After the commissioning of new Government House in Umuahia, garment factory, and General Hospital in Aba on Saturday, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State will commission some other projects in the state today. Some of the projects billed for commissioning are Umuihe Cottage Hospital in Isiala Ngwa South LGA and internal roads inside Abia State … Read more
Mahmood Yakubu, who is in charge of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), promises Nigerians that the upcoming elections will go on regardless of fuel and cash shortages. News from Nigeria’s INEC: On Wednesday, February 8, Mahmood Yakubu gave a speech following a meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) that President Muhammadu Buhari presided … Read more
An Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court indicted two individuals on Wednesday for allegedly obtaining N13 million under the false pretense of converting it into dollars. Christina Oyeleye, a 39-year-old banker from Abule Egba, and Adelana Adewusi, a 39-year-old tech man from Oko Oba, Agege, Lagos, are the defendants. They face charges of conspiracy, obtaining under false … Read more
A public policy analyst, Chima Christian, has called for multi-stakeholder audits on the systems of the National Population Commission, NPC. The exercise will be conducted from May 3 through May 5, 2023, but Chima is wary of malfunctioning like in the case of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS. The BVAS, developed by the Prof … Read more
Major General Gold Chibuisi, who serves as the Force Commander of the Multi-National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), has stated that he is determined to prevent terrorists from using Lake Chad Island as a base of operations. On Friday, the Force Commander made the commitment during an operational visit to Blangoua, which is located in Cameroon, … Read more
According to facts and his prior performance, Georgia-based American professor of medicine Prof. Emeka Umerah believes that only former vice president Atiku Abubakar, among other presidential contenders, can address Nigeria’s economic and security problems. Prof. Umerah noted that had Atiku not stepped in, Nigeria would eventually have reverted to the dark era of military dictatorship … Read more
Jigawa State’s Hadejia Local Government Council has outlawed young boys and girls from nighttime hawkings. This was said in a statement given to journalists and signed by Salisu Sogi Hadejia, the chairman of the local government. According to him, hawkers are no longer permitted to enter or prowl local marketplaces before 7:00 am or after … Read more
The United States government has imposed visa restrictions on some Nigerians who undermined the democratic process during the 2023 general elections. The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, disclosed this on Monday. In a tweet, he wrote: “We have imposed visa restrictions on specific individuals who undermined the democratic process during Nigeria’s 2023 elections.” … Read more
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), two pro-Biafra organizations, have been praised for their positions regarding the Monday sit-at-home protest in Enugu State by the youth wing of the leading Igbo sociocultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide. It may be noted that … Read more
Daredevil gunmen wrecking havoc across the country have resumed their onslaught against citizens after a break occasioned by the cash crunch. Xandertech reports that the recent cash scarcity that was birthed by the redesigning of old naira notes by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, halted activities of the assailants. The apex bank had on … Read more