archiveSeptember 2023

  The Department of State Services (DSS) on Tuesday, September 5, said it has received reports from some state governments relating to the diversion or sale of palliatives meant for their citizens. Consequently, the Nigerian secret police said it undertook investigations and recovered some of the items as well as...

A member of the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee, Tolu Bankole, has expressed strong conviction that the outcome of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to be declared on Wednesday will be in favour of President Bola Tinubu. Bankole’s vote of confidence was a reaction to viral reports in the...

  Former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has said it would be unfair of him to criticise President Bola Tinubu over current economic hardship being faced by Nigerians. Sanusi, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), spoke during a virtual religious event on Sunday. He said he...

  Nigeria is set to play host to 54 African nations and other continental Internet governance stakeholder blocs at the 2023 Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF 2023) in Abuja from 18th to 21 September, 2023. This year’s event, being the 12th edition of the annual forum, is being hosted by...

  Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, on Monday said that the Federal Government was proud of the legacy of the late Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi towards Nigeria’s unity. Akinkunmi had, in 1958, designed the Nigerian flag. The minister promised that the Federal Government would stand by his family....

  Despite the federal government's plea, the Nigerian Labour Congress has insisted on embarking on its proposed strike. But this development has been faced with a strong setback following the announcement of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) announced it will no longer be part of the 2-day warning strike action...

Chief Olabode George, former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has expressed concerns about the judiciary’s role in determining election winners in Nigeria. He described it as the judiciary taking away the right of the people to determine poll winners. He raised the concern at a press...

Staff working at the Court of Appeal in Abuja have been directed to stay home on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, the day scheduled for judgment in the petitions challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu. The Chief Registrar of the Court, Oluwaleye Oluwasegun David, in a memo informed the staff...

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) made this known on Monday in Abuja while unveiling its 2021 solid minerals industry report, tagged: “Impact built on blocking leakages to grow revenue’’. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, unveiled the report. Akume was represented by...

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has boycotted a meeting organised by the Federal Government. The meeting was convened by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, to avert the two-day warning strike already declared by the organised labour. The meeting, which was scheduled for 3pm on...