All the immediate past Service Chiefs who appeared on Thursday for screening as non-career ambassadorial nominees were united in their lamentations for insecurity in the country which got worsened under their watch from November 2015 to January 2021. This is even as the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt …
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Oby Ezekwesili: Nigerians Enjoy And Believe They Deserve To Be Poorly Governed
Former Presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili has stated that Nigerians are not yet ready for good governance, Newsextra24 reports. In a tweet she shared, the former Minister of Education said Nigerians absolutely enjoy and believe they deserve to be poorly governed, and politicians understand this. Ezekwesili added that when citizens are …
Read More »Ekiti State Football Association Inaugurates Committee For U17 Competition
The Ekiti State Football Association has inaugurated a committee to coordinate the second edition of the Dr. John Kayode Fayemi football competition. The sport event popularly known as JKF Youth Cup is an annual football competition for under 17 boys and girls in Ekiti State. At the inauguration, the State …
Read More »Kagara Abduction: Niger, Zamfara Hold Talks, Troops Locate Students, Workers
We’ve deployed more troops where abductees, kidnappers are, says CP •Bandits told students they were soldiers to provide security – Resident •I ran in zigzag pattern to dodge bullets, escaped student narrates Niger State Government on Thursday stepped up efforts to rescue students and workers of Government Science College, Kagara …
Read More »Judge Returns Air Peace File For Re-Assignment
Justice Chuka Obiozor, the trial judge in the over N2bn fundamental rights suit against Air Peace and four others, has returned the case file to the administrative Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Lagos for reassignment. A businesswoman, Nneka Ogbonna had filed the suit marked FHC/L/CS/1206/2020 against the …
Read More »Army Confirms Joint Operation With Police In Orlu LG, Imo State To Root Out IPOB
The 34 artillery brigade Obinze of the Nigerian army has confirmed an ongoing Joint military and Police operation in Orsu local government area of Imo state and its neighboring communities following an intelligent report of the existence and establishment of illegal camps allegedly built by suspected members of the Indigenous …
Read More »Governors Agree To Compensate Victims Of Herders, Farmers Clashes
State governors have agreed to compensate victims of herders /farmers clashes in their various states . The agreement was reached at a meeting of the National Economic Council held at the Presidential Villa , Abuja on Thursday. The meeting was presided by Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo . The council presided …
Read More »Buhari Appoints Ahmed Audi As NSCDC CG, Nababa Ncos CG
MINISTRY OF INTERIOR ABUJA PRESS RELEASE FG APPROVES APPOINTMENT OF NEW COMMANDANT GENERAL FOR NSCDC AND NOMINATION OF CONTROLLER GENERAL FOR NCoS President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR has approved the appointment of Ahmed Abubakar Audi PhD, mni as the new Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) @CIVILDEFENDERS …
Read More »Nigeria To Sell Refineries, ICC, 34 Others
The Nigerian government is proposing to sell or concession no fewer than 36 of its properties to raise funds, largely to finance the 2021 budget. These properties cut across energy, industries, communication and infrastructural sectors. They are expected to be sold or concessioned between January 2021 and November 2022. This …
Read More »Minimum Wage: NLC Declares Strike In Imo, Rivers, Osun, 15 Other States
The Nigeria Labour Congress has directed workers in 18 states where the national minimum wage of N30, 000 had yet to be paid to immediately proceed on strike. The congress said about half the 36 states of the federation were yet to conclude negotiations on payment of the minimum wage. …
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