It has been reported that more than half of Point of Sale operators have shut down their businesses as the shortage of new and old naira notes gets worse. This was made public on Monday by Hussein Olanrewaju, the national chief aggregating officer of the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria. He … Read more
The Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP, Ogundele Ayodeji has disbursed the sum of N58.57 million to thirty-two families and next of kin of Police personnel who died in active service between 2020 to 2022 to alleviate their sufferings in the state. Presenting the cheques to families of the deceased officers in Minna, the CP … Read more
Famous Nigerian performer Charly Boy, popularly known as Area Father, has been hailed by Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the most recent election, as a pillar in the fight for a better Nigeria. Obi honored the artist on his 73rd birthday in a one-minute video that Charly Boy released on Twitter. Obi … Read more
Two students were expelled from the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Rivers State a few years ago for engaging in illegal drug trafficking. Martins Adekanmbi, the chairman of the students’ ethics and disciplinary committee, made this information public. He claimed that the institution’s management is persistent in trying to deter pupils from using heavy … Read more
Niger State’s Governor Mohammed Umaru Bago has urged residents in riverine areas to always wear life jackets when boarding boats. In addition, he cautioned them against traveling at night or getting on overloaded ships. He said this in his statement to express his condolences to the Kwara State government and people on the boat accident … Read more
Youth groups have warned against the alleged plot to stop the inauguration of President-elect Bola Tinubu and Vice President-elect Kashim Shettima. The coalition made its position known during the weekend in Lagos during a media briefing commemorating Tinubu’s 71st birthday. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, already presented Tinubu and Shettima with certificates of return, … Read more
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo socio-cultural organization, has given its verdict on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Ohanaeze’s Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, said the Buhari government failed in the areas of security, corruption, and economy. Isiguzoro said the ethnic polarization under Buhari’s administration had set Nigeria 100 years backward. In a statement he signed, Isiguzoro said: “Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide … Read more
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has finally congratulated President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeated Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Labour Party, respectively. Both the PDP and the LP candidates are before the Presidential Election Tribunal seeking to upturn … Read more
Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, a former candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential nomination, has pleaded with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to abstain from employing military force to reinstate the expelled civilian administration in the Niger Republic. In a statement he made on Sunday in Abuja, he stated this. “While the invasion of the Niger Republic … Read more
Cletus Tyokyar, Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party Campaign Council, was detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. In the early hours of Saturday, the PDP chieftain was said to have been detained for having some money in his possession. Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom stated that the party DG campaign was detained … Read more