The management of the University of Port Harcourt has said it is not considering releasing the university premises to Atiku’s Presidential Campaign Council for its mega rally in Rivers State. The management noted that it has not authorized the use of any part of the school environment for any political party activities, describing the […]
The Federal Government has described the current hardship faced by Nigerians over the redesign of the new naira note as necessary ‘pain’ to curb endemic corruption and grow the nation’s economy. The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning Zainab Ahmed stated this during the weekly ministerial briefing at the State House in Abuja […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says it has not ordered any sit-at-home in South-East region during the general elections this month. IPOB, then, reiterated that it has no interest in the political system and elections in the country, as it warned a group called Pan Nigeria President of Igbo Extraction Coalition (PANPIEC) to […]
The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it intercepted N6m wraps of fake US dollars, enroute to the Benin Republic from Nigeria through the border. The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Dera Nnadi, while addressing journalists at the command on Thursday, said the currency which is equivalent to […]
Many persons are currently trapped in a four-storey building that collapsed in the Gwarinmpa area of Abuja on Thursday morning. Details of the incident are sketchy at the time of this report but sources said some dead bodies have been recovered. Mrs Florence Wenegieme, Acting Director, Forecasting, Response and Mitigation, FCT Emergency Management Agency […]
The Movement For The Actualization Of The Sovereign State Of Biafra, MASSOB, has disassociated herself from the “so called meeting held in Aba by a group of people claiming to be pro Biafra agitators.” The Pro Biafra group in statement signed by Comrade Edeson Samuel, its National Director Of Information added that, “MASSOB was […]
Cracks appear to be widening on the walls of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over its presidential standard-bearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Daily Trust reports. Barely a week after he raised the alarm over an alleged plot to sabotage him in the forthcoming election, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and staunch supporter of […]
An elder statesman and former Minister of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta State Governor and running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to withdraw from the contest. This was contained in a letter dated February 2, 2023 and addressed to Okowa. In a press […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says the petrol scarcity in the country is not a deliberate action to influence the forthcoming general elections. Mele Kyari, group chief executive officer (GCEO), NNPC Limited, spoke when he appeared on NTA’s ‘good morning Nigeria‘ programme monitored by TheCable on Thursday. He said the petrol shortage […]
Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, says the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “is hurting Nigerians” and needs to be reviewed. The apex bank has fixed February 10 as the new deadline for the swap of old naira notes. It initially fixed January 31 as the deadline but […]
