By Daniel Peters Kaduna State Correspondent of the Daily Times newspapers, Mr. Idibia Gabriel, has sustained eye injury as a result of arrest, torture and inhuman treatment he went through in the hands of operatives of Nigeria Police force in Kaduna state. The Journalist told colleagues that he was arrested […]
Breaking: Thugs Allegedly Led By House of Reps Member Occupies Local Government Council,Kills Vigilante Member in Rivers.
By our Reporter One person has been reported dead and scores injured in Omuma Local Government Area of Rivers State following resistance to the end of the tenure of local government council Chairmen and replacement of Heads of Local Government Administration . Gov Siminilayi Fubara, in a statewide broadcast on […]
PFAs Face Pressure From Retirees As FG Fails To Pay Pensions.
By Goodluck Ikiebe with Agency reports Nigeria’s Pension Managers, also known as Pension Fund Administrators (PFAs), are under pressure following the federal government’s failure to pay accrued pension rights of newly retired employees. The federal government last paid accrued pensions in 2022 when it released N13.89 billion covering a four-month […]
Senate To Receive Supplementary Budget Early July.
By Daniel Peters President Bola Tinubu will send the 2024 Supplementary budget to the Senate for approval after resumption in July. The Senate spokesperson, Yemi Adaramodu, said that the N6.6tn supplementary budget, although still being computed by the executive, would be sent to the National Assembly after its July 2 […]
Mountain Top University Emerges First In SDG
By Daniel Peters Mountain Top University, Ogun State has emerged first in Sustainable Development Goal four, quality education in Nigeria according to the 2024 World University ranking by Times Higher Education. Times Higher Education, the topmost global university ranking body, assesses institutions by identifying and celebrating universities that excel across […]
Fubara Directs Heads of Local Government Administration To Take Charge of Councils With Immediate Effect.
Following the expiration of the tenure of local government chairmen in Rivers State, The state Governor, Siminalayi Fubara has asked the Heads of Local Government Administrations to immediately take charge of Councils Gov. Fubara made this known in a broadcast on Tuesday,18th June,2024. The governor thanked the outgoing chairmaen,Vice Chairmen […]
Regionalism bill: Tinubu’s ‘’final solution’’ to northern political dominance?
Iliyasu GaduIlgad2009@gmail.com08035355706 (Texts only) Over the past few weeks an idea has been floating on the public sphere which amounts to an effort to restructure or revert Nigeria from a 36 state structure to regional structures of eight regions. The idea is supposed to be the brain child of one […]
Tinubu Jets Out To South Africa Tuesday To Attend President Cyril Ramaphosa ‘s Swearing – In
President Bola Tinubu will, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, depart Lagos for Pretoria, South Africa, to attend the swearing-in of President Cyril Ramaphosa. A State House statement said on Monday. President Ramaphosa won a new mandate following his country’s general election on 29 May. Although his party won 159 out […]
GO HOME, YOUR TENURE HAS ENDED, ASARI ADVISES OUTGONE RIVERS LGA CHAIRMEN.
An advocate of resource control and good governance in the Niger Delta region, Muhajid Asari Dokubo, has advised former chairmen of the 23 Local Government Areas in Rivers State to accept the end of their three years’ tenure in good faith, and resist creating crisis. Speaking while flanked by stakeholders […]
STATE HOUSE REJOINDER
NEW YORK TIMES’ JAUNDICED REPORT ON NIGERIA’S CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION. Ruth Maclean and Ismail Auwal’s feature story with the title ‘Nigeria Confronts Its Worst Economic Crisis in a Generation’, published on June 11, reflected the typical predetermined, reductionist, derogatory, and denigrating way foreign media establishments reported African countries for several […]