Saturday Mr Mamman Nda-Eri, Chairman, Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC), who announced the results in Lokoja, said the election was peaceful, free, fair and credible. …
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THE Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, on Saturday, welcomed ancestral relations to the Palace for the 2024 Emorọ festival, (a celebration of the new yam harvest). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the ancient feast was reintroduced last year by Oba Ewuare after several years of neglect. https://newsextra24.com/governor-abdulrazaq-presents-staff-of-office-to-new-elerin-of-erin-ile/ …
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THE Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) on Saturday decried that many people in the North cannot afford a single square meal per day as a result of the lingering insecurity and socio-economic hardship plaguing the region. The groups disclosed this in a one-day community engagement held in Katsina state. The …
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THE Labour Party has demanded the immediate release of Ceekay Igara, its National Vice Chairman for the South-East, who was arrested by police in Aba on alleged orders from Abia State Governor, Alex Otti. The party’s Deputy National Chairman, Ayo Olorunfemi, expressed the party’s shock at the arrest, which occurred …
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