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Nationwide Protests: Group Wants Urgent Prosecution of Sponsors

NewsDeskNgAug 18, 2024August 18, 20240

*Commends Security Agencies Over Arrest of Bashir Hadeija The Citizens United Against Terrorism (CUAT) has called for an immediate prosecution of highly placed Nigerians involved in the sponsoring of the last nationwide protest. The group also commended security agencies for the arrest of alleged gunrunner and cross-border criminal, Bashir Hadejia....

Family announces burial arrangement of late Chief, Sir, Engr. Dr. Ernest Madu Onyekwena

NewsDeskNgAug 18, 2024August 18, 20240

…As Soludo, Peter Obi, Ali Pate, others confirm attendance The Family of late Chief, Sir, Engr. Dr. Ernest Madu Onyekwena, has slated Friday 30th to Saturday 31st August 2024, for the funeral arrangements in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The late Onyekwena, popularly called Omekannaya 1...

Unmasking the Maltese Cross of Corruption

NewsDeskNgAug 18, 2024August 18, 20240

By Arnold Owie A national scandal has unfolded with the revelation of substandard petroleum products being imported into Nigeria, linked to a shadowy oil blending plant in Malta. Leaked documents and interviews expose a complex web of corruption involving NNPC personnel, oil traders, and terminal operators. Matrix Energy, owned by...

Matawalle: The Poster Boy of Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda

NewsDeskNgAug 17, 2024August 17, 20240

By Gabriel Okino A lot has been said about the former governor of Zamfara state and Minister for State for Defence, Hon Bello Matawalle. Interestingly, they dwelled in the realm of speculation and not reality. There is a fact that can’t be washed away about Hon Bello Matawalle: he is...

Dangote: The Monopoly We All Need

NewsDeskNgAug 17, 2024August 17, 20240

By Mary Odoma There seems to be a huge partition between Nigerian industrialist Alhaji Aliko Dangote and other Nigerian economy drivers. His visionary gait and purposefulness are fixated on recreating the essentials required to prop up the depleting economic fortune of Nigeria amidst contending voices. Since 1977, when he ventured...

NITDA: Driving Global Agenda for Enhanced Capacity, Competitiveness for Nigerian Youths

NewsDeskNgAug 17, 2024August 17, 20240

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) is driving digital transformation, partnerships, productivity, pivotal to national development of the country. This is handled through its ongoing endeavour to establish Nigeria as a globally renowned centre and hub of technology and innovation. And it is in order to promote economic diversification...

Ogun LG Poll: N250,000 fee targeted at parties, not candidates

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, OGSIEC, has clarified that the administrative charges for the upcoming 2024 local government elections are directed at political parties, not individual candidates. Earlier reported that the Commission during a stakeholder meeting announced that the sum of N250,000 must be paid by the chairmanship candidates of...

NLC – Wage award different from N70,000 minimum wage

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Lagos State Chapter, says the N35,000 wage award in the state should not be taken as part of or in lieu of the N70,000 new minimum wage recently passed into law. The State NLC Chairman, Funmi Sessi, who gave this explanation in Lagos on Friday,...

UNICEF seeks support for out-of-school children

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has called on families, schools, and other stakeholders to support teenage girls who dropped out of school due to pregnancy issues to complete their studies. UNICEF Education Specialist, Azuka Mentiki, made this appeal at a two-day stakeholders meeting in Ibadan. The meeting was organized...

Soldiers are harassing us on South-East roads – Igbo women cry out

NewsDeskNgAug 16, 2024August 16, 20240

Igbo women under the aegis of the Igbo Women Assembly, IWA, have appealed to the Federal Government to withdraw the soldiers deployed across checkpoints in the South-East region. They said the soldiers are constituting more problems rather than solving them, adding that they are more interested in extorting money from...

Transcorp Hilton Abuja Counters Misinformation, Confirms Uninterrupted Operations

Cash Mix-Up Scandal: Recipient Accused of Ignoring Refund Plea

Senate Confirms Darma As Housing Minister, Tasks Him With Reforms, Affordable Homes

Nationwide Protests: Group Wants Urgent Prosecution of Sponsors

Family announces burial arrangement of late Chief, Sir, Engr. Dr. Ernest Madu Onyekwena

Unmasking the Maltese Cross of Corruption

Matawalle: The Poster Boy of Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda

Dangote: The Monopoly We All Need

NITDA: Driving Global Agenda for Enhanced Capacity, Competitiveness for Nigerian Youths

Ogun LG Poll: N250,000 fee targeted at parties, not candidates

NLC – Wage award different from N70,000 minimum wage

UNICEF seeks support for out-of-school children

Soldiers are harassing us on South-East roads – Igbo women cry out