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Monthly Archives: April, 2023

INEC urges political parties to inspect election materials in LGAs

By Precious Akutamadu The INEC in Rivers on Tuesday advised political parties and applicants disputing the outcome of the 2023 general elections to visit its...

FIRS trains 60 media practitioners on tax administration in Nigeria

By Hussaina Yakubu The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), in partnership with Afropolitan Media Organisation, has trained 60 Kaduna state-based media practitioners on tax administration...

May 29: Kaduna State appoints transition committee

Kaduna State Government has announced a 65-person Transition Committee which will prepare the roadmap for the implementation of the SUSTAIN manifesto of the incoming...

Enugu State Assembly passes Disability Bill

By Ifeoma Aka The Enugu State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed a Bill to integrate persons with disabilities into the society and to establish...

Nigerian Navy redeploys, appoints senior officers

By Sumaila OgbajeThe Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, has approved appointments of senior officers comprising Rear Admirals and Commodores as part...

Trump to turn himself in, faces day in court

Donald Trump, the ex-president, and front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2024, will appear in court on Tuesday to be fingerprinted, photographed, and formally charged in a watershed moment. This will be coming ahead of next year’s presidential election.

8 lawmakers will return to Anambra Assembly

By Lucy Osuizigbo-Okechukwu Eight out of the 30 lawmakers in the Anambra State House of Assembly will return for the eight Assembly which will be...

Buhari seeks Senate approval of Data Protection Bill

By Kingsley Okoye President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Senate to consider and approve the Nigerian Data Protection Bill sent to it by the Executive. The...

Buhari salutes ex-APC Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole at 71

By Ismaila Chafe  President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Governor of Edo, Adams Oshiomhole,who turns 71, April 4, 2023. The president, in a congratulatory message by...

Senate adopts Conference Committee Report on Peace Corps Bill.

By Haruna Salami The Senate in plenary on Tuesday adopted the Report of the Conference Committee which was set upby the Two Chambers to harmonise...

NCC Recommends Two-Factor Authentication to Secure WhatsApp

The Nigerian Communications Commission's Computer Security Incident Response Team (NCC-CSIRT) has recommended that users of the popular messaging app, WhatsApp, set up Two-Factor Authentication...

NADIR Appoints PRNigeria’s Head of Fact-Check, Dahiru as Executive Secretary

The Head of Special Investigations and Fact-checking at PRNigeria, Mohammed Dahiru Lawal has been appointed as the executive secretary of the Network of Advocates for Digital Reporting (NADIR).

APC in Bauchi State says Babyo Misau remains chairman, dismisses suspension as illegal

By Collins Yakubu-Hammer  The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Bauchi State declared in Abuja on Tuesday that Alhaji Babayo Misau remains its chairman. Party chieftains declared...

YPP faults calls for Interim National Government

The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has faulted calls for an Interim National Government to takeover from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, saying it is illegal.

Apapa customs generates N212.6bn

By Chiazo Ogbolu The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has generated N212.6 billion in the first quarter of 2023. Its Area Controller, Comptroller Auwal...

Oyo Govt places abatement notice on industries, homes without waste bins

The Oyo State Waste Management Task Force says it has begun placement of abatement notices on homes, premises of companies and industries without waste bins across the state.

Sokoto State Govt., partners, empower 50 adolescent girls with computer literacy

By Habibu Harisu The Sokoto State Government, in collaboration with sevendonor agencies, opened a training for 50 adolescent girls on digital literacy and other livelihood...

Police arrest 2 hunters for alledged impersonation in Adamawa

The Police Command in Adamawa says it has arrested two hunters for allegedly impersonating personnel of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the state.

Alleged N3bn loan diversion: Bayelsa Govt refiles suit against whistleblower

by Nathan Nwakamma  The Bayelsa Government on Tuesday refiled a suit against John Idumange, who raised an alarm over alleged diversion of N3 billion Agriculture...

Reinstated Plateau Speaker presides over plenary, appreciate colleagues 

By Peter Amine The reinstated Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly,  Mr Abok Ayuba, on Tuesday, presided over the plenary session of the assembly after his...

Group canvasses peaceful supplementary poll in Adamawa

By Auwalu Birnin Kudu Coalition of INEC Accredited Domestic Election Observers has urged the electorate in Adamawa to show sportsmanship and work towards ensuring peaceful...

Other Tales the Country Told Me

by Reuben Abati  “My man, are you sure we are in the Holy Month, because I am not understanding anymore? There is so much tension...

DHQ clarifies presence of UN fighting equipment in Nigeria

By Sumaila Ogbaje The Defence Headquarters has clarified that the UN Peacekeeping fighting vehicles and equipment sighted recently in Benin, Edo were meant for deployment...

NHIA pledges to leave no one behind in health insurance coverage

By Philip Yatai The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has reiteratedits commitment to leave no one behind in efforts to provide financial protection to Nigerians...

Alleged $200m bribery: Trial of ex-Lagos A-G stalled due to lack of proof of service 

The trial of the former Lagos Attorney-General, Olasupo Shasore, charged with alleged 200,000 dollars corrupt offers before an Ikeja Special Offences Court suffered a set back due to discrepancies in the proof of service
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