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Twenty-two tertiary institutions in Nigeria have received a disbursement of N5.5 billion grant from the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa initiative. In a statement, the Social…   Twenty-two tertiary institutions in Nigeria have received a disbursement of N5.5 billion grant from the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa initiative.   In a statement, the Social Development Specialist of […]

Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has asked the ‘Obidient Family’, which he leads, to see the incessant attacks on them as a huge sacrifice needed to rescue and build a new Nigeria that is possible.   Obi, in a series of tweets, on Easter Monday, said he identified with his supporters who have […]

  The United Kingdom has stopped “active recruitment” of skilled and experienced health and social care personnel from Nigeria and 53 other countries globally, mostly African nations.   In its updated ‘Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England’, the UK placed Nigeria and the other countries on […]

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has ordered the posting and redeployment of 21 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to various Departments, Commands, and Formations. Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi made this known in a statement on Saturday. According to him, the posting is in line with “the IGP’s mandate and strategies to […]

The development took place in Abuja on Thursday during an emergency meeting of the LP National Working Committee (NWC).   Some members of the National Working Committee of the Labour Party (LP) led by the Deputy National Chairman of the party (South) Lamidi Apapa have taken over the affairs of the party following a court […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has declared that Nigeria is more divided than it has ever been after the 2023 general elections, calling for national reconciliation to assuage the aggrieved and the youths for national peace and cohesion.   He made the call at the public presentation of From Elections To Governance & Performance Presentation of […]

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the UK government to show mercy in dealing with former Senate President, Ike Ewkeremadu who is being tried for organ trafficking.   Ekweremadu, his wife, Beatrice and a doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to the United Kingdom with […]

There are signs that a fresh crisis might be brewing in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State. This is as some members of the State Executive Council have announced the suspension of the State Chairman of the party, Emeka Beke.   The executive members at a media briefing in Port Harcourt also announced […]

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it is not aware of any “missing” N20bn in the company.   The company’s spokesman, Garba Deen Muhammad, in a statement on Monday, said the company knew nothing about the payment of the sum of N20bn to ghost consultants as alleged by an online platform, Sahara […]

…as PDP blocks sections of PH-Aba express over CTC   The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Tonye Cole, and the Chairman of the party, Chief Emeka Beke, have been attacked and beaten up by suspected political thugs in Port Harcourt.   This was as hundreds of supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]

Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has announced the passing on of his first wife, Mrs. Ifeoma Kalu. In a statement he personally signed, Kalu said: “With a heavy heart and pain, we announce the passing on to eternal glory of Mrs Ifeoma Ada Kalu, aged 61 years. “She was a woman of virtue […]

The Debt Management Office (DMO) has revealed that Nigeria’s debt profile stood at N46.25 trillion as of December.   In a statement on Thursday, DMO said there was an increase of over N7tr from what the country owned in 2021.   “Total Public Debt Stock consisting of the Domestic and External Debt Stocks of the […]