President Muhammadu Buhari has relieved Hajiya Saratu Umar of duty as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), with immediate effect. A statement issued on Thursday by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity, said the President has in a directive to […]
Month: April 2023
PEACE GROUP CALLS FOR TRUCE TO END BREWING POST ELECTION VIOLENCE IN RIVER STATE.
by Precious Ahiakwo-Ovie The 2023 General Election Situation Room by the Community Initiative for Enhanced Peace and Development (CIEPD) in collaboration with Partnership Initiatives in the Niger Delta (PIND), is calling on Security Agencies especially the Rivers State Police to quickly tackle the post election brewing violence between the PDP […]
“You chose quality over Political sentiments”: El- Rufai commends Wike
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has lauded the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike for choosing the path of fairness and quality in the February 25 presidential election in the country. El-Rufai, made this known while speaking as Special Guest at the commissioning of the Eneka-Igbo Etche Link Road in […]
Nigeria Expresses Readiness To Implement Report On Review of Foreign Missions.
By Goodluck Ikiebe The Nigerian Government has assured of its readiness to implement the report of the Presidential Committee on Number and Strategy for Resourcing its Diplomatic Missions Worldwide in order to address some of the challenges confronting the nation’s diplomatic missions to ensure their effectiveness and sustainability. The Secretary […]
Ekweremadu: Obasanjo writes To UK Court.
Nigeria’s former President,Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter of appeal to the court in the United Kingdom handling the Organ Harvesting case involving the Former Deputy Senate President,Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. The duo and a Doctor were convicted last month for conspiring to harvest the organ of […]
Breaking:Don’t Parade as Labour party National Chairman: Court Orders Abure
….. Order also affects three Other LP officials . By Ken Chiwendu A High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) Abuja has restrained Mr Julius Abure from parading as the National chairman of the Labour party Justice Hamza Muazu gave the interim order Wednesday while ruling in […]
Polytechnics, Colleges of Education get N320. 3billion Intervention Fund.
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N320,345,040,835 as intervention to public tertiary institutions across the the country. Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny Echono, disclosed this at a workshop organised for the beneficiary institutions, He said on the basis of this, each university shall get, […]
Nigerian President Sacks NASENI Chief Executive, Prof Haruna, Over Tenure Elongation.
By Goodluck Ikiebe President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Professor Mohammed Sani Haruna, to vacate office immediately. According to a statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Prof. Haruna has […]
Datti’s Interview :Intimidating Unacceptable – Soyinka
……..,. Condemns targets on Igbo Population in Lagos …says Buhari leaving office on sour note…….wants incoming government to prioritize decentralisation. Nobel laureate,Wole Soyinka has faulted the comments by the Labour Party’s Vice Presidential Candidate Datti Baba-Ahmed on a Channel TV program on the just concluded elections describing it as dictatorial, […]
Nigerian Government Approves Mixed Martial Arts As National Sports Federation.
By Goodluck Ikiebe The Nigerian Government has approved the recognition of Mixed Martial Arts (NMMAF), as one of the National Sports Federations under the control and supervision of the Federal Ministry of Sports and Youth Development. The Honourable Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Sunday Dare, who disclosed this […]