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S/Court says Ajaka has right to inspect Kogi guber poll materials

NewsDeskNgMar 15, 2024March 15, 20240

The Supreme Court has upheld the order of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja that granted the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the November 2023 election in Kogi permission to inspect election materials. Nigerian Pilot recalled that on March 7, the apex court stayed the...

Undersea Cable Damage Causes Internet Outage In Nigeria, Telcos, Banks Hit

NewsDeskNgMar 14, 2024March 14, 20240

Telecommunications companies and banks in Nigeria have been hit by an internet outage as a result of damage to international undersea cables supplying them with connectivity. The damage affected major undersea cables near Abidjan in Côte d’Ivoire and are causing downtime across West and South African countries. The West Africa...

Hope For Ajegwu-Idah-Ibaji Road As Kogi East Senator Set To Collaborate With Umahi, Nwoye

NewsDeskNgMar 14, 2024March 14, 20240

The senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District, Jibrin Isa Echocho, has disclosed that he is already engaging his counterparts from Anambra State, especially the Senator representing Anambra North, Dr Okechikwu Tony Nwoye, on how to ensure timely completion of Ajegwu-Idah-Ibaji road in Kogi State. He also disclosed that he will...

‘He Lacks Deep Knowledge About Agency’: Don’t Renew Dr. Yau As NNRA Boss, Group Urges FG

NewsDeskNgMar 13, 2024March 13, 20240

A group, The Science for the Nation, has called on the Federal Government not to renew a second term for Dr. Yau Usman Idris, who has completed his five years in office as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA). The group says the agency has...

Tinubu’s govt to train 5m Nigerians annually to force down unemployment, poverty – Presidency

NewsDeskNgMar 13, 2024March 13, 20240

The federal government has mapped out strategies aimed at ensuring the empowerment of no fewer than five million Nigerians with various artisanal skills annually. The government has also embarked on training of 500 in inmates in all the Correctional Custodial Centres across the country, even as the beneficiaries will be...

Seyi Tinubu, Wingchair Critics And The Peril Of Intellectual Bankruptcy

NewsDeskNgMar 13, 2024March 13, 20240

By Gifado Ibrahim The famous American motivational speaker, Dale Carnegie, once said, “It’s a thousand times easier to criticise than create. That’s why critics are never problem solvers.”It is on this note that I find the recent outbursts of toxic, hired and professional armchair critics, whose latest brief from their...

ASKOJ Pays Courtesy Visit to DG, Kano Govt House, Lauds his Media Capacity

NewsDeskNgMar 13, 2024March 13, 20240

The Association of Kano Online Journalists (ASKOJ), on Tuesday paid a courtesy visit to the Director General of Kano State Government, Alhaji Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, in his office. While speaking, ASKOJ Chairman, Mallam Salisu Yakubu noted that the visit was geared towards cementing the good relationship that has been existing...

Kogi East Senator Advises IPPs To Embrace NSE As Solution To Operational Deficit

NewsDeskNgMar 13, 2024March 13, 20240

The Senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District at the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, Sen. Jibrin Isah Echocho has advised the Independent Power Plants (IPPs) owners to embrace Nigerian Stock Exchange as the only solutions to their operational deficit. He gave the advice during the Senate debate on the...

How Umahi deceived Tinubu on 700km coastal highway road may fail like Amaechi’s monorail, warn experts

NewsDeskNgMar 13, 2024March 13, 20240

The 700 km Nigerian costal highway, brainchild of Minister of Works, Chief David Umahi, may end up a white elephant project akin to the now abandoned monorail project initiated by former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi in 2009.As governor, Amaechi engaged Germany-based amusement rides firm Intamin to build a 5.4km...

Convict shot dead after attempt to escape prison in Abuja

NewsDeskNgMar 13, 2024March 13, 20240

A 27-year-old convict, Ibrahim Yahaya, has been shot dead in Abuja by some correctional service personnel, after he allegedly jumped down from the vehicle conveying him to prison in a bid to escape. SP Josephine Adeh, the Police Public Relations Officer in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), confirmed the incident...