Details of the soldiers gruesomely murdered by members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have emerged, DailyTrust reports. Recall how vehicles and tricycles (popularly known as Keke Napep) were also set ablaze by the rampaging IPOB terrorists while the attack lasted on Thursday. The military high command had earlier on Friday confirmed […]
No fewer than 40 directors have scored below the average pass mark of 50 per cent of the qualifying examination for the positions of permanent secretaries. According to The Nation, 92 directors sat for the examination on Monday but the results indicated 40 of them failed. The report also disclosed that three directors did […]
Kimberly-Clark, makers of Huggies, says it plans to stop local manufacturing and sales in Nigeria after 14 years of operation. The American multinational corporation made the announcement in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, the decision was made owing to its recently refocused corporate priorities globally as well as economic trends in […]
Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS, Kemi Nanna Nandap has appealed to applicants whose passports have been produced to go for pick-ups at the various Passports Issuing Centres across the country. The CG in a statement on Friday by Service Spokesman, Kenneth Udo, said 107, 646 produced passports are awaiting collection. “However, […]
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has increased the foreign exchange (FX) rate for import duties to N1,474.69 per dollar on Friday. The adjusted rate translated into a raise of N278 or 23.2 per cent higher than the N1,196.61/$ rate adopted on Thursday, May 30. It was learnt that the new rate reflected on the […]
The Abia state government has placed a N25 million bounty on the killers of the 5 soldiers at Obikabia junction, Ogbor Hill, Aba. Unknown gunmen had yesterday attacked the military checkpoint and killed 5 soldiers and burnt 2 patrol vans and the checkpoint. The gunmen were alleged to have seized their rifles and escaped. […]
Tension is increasing in Aba, Abia state, as soldiers have taken over the city following the killing of five of their colleagues at a military checkpoint located at Obikabia junction, Ogbor Hill. Gunmen suspected to be enforcers of the sit at home order directed by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, had attacked […]
Members of the organised labour, on Friday, declared a nationwide indefinite strike over the Federal Government’s refusal to raise the proposed minimum wage from N60,000. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, disclosed this at an ongoing press conference in Labour House, Abuja. Ajaero said the strike would begin by midnight on […]
Zambia’s former first lady has been arrested on money laundering charges, her lawyer said Friday, days after her husband claimed he was being targeted as part of a political vendetta. Esther Lungu, 66, was held Thursday evening alongside her two daughters, after being quizzed for hours about properties the family holds in the capital, […]
Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, has called for a political solution to the Nnamdi Kanu imbroglio. Kanu, who is the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has been in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS) since he was extradited to Nigeria in 2021. He is facing charges bordering on […]
