archive2023

INEC has fixed Saturday, April 15 to conduct elections in polling units where the exercise was suspended in Port Harcourt II and Khana/Gokana Federal Constituencies of Rivers on February 25. Its spokesperson in Rivers, Mrs Geraldine Ekelemu, quoted the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Johnson Alalibo, as saying that elections would...

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said it has received 104 stranded Nigerians from N’Djamena, Chad Republic at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano. The Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office of the Agency, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, stated this while receiving the returnees on Tuesday in Kano. Represented by Suleiman...

Former Governor of Anambra state, Dr. Chinwoke Mbadinuju, has passed on at the age of 78 years. This is contained in a statement issued on behalf of the Mbadinuju Family, by Cheta Chinwoke Mbadinuju made available to the press on Tuesday. He stated:”With heavy hearts but utmost gratitude to God...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has thrown its weight behind the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) tightening monetary policy approach to rein in inflation and recommended the same approach for other central banks. The CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele, announced a raise in the apex bank’s benchmark lending rate from...

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Ali Biu has for the umpteenth time advised the motoring public to avoid night trips due to the dangers that come with it; while reaffirming the readiness and determination of the Corps to bring to an end, all speed induced crashes as...

    offers customers shopping discounts   Polaris Bank has assured that her current customers and prospects alike can shop seamlessly and carry out all their transactions via its alternate channels: VULTe, USSD *833#, Polaris Mobile, PolarisXperience, ATMs, and PoS terminals during the Easter holiday. This was disclosed by the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has done his best in tackling Nigeria’s multifarious security challenges since he assumed office in May 2015 and he is leaving the country “far better” than he met it. Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina stated this on Monday as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today. Confronted with...

  For using the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to promote their product on Good Friday, FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, makers of Peak Milk, has come under fire from the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). CAN described the advert as “insensitive, offensive, and totally unacceptable”. While warning all...

  President Muhammadu Buhari is embarking on an eight-day state visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia starting on Tuesday, April 11. The primary purpose of the visit, according to a statement released on Monday, April 10, by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, is to...

    The All Progressives Congress (APC) has requested that the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) in Abuja reject petitions filed by three opposition parties challenging the victory of its presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, in the February 25th election. In three separate responses filed at the PEPC’s Secretariat, Sunday...