Mao Ohuabunwa, a former senator representing Abia north, says Uzor Orji Kalu, senate chief whip, has a case to answer with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and therefore should not be senate president. Kalu defeated Ohuabunwa to become the senator representing Abia north in 2019. In March, Kalu declared that it is […]
KPMG has stated that the Nigerian unemployment rate had increased to 37.7per cent in 2022 and will further rise to 40.6per cent, due to the continuing inflow of job seekers into the job market. The multinational consulting firm, in a newly released report tagged ‘KPMG Global Economy Outlook report, H1 2023,’ said unemployment will […]
Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the bill seeking to make basic education the right of every child in the country. In a statement on Monday, Falana said it is the fundamental right of every citizen to enjoy free and compulsory education. He said it […]
L The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said it was not the regulator of the contents of the social media networks that many stakeholders have complained about. The submission came during a recent visit of the National Civil Society Council of Nigeria, NCSCN, a member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, led by […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ekiti State Command, has paraded 13 suspected criminals for various offences. The NSCDC state Public Relations Officer, Tolulope Afolabi, on Monday, said the suspects comprised six persons arrested at the Ekute area of the state capital for attempted murder and seven others arrested over alleged threat to […]
A suspect in the case of an Ibadan-based Instagram cloth vendor, Adeshina Olayinka, popularly called Khadi, who died at Wetland Hotel, Akobo, in Ibadan, is in police custody, according to a source in the hotel. PUNCH Metro reports that Olayinka reportedly died after the man she was with checked out early on Thursday morning, […]
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 verifiable data that […]
The Association of Nigerian Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) has kicked against the compulsory five-year service licensing of a doctor proposed by the House of Representatives. The association, however, said that a national emergency should be declared in the health sector as against the proposed compulsory five-year service. The National President of the association, Dr […]
L President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to depart the country on Tuesday on an official visit to Saudi Arabia. In a statement on Monday, Garba Shehu, presidential spokesperson, said the trip which would last for eight days is Buhari’s last visit to the kingdom as president. Shehu said while in Saudi Arabia, the president would […]
The management of FrieslandCampina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, manufacturers of Peak Milk, has apologised to the Christian Association of Nigeria for using the crucifixion of Jesus Christ as a metaphor to promote their product on Good Friday, saying the social media’ advertisement has been withdrawn. While acknowledging the sensitivity of the social media post “considering […]
