Iran’s supreme leader has decorated the Revolutionary Guards aerospace commander for the Islamic Republic’s missile attacks on arch-foe Israel, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s website said on Sunday. Ayatollah Khamenei presented the Order of Fath (“Conquest” in Farsi) to General Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the Guards Aerospace Force,” it said. The decoration was bestowed because of “the […]
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has sworn in the newly elected council chairmen of the 23 local government areas. The exercise was held on Sunday at the Executive Council Chamber of the Government House in Port Harcourt, the state capital, hours after the chairmen were issued certificates of return by the Chairman of the Rivers […]
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, says the recent increase in corps members’ allowance has not been implemented due to funds. Daily Trust had reported how the Federal Government approved the increment of corps members’ monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000, effective from July 2024. The increment, […]
Ahmad Gumi, Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, says he has never visited bandit hideouts without police and government officials accompanying him. In recent years, Gumi has gained prominence for his comments on the activities of bandits. In an interview with PUNCH, Gumi asked the federal government to address banditry’s root causes through peaceful resolution. “The federal government […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President Bola Tinubu to withhold allocations to states that have failed to conduct credible local government elections. On October 5, elections were held at the grassroot levels in some states like Rivers, Benue, Akwa Ibom, Jigawa. Most states, however, are yet to conduct local government polls […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra has cautioned Igbo youths against joining Nigerian Army, warning that any youths who fail to comply may be a “sacrificial lamb”. The pro-Biafran group categorically maintained that the Nigerian state was not for Ndigbo and Biafrans. In a statement on Saturday, the IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said the group was […]
Sunday 06 October 2024 Explosions, gunshots mar Rivers LG poll, APP clears 22 councils CAN directs Lord’s Chosen to vet testimony before presentation Marketers, refiners demand details as naira-for-crude deal begins Nine killed in Katsina as bandits ambush security agents Major ethnic groups call for regional govt Israel-Hezbollah war: Trapped Nigerians in Lebanon cry out […]
Two people have sustained bullet wounds at Igwuruta Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, following a move by some youths alleged to be loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, to enforce the High Court Judgement Order. The alleged Wike’s loyalists had Saturday morning while the residents were […]
The Federal Capital Territory Administration has threatened to revoke the Certificates of Occupancy of the plots of land owned by prominent individuals and corporate organisations in Abuja. In a notice on Friday, the FCTA stated that the notice affects landowners in the Maitama district of Abuja, who have two weeks to settle outstanding payments for […]
A US court has upheld the ruling that Floyd Mayweather Jr., the former world boxing champion, must pay Zinni Media Concept Limited, a Nigerian company, $2.4 million in damages for breach of contract. According to a statement from Alex Nwankwo, the company’s media executive, Zinni Media reached an agreement with Mayweather to make various appearances […]
