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Cabinet Reshuffle: Group Commends Matawalle for Stellar Performance

NewsDeskNgOct 25, 2024October 25, 20240

The Advocates of Social Justice for All (ASJA) has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to retain Bello Matawalle as Minister of State for Defence amid a sweeping cabinet reshuffle. The group said Matawalle’s continuation in office is proof of his exemplary performance in tackling Nigeria’s security challenges. Dr. Samson...

Court Orders KANSIEC To Conduct LG Polls

NewsDeskNgOct 25, 2024October 25, 20240

A Kano State High Court has ordered the Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) to go ahead with Saturday’s local government election in the state. Earlier, a court had for days ago, restraints the commission and the chairman, Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC), Prof Sani Malumfashi, from conducting the...

Israeli strike kills three journalists in Southern Lebanon

NewsDeskNgOct 25, 2024October 25, 20240

Three journalists have been killed, and three others injured, following an Israeli airstrike on their accommodation in Hasbaya, southern Lebanon. The Lebanese Ministry of Health confirmed the development on Friday. As violence escalates along the Israel-Lebanon border, the Lebanese Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, denounced the deaths as an “assassination”...

Judge refuses to withdraw from suit against CBN, others over allocations to Rivers LGAs

NewsDeskNgOct 25, 2024October 25, 20240

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday refused to recuse herself from hearing a suit seeking to stop fund allocation to local governments in Rivers State. The judge who had earlier delivered four rulings against some of the defendants in the suit denied being biased...

Timi Frank condemns scrapping of Niger Delta ministry, seeks urgent reversal

NewsDeskNgOct 25, 2024October 25, 20240

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Friday condemned in strong terms the purported scrapping of the Ministry of Niger Delta by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and called for reversal to status quo. President Tinubu had on Wednesday, among other far-reaching decisions...

“Audi’s Leadership Style: CONYSSA Lauds Prioritization of Personnel Welfare and Growth”

NewsDeskNgOct 24, 2024October 24, 20240

The Coalition of Nigerian Youth on Security and Safety Affairs (CONYSSA) has praised the Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC), Dr. Abubakar Audi, for the mass promotion of stagnated officers in the corps. This commendation was made by CONYSSA’s Director General, Ambassador Ademario Emmanuel, during a media...

We’ll provide hotlines for media to enhance accurate reporting – INEC

NewsDeskNgOct 24, 2024October 24, 20240

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that telephone hotlines will be provided for media practitioners that will be covering the forthcoming off-cycle November 16 governorship election in Ondo State in order to verify blurry issues before reportage. The Head of Department, Electoral Operations, INEC, Amosa Lamidi, who revealed...

We didn’t summon FCT Minister, DSS DG — Reps

NewsDeskNgOct 24, 2024October 24, 20240

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Hon. Ahmed Satomi, disclosed on Wednesday that the House did not summon the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Nyesom Wike, regarding the rise in crime in the nation’s capital. Hon. Satomi, speaking during a...

CAN, Abia advert agency at loggerheads over signpost tax on churches

NewsDeskNgOct 23, 2024October 23, 20240

The Abia State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has described the state government’s policy of compelling churches to pay signpost tax as a delicate issue that can affect the image of the state. CAN in a letter addressed to the Governor, dated October 22, 2024, expressed its...

Surrender or die from firepower – Nigerian military cautions terrorists in Zamfara

NewsDeskNgOct 22, 2024October 22, 20240

The Nigerian military has warned bandits terrorizing Zamfara and other contagious states to surrender or die from troops’ firepower. This is as it expressed commitment to taking the fight against banditry to the terrorists in their enclaves. Theatre Commander of the newly established Operation Fansar Yamma, Major General Oluyinka Soyele,...