NAN The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), says it plans to engage no fewer than 4,000 corps members for the conduct of the forthcoming general election in Gombe state. Mr David Markson, the state’s NYSC Coordinator, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gombe on Thursday. Markson said the […]
Juliana Taiwo-Obalonye, Abuja The National Economic Council (NEC) has resolved to take consultation on the new N30,000 minimum wage being demanded by the organised labour to the Council of State, meeting on Tuesday, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige has revealed. This is even as governors have insisted that payment of the new minimum […]
Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo The Nigerian envoy to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Alh Hassan Ardo Jika, and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State, Alh Sani Abubakar Danladi, on Thursday, escaped assassination attempt when some hoodlums allegedly attacked their convoy in Wukari Local Government Area of the state. The […]
Romanus Ugwu, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has cleared the former governor of Abia State, Dr Orji Uzor-Kalu and 15 other candidates to contest next month’s Abia North senatorial election. In the 2019 general elections, the final list of the presidential, senatorial and House of Representatives candidates released by the electoral umpire, the […]
Tony John, Port Harcourt Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has alleged that Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, is behind the plot to destroy the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) , Justice Walter Onoghen. Addressing thousands of PDP supporters during his People’s Democratic Party (PDP) State campaign rally in Eleme, Governor Wike said that Amaechi made the […]
Chinelo Obogo Human Rights Watch has said the Federal Government’s failure to ensure adequate protection for citizens is an indication of gaps in security, which has led to persistent attacks by Boko Haram, increased herdsmen conflict and violent banditry in some northern states. In its World Report for 2019, the rights group said failure of security […]
Molly Kilete, Abuja The Nigerian Army yesterday said that three of its soldiers lost their lives in a shootout with the Boko Haram terror group in Borno State. The assistant director, army public relations, theater command, Col. Onyeama Nwachukwu, who made this known in a statement, said the soldiers killed scores of the terrorists who tried to attack […]
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has accused President Muhammadu Buahri and his party, the All Progressives Congress, of deceiving Nigerians with phony promises they do not intend to fulfil. The National Publicity Secretary of the group, Uche Achi-Okpaga, said this on Friday in an interview with SUNDAY PUNCH. The Ohanaeze’s spokesperson therefore predicted electoral […]
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen has responded to the accusations of false assets declaration by the Code of Conduct Bureau, clarifying that he forgot to update his asset declaration forms, according to some reports. “My asset declaration form numbers SCN 00014 and SCN 00005 were declared on the same day, 14/12/2016 because I forgot […]
he Executive Director, Anti-Corruption and Research Based Data Initiative, Mr Dennis Aghanya, has denied allegations that the Presidency has a hand in the petition his group wrote against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. Reacting to the insinuations that the petition was sponsored by President Muhammadu Buhari, Aghanya told one of our correspondents […]
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