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A former general secretary of the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Chief Frank Kokori has taken a swipe at the Nigerian Labour Congress for endorsing Peter Obi. The vocal figure in the struggle for June 12 1993, said Mr Obi is a capitalist and wonder how the Labour Party made […]
The president of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been elected the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tinubu elected at the 63rd ordinary session of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State succeeds President Umaro Embalo of Guinea Bissau as ECOWAS chair. Tinubu, who is the latest entrant […]
It has been confirmed by the Department of State Services, DSS that the former governor of Zamfara State Abdulaziz Yari, who is now representing Zamfara West at the National Assembly was invited for questioning. The anti-graft agency through its spokesperson, Peter Afunanya did not disclose the reason for the invitation in a statement […]
The former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has been released from the Department of State Services, after days of grilling. This was disclosed by a close source to the former governor on Sunday. “His Excellency has been released by DSS after about days of detention by the DSS,” the source said. An […]
The Osun State House of Assembly has unveiled two commissioners that served during the administration of former governor Rauf Aregbesola alongside twenty-three others. The Speaker of the House, Adewale Egbedun, read out the names sent by Governor Ademola Adeleke in a letter at the plenary on Friday to the hearing of the lawmakers. The […]
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control NCDC, says it has recorded 789 cases of diphtheria in Nigeria as of June 30th. In a statement on Thursday, the agency said cases were recorded in 33 LGAs across eight states — Kano, Lagos, Yobe, Katsina, Cross River, Kaduna, Osun and the federal capital territory FCT. […]
A warning and directive have been directed to residents living around flood plains and erosion spots to leave those areas before it becomes too late. The advisory is coming after the Federal Government gave a warning to citizens living near waterways and flood plains that there will be heavy downpours in July. In […]
The president general of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Dr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, was pleading with the Federal Government yesterday to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from DSS custody that his continuous detention is a deliberate attempt by some elements to destroy the economy of the South-East. Speaking in Lagos State during the first official tour of South-West […]
People living in South East were thrown into tension and fear on Wednesday as unknown gunmen moved around enforcing the one-week sit-at-home declared by the Simon Ekpa-led faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. However in a new video that surfaced online a group of unknown gunmen were flogging primary school pupils, […]
The former commissioner for works and infrastructure, Idris Saleh in the administration of former governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has been arrested by Kano Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC). It was reported on Monday that the former commissioner was arrested alongside five others alleged to be involved in N1 billion fraud. The N1 billion was […]
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