The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the date for the 2023 general elections in the country. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made the announcement on Wednesday during a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill 2021, organized by the Senate Committee on INEC. According to the INEC boss, the […]
United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will meet with Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, during his first virtual trip to Africa since US President Joe Biden came into office. Strengthening democratic governance, building lasting security, and promoting economic ties and diversification, will top agenda at the meeting, according to Blinken’s […]
A nurse was reportedly dead on Friday after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine in Georgia’s southwestern city of Akhaltsikhe on Thursday. The 27-year-old nurse, Megi Bakradze, who developed an alleged anaphylactic reaction after receiving the first shot of the vaccine, died after being transported to a hospital in Tbilisi, local Interpressnews reported. The report said four […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Awka The Anambra state police command have paraded suspects for attempting to murder three children at 3-3 area Onitsha Anambra. Haruna Mohammed, the state’s police public relations officer stated this in Awka on Thursday. The statement reads, “It will be recalled that on the 19/2/2021,following an intelligence report, police operatives attached to […]
The Trade Union Congress on Saturday says it will not go back on its decision to embark on a protest on Tuesday against the increase in the prices of fuel and electricity tariff despite speculations about a court order stopping the proposed demonstration . TUC Deputy National President , Chika Onuegbu , who disclosed this […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn The Catholic bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Most Rev. Prof. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, has joined the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS to call for the re-opening of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The students’ body had recently urged the federal government to re-open tertiary institutions in the country to save students from frustration […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn In a protest against the management of Daily Trust Newspaper, Weekend Editor, Lawal Danjuma, Sokoto Bureau Chief, Rakiya Muhammad, and many reporters of the media organisation have resigned. Crimefacts gathered that the newspaper had in June introduced a policy of converting all editorial staff to pay-as-you-publish basis. By this policy, all reporters […]
By Ibe Paschal Arogorn The factional Chairman of the Imo State Council of Traditional Rulers, Eze E . C. Okeke, has dismissed claims by the Imo State Police command that it arrested a traditional ruler involved in kidnapping, describing the assertion as untrue. He denied any involvement of any traditional ruler in kidnapping or armed […]
Former Minister of Education, Mrs. Oby Ezekwesili, has scolded Bello el-Rufai, the son of Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, for threatening to rape the mother of someone who disagreed with him on social media.The former World Bank Vice-President also asked Bello to apologise for making acerbic comments laced with tribalism. Ezekwesili, who also served […]
… As Forum warns FG, citizens to brace up Following scary reports of COVID 19 from across the world and the lackadaisical attitude of most Nigerians over the pandemic, Abuja Concerned Citizens’ Forum (ACCF), has cautioned the Federal Government on the urgent need to take the issue of providing palliatives to the vulnerable and effectively […]
