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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...

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...

Presidential Order Dissolved Former CIPMN Governing Council – Registrar

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

The Chartered Institute of Project Managers of Nigeria (CIPMN) has said the inauguration of its new governing Council was the climax of the reforms embarked by President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2022, when he dissolved the then contentious Governing Council of the Institute and appointed a Sole Administrator to reset...

Lagos Govt vows to arrest miscreants extorting Yaba bridge pedestrians

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab has ordered the arrest of miscreants extorting traders and unsuspecting citizens on the Yaba pedestrian bridge. This was disclosed in a post via his X handle on Thursday. Responding to the viral video in which thugs were seen harassing...

Dump your dollars to avoid tears, Naira will appreciate – Presidency warns FX speculators

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

The Presidency has warned forex speculators that the Naira will soon appreciate. President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, urged speculators to quickly dump their dollars to avoid “tears”. Onanuga was reacting to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, disclosure that it had cleared the $7...

Senate approves N549.6bn 2024 budget for NCC

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

The Senate’s Communications Committee, on Wednesday, approved the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, budget of N549.6 billion for 2024. This was made known during a joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Communications session chaired by Senator Ikra Bilbis (Zamfara Central). The committee members unanimously approved the NCC’s N549.6 billion...

KSM Abuja Metro Exco Visits Inferno Victim, Lady Rhoda Effiong

NewsDeskNgMar 20, 2024March 21, 20240

Officers of the Order of Knights of Saint Mulumba (KSM) Nigeria, Abuja Metro Council, visited its own, Lady Rhoda Effiong of Gwagwalada Sub-Council whose house was burnt down on Tuesday March 5, 2024. The widow’s house situated at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada, was raised down by an...

Your primary role is to maintain law, order, protect lives, property – Giadam reminds police

NewsDeskNgMar 20, 2024March 20, 20240

The Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Giadam, has reiterated the role of the police in enabling ease of doing business in Nigeria. He noted that doing business requires a secure and stable society where businesses can operate without the fear of crime, corruption, or undue interference. The minister stated...