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Nigeria Must Stop Judges, Lawyers From Deciding Election Winners – Mutfwang, Falana, Others

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

… We can’t afford to go back to dark days of military – Governor … INEC Chairman, REGs offices should be advertise – Falana … Nigeria will work with honest conversations – Goodluck Jonathan By Sunday Isuwa, Abuja Nigeria must ensure that true winners of elections emerge before swearing in,...

NSCDC arrests 3 with 4,500 litres of adulterated diesel in Akwa Ibom

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Akwa Ibom says it has apprehended three suspects and seized 4,500 litres of adulterated diesel also called Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, in the state. The NSCDC Commandant, Mr Eluyemi Eluwade, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the Command’s exhibits yard in...

Nigeria at risk – Rights group slams Tinubu over alleged reluctance to tackle corruption

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

President Bola Tinubu has been criticised over his alleged reluctance to tackle monumental corruption in Nigeria, especially in the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS. Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education, CHRICED, in a press conference addressed by its Executive Director, Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi, in Abuja on Thursday, alerted Nigerians...

Kerosene price hits N1,340 – NBS

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has said the average retail price of a litre of kerosene rose from N1,329 recorded in January 2024 to N1,340 in February 2024. In its Petrol Price Watch for February 2024, released in Abuja on Thursday, the bureau said the February price of N1,340...

No election season in Nigeria – INEC boss, Yakubu

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said there is no longer election season in Nigeria. Yakubu said this at the first Quarterly Consultative Meeting with Media organizations in Abuja on Thursday. He also called on the Nigerian media to continue to be a bulwark against...

Bauchi women embrace adult education with husband’s encouragement

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

Women in Bauchi State have embraced Adult Education with the support from their husbands. Speaking to journalists at a one-day workshop held by the United Nations Children’s Education Funds, UNICEF, yesterday, in partnership with the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, some of the women expressed gratitude TO their husbands....

Delta Killings: Independent investigation may incriminate VIPs – Ex-DSS Director

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

A former Director of the Department of State Services, DSS, Mike Ejiofor, has demanded an independent probe of the killing of 17 military personnel in Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, stating that an objective inquiry will incriminate some very important personalities. Making the...

Food security: Governor Sule presents N40m cheque as loan to Azara Symbiotic Farmers Association

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

As part of efforts by his administration to boost food security in Nasarawa State and the country at large, Governor Abdullahi Sule has presented a N40m cheque given as loan to a farmer’s cooperative society, the Azara Symbiotic Farmers Association. Governor Sule presented the cheque at a ceremony at the...

Labour Party belongs to Nigerian workers, not NLC – Deputy Chairman, Olorunfemi

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

The Deputy National Chairman of the Labour Party, Ayo Olorunfemi, has refuted claims that the ownership of the party lies in the hands of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. Olorunfemi made this known on Wednesday while fielding questions on Arise Television’s News programme. The statement comes amidst the protest by...

Budget Padding: President Tinubu And Merchants Of Mischief

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

In presidential democracy, the place of role allocation to different arms of government is unambiguous. The legislative arm of government is the bastion of democracy. Suffice to explain that while the two other arms of government exists in various forms, military or other kinds of autocratic rules, the parliament is...

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Nigeria Must Stop Judges, Lawyers From Deciding Election Winners – Mutfwang, Falana, Others

NSCDC arrests 3 with 4,500 litres of adulterated diesel in Akwa Ibom

Nigeria at risk – Rights group slams Tinubu over alleged reluctance to tackle corruption

Kerosene price hits N1,340 – NBS

No election season in Nigeria – INEC boss, Yakubu

Bauchi women embrace adult education with husband’s encouragement

Delta Killings: Independent investigation may incriminate VIPs – Ex-DSS Director

Food security: Governor Sule presents N40m cheque as loan to Azara Symbiotic Farmers Association

Labour Party belongs to Nigerian workers, not NLC – Deputy Chairman, Olorunfemi

Budget Padding: President Tinubu And Merchants Of Mischief