archiveJuly 6, 2023

    Bigi, Sponsor of Nigerian Idol Season 8 gifts the top 3 contestants household products The Bigi carbonated soft drink brand of Rite Foods Limited, sponsor of Nigerian Idol Season 8, on Wednesday, 5th July, offered a free shopping spree to the top 3 contestants, Victory Gbakara, Quest and...

Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has described the death of the founder of the Christ Apostolic Church, CAC, Oke-Agbara, Asi Bodija, Prophet Michael Ojo Olowere, popularly called Baba Olowere, as a huge loss to Christendom and the entire Oyo State. The governor, in a condolence message signed by his Chief...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has filed a six-count charge against its suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the decision was taken at Thursday’s regular weekly meeting, where several issues...

  The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has summoned former governor Abdullahi Ganduje for interrogation over the controversial dollar bribery video. Chairman of the Commission, Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, had on Wednesday, June 5, declared that, contrary to Ganduje’s claims, the video was not doctored. Rimingado spoke at...

President Bola Tinubu has signed four Executive Orders one of which is the suspension of the five per cent Excise Tax on telecommunication services and the Excise Duties escalation on locally manufactured products. Among them is the The Finance Act (Effective Date Variation) Order, 2023, which defers the commencement date...

  The Federal Government has asked point-of-sale operators to desist from attempts to increase transaction fees, warning of serious consequences and sanctions. The Lagos chapter of the Association of Mobile Money and Bank Agents in Nigeria (AMMBAN) had announced a new price list for PoS transactions in the state. Stephen...

Candidate ‘admits’ scoring 249 marks, group seeks arrest of ‘corrupt’ officials   The House of Representatives has urged Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to stay any punitive action against Miss Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme, accused of falsifying her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) result. The plea followed the adoption of...

Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has issued fresh notice to the Federal Government to meet its demands within two weeks or risk industrial disharmony in the health sector. The association said this in a communique issued on Wednesday after its virtual Extraordinary National Executive Council Meeting (E-NEC). The communique...

  President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC), Wednesday, closed the defence of their February 25 election victory with the evidence of the Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, to deflate allegations and claims contained in the petitions file by Atiku Abubakar and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as...