President Bola Tinubu has received the Senegalese President, Bassirou Faye, at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Faye, who arrived at 3:09 p.m. was received at the forecourt of the Villa on Thursday, marking his first visit to Nigeria since assuming office last month.Faye, 44, the youngest president in Senegalese history, secured victory in a delayed…
Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, convicted and sentenced two Chinese: Duan Ya Hong and Xiao Yi to one year imprisonment for offences bordering on illegal mining and possession of solid minerals without requisite licences. The duo were arraigned on Monday, April 22, 2024, alongside their company, Ebuy…
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi and Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede on Thursday, May 16, 2024, bared their minds on the menace of fake news, stressing that all efforts should be geared towards fighting it. They made the disclosures in Abuja at the official commissioning of EFCC’s…
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has charged Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, across the country to distance themselves from corrupt elements who advance the cause of bad governance with no consideration for the plight of Nigerians bearing the brunt of corrupt practices. He gave this charge in Abuja on…
“The National Health Insurance (NHI) is a commitment to eradicate the stark inequalities that have long determined… who receives adequate healthcare and who suffers from neglect,” Ramaphosa said at a televised signing ceremony in Pretoria. The fund established under the law will provide healthcare for all at rates to be determined by the government, in…
Those who resigned are Chinedu Mmom (from the Ministry of Education), Gift Worlu (from the Ministry of Housing) and Jacobson Nbina (from the Ministry of Transport). Inime Aguma resigned as the Commissioner for Social Welfare and Rehabilitation saying “there is no room for progressional development in the workplace”. Austin Ben-Chioma also resigned as the Commissioner…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 elections in Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has warned President Bola Tinubu not to fiddle with the pension funds assets of Nigerian workers. The warning by the former Vice President followed a move by the Federal Government to use the pension funds assets. In a statement…
The staff members of Nigeria Meteorology Agency, NiMET, have been directed to embark on a strike on Monday, May 20, 2024 due to management’s failure to address 45 months of minimum wage arrears and consequential adjustments for them. The directive was given in a letter dated May 14th, 2024, by Aviation unions, including the National…
Three commissioners serving in the cabinet of Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara have resigned from their positions. The three commissioners announced their resignations in separate letters addressed to Fubara through the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo. The letters were dated May 15, 2024. The commissioners, who are loyalists of the immediate past…
