A former member of the House of Representatives, who represented Anambra Central Senatorial District prior to the annulment of her election, has defected to APC. It was on December 6 that the Appeal Court in Enugu ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct a fresh election in the zone within 90 days. Ms. Ekwunife, […]
Continue ReadingOperatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday raids the home of the immediate past Comptroller General of Customs, Abdullahi Dikko, in Abuja. The operatives of the anti-graft agency stormed the former Customs Comptroller General’s home in two white colored Toyota buses with registration numbers RSH 555 ABJ, and BWA 645 GA. An […]
Continue ReadingThe Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, on Thursday warned that any corps member and corps producing institutions caught in any deceptive practices would be prosecuted henceforth. Olawumi gave the warning in Owerri at the opening of the 2016 Batch ‘A’ Pre- Mobilisation workshop, with the theme: “The Role of Stakeholders in […]
Continue ReadingAlhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, said that Buhari’s administration will re-launch the War Against Indiscipline and Corruption soon. He said this at a meeting tagged: “Change begins with me”, which he had with the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON) officials in Abuja yesterday to solicit their support in the on-going war against […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government is considering reversing the directive to sack about 2,000 workers of universities’ staff schools. The circular from the National Salaries and Wages Commission that directed vice chancellors to remove names of staff of their staff school from the government pay roll may soon be reversed. This made the Senior Staff Association of […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos State Government announced plans to establish functional Mobile Courts across the State to ensure instant trial of violators of the law, especially the environmental and traffic offences. The Lagos Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, disclosed this at a media parley with Judiciary Editors and Correspondents in Alausa, said the Mobile […]
Continue ReadingIt was reported by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that most petrol stations in Badagry area, Lagos State still sell petrol at either N87 per litre or above as against the newly approved pump of N86.50. Contrary to the Federal Government’s directive that the petrol pump price should be N86.50 per litre The pump […]
Continue ReadingJust days before the supplementary governorship election in Bayelsa State, former governor of the state, and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress Timipre Sylva, has issued a self-assurance that he would win the election. Mr. Sylva said the APC was to win 5 December 2015 governorship election, when, according to him, “it was […]
Continue ReadingBorussia Dortmund star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who hails from Gabon has edged Cote d’Ivoire and Manchester City Star Yaya Toure, to win the 2015 Glo-CAF African Footballer of the Year award. It would be recalled that Toure has won the last four awards in a row, before ending up behind Aubameyan on Thursday in Abuja. Ghana and […]
Continue ReadingMTN Nigeria has recalled over 90 per cent of sacked employees of Visafone sequel to its acquisition of the leading Coded Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network. Authoritative sources at MTN and Visafone said that all disengaged staff, excluding drivers and office assistants, have now been recalled. One of the recalled staff has confirmed that almost […]
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