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Native Doctor Storms Bank

NewsDeskNgMar 7, 2023March 7, 20230

Viral photos have shown a native doctor who stormed a bank. In the photos which emerged on Tuesday, the native doctor was clad in red wrapper with a snake-like object around his neck. A tweep who shared the photos wrote, “Customers at one of Access Bank Branch were surprised to...

FG disburses N1.4m loans to 74 beneficiaries in Ondo

NewsDeskNgMar 7, 2023March 7, 20230

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has disbursed N1,480,000 as loans to 74 beneficiaries of its 2022/2023 Micro Enterprise Enhancement Scheme (MEES) in Ondo State. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, while disbursing the money on Tuesday in Akure, Olusegun Adelodun, NDE State Coordinator, explained that the beneficiaries were...

Nigeria requires N869bn to prosecute 2023 census – FG

NewsDeskNgMar 7, 2023March 7, 20230

For the diligent prosecution of the National Population and Housing census scheduled to commence on March 29, the federal government will require a whopping N869 billion for a hitch-free exercise. Although the government says it already raised N291.5 billion to execute the census, it plans to establish a basket fund...

March 11 polls: Group tasks INEC, DSS, Police on credible elections

NewsDeskNgMar 7, 2023March 7, 20230

A group operating under the aegis of Southern and Middle Belt Alliance, SaMBA has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct free, fair and credible elections on Saturday to save Nigeria’s democracy. The group urged the chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to tender his resignation from...

Akwa Ibom guber: Enang loses as Supreme Court affirms APC candidate Udofia

NewsDeskNgMar 7, 2023March 7, 20230

The Supreme Court has upheld the nomination of Akan Udofia as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Akwa Ibom State. The unanimous judgement in the suit marked SC/CV/158/2023 was delivered on Tuesday by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun. The court struck out Ita Enang’s appeal and upheld the January...

Amari elected new Kogi NLC Chairman

NewsDeskNgMar 7, 2023March 7, 20230

Gabriel Amari has been elected the new Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, (NLC), in Kogi State. Amari, is the current State Chairman, Medical and Health Worker Union of Nigeria, (MHWUN). The new NLC Chairman took over from Comrade Onuh Edoka whose tenure came to an end today. In his...

Osinbajo Commends British Charity For Help In Tackling Out-Of-School Crisis

NewsDeskNgMar 7, 2023March 7, 20230

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commended the British charity, IA-Foundation, for the commitment shown by the charity in tackling the out-of-school crisis in Nigeria. Osinbajo gave the commendation in a message to IA-Foundation to commemorate the fourth annual Black Tie and Charity Ball of the organisation. The message was e-mailed...

VIDEO: Atiku, Okowa, Ayu, others lead protest to INEC headquarters, Abuja

NewsDeskNgMar 6, 2023March 6, 20230

Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa, are currently leading a protest to the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja. According to reports, the Chairman of the PDP, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, and other leaders and...

Gov. Matawalle commiserates with police, victims of Maru attack

NewsDeskNgMar 6, 2023March 6, 20230

Governor Bello Mohammed has described as dastardly, callous and an act of cowardice the recent mid-night attack in Maru town by bandits which claimed the lives of police officers, vigilante members and other citizens. Zailani Bappa, the Governor’s Special Adviser, Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, in a statement noted that...

We’re not in support of any gubernatorial candidate – NUJ

NewsDeskNgMar 4, 2023March 4, 20230

The Oyo State council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has said that it is not in any way in support, nor has it anointed any of the gubernatorial candidates in the state. The union said that it remained neutral as a professional body. It made these disclosures in...