archiveApril 5, 2022

  A former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has replied the General Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, for saying Igbos cannot rule Nigeria, because they are under a curse. Okorocha, who is now a senator representing Imo West, insisted...

Having successfully piloted the affairs of the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) as Chairman in the last one year, Nigeria has handed over the leadership mantle of the body to the Republic of Guinea. The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta who served...

  The European Union has donated an array of security hardwares, including 30 rigid-hull inflatable boats and forensic equipment, to the Economic Community of West African States to tackle maritime crime and other security challenges in the sub-region. This was disclosed at a high-level maritime security seminar convened by the...

    A bill seeking to amend the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act (2013) and also outlaw cross-dressing in Nigeria has been introduced for first reading at the House of Representatives. Referencing Section 4 of the same-sex Marriage Prohibition Act (2013) Honourable Muda Lawal Ulnar who sponsored the bill on Tuesday...

  The Senate, on Tuesday, passed a bill to repeal and re-enact the National Commission for Colleges of Education Act of 1989. Also passed was a bill to establish the Federal Polytechnic Orozo. The bills were passed following the consideration of two separate reports by the Committee on Tertiary Institutions...

  The All-Share Index of the Nigerian Exchange Limited advanced by 0.2 per cent to 46,777.37 points. Consequently, the Month-to-Date loss moderated to -0.4 per cent, while the Year-to-Date return increased to +9.5 per cent. In Tuesday trading session, bullish sentiments resurfaced in the domestic bourse, as bargain hunting in...

  The Senate has passed a bill seeking to establish the Health Education Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria. The passage of the bill on Tuesday during plenary, followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Health (Tertiary and Secondary).   Chairman of the Committee, Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (Kwara...

  Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has appealed to aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State to reconsider their decision to dump the party in the state. The minister, who is also from Kwara, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. He urged...

  Omooba Dotun Babayemi, the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, has appealed to parents, especially the women, to caution their children and wards against being used as instruments of disruption and violence during the forthcoming state gubernatorial election slated for July 16, this year. Besides, Babayemi has...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has threatened to bar any political party which violates the provisions of the Electoral Act in picking its candidates from participating in the 2023 General Elections. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of the Commission, Festus Okoye, said this in...