By Goodluck Ikiebe The Honourable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has inaugurated the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC). Dare, who was supported at the ceremony held on Wednesday at the Headquarters of the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA) […]
Month: November 2022
Nigeria’s Human Rights Commission Calls For More National Tolerance and Cohesion.
By King Richard The National Human Rights Commission has called on Nigerians to increase their tempo for more tolerance and national cohesion. The executive secretary of the commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu, SAN, who spoke at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday to mark the 2022 International Day of Tolerance […]
Osun Election: Tribunal summons INEC to produce Adeleke’s academic certificates used in 2018 election.
The Osun Election Petitions Tribunal has granted subpoena summoning the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, to produce the nomination form and academic certificates used by Sen. Ademola Adeleke in the 2018 governorship election. Recall that Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola and APC had on […]
Group to APC Leadership: Suspend Senator John Owan – Enoh Now.
Members of the All Progressives Congress APC, under the aegis of Back To South Alliance, have demanded the leadership of the party at ward and state levels to suspend John Owan- Enoh, a former senator who represented the Cross River Central in the National Assembly. The group alleged that having […]
Nigeria Holds First Initiative Exhibition To Promote Skills and Development.
By Omowunmi Samuel The Nigerian government says its Polytecnic and Innovation Enterprise Institutions Program, POINTER Initiative, is set up to promote policies, programs and prospects that will enable undergraduate students openly display their talents and skills in science related areas and boost national development. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of […]
PDP Chieftain plans court action against alleged Government property sellers ,vandals, in Etche land.
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP,Chief Ambrose Nwuzi has threatened to sue those who vandalise or sell government properties in Etche Land. Nwuzi said the action was necessary to protect government facilities in the area and deter others from encroaching on government land with the aim of vandalising […]
Peter Obi: Ohanaeze summons Soludo before Igbo deities.
Pan Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo says it has dragged Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo to Igbo deities over the governors comments against Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate. Soludo had in a lengthy letter, ruled Obi out of the presidential race, declaring that the LP candidate was merely […]
Osinbajo faults current CBN’s Exchange rate management regime.
…..,laments gap between official,paralell markets Nigeria’s Vice president and leader of the Government Economic Team, Yemi Osinbajo has expressed concern over the widening gap between the naira and the US Dollar blaming the situation on the current exchange regime introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria ( CBN) in 2017. […]
Congress of Road Users Development Network of Nigeria Debunks Allegation of Purported Election, Promises To Achieve Mandate..
By Goodluck Ikiebe The newly elected executive council of the Road Users Development Network of Nigeria (RUDEN), has debunked allegations made on election that brought them to power and promised to return RUDEN to its past glory to enable it achieve its aims and objectives of effective traffic management in […]
World population reaches 8 billion – UN.
The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs says the world population has reached an estimated 8 billion. . This is contained in the UN latest World Population Prospects 2022, released on Tuesday to mark World Population Day. The report says more than half of the projected population is […]