The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has made public the formation of standing committees which are Appropriations, Public Accounts, Ethics, and Public Petitions and Establishment. Senator Solomon Adeola will be chairman for the Appropriations Committee, while Senator Ahmed Wadada will chairman for Public Accounts Committee, according to Akpabio, who spoke at Tuesday’s plenary session….
Not fewer than 86 people have been rescued from a boat by the Spanish coast guard following a swift search for migrants who had been missing at sea coast more than a week. The BBC reports that the rescued vessel have been 70 nautical miles (130km) south-west of the Canary Islands and was carrying people…
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after attending the two-day 63rd Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Guinea Bissau. President Tinubu emerged as the new Chairman of ECOWAS less than 45…
Dangote Cement stock surges by 10% to hit 52wk high as the company declares a “share buy-back” program. Dangote Cement Plc shares have progressed 10% during today’s trading hours as the company announces the opening of the Tranche I shares buyback program. Nairametrics earlier reported that Dangote Cement had declared the commencement of the Tranche…
Popular Nigerian musician, Innocent Idibia, aka 2Baba, has told his attackers expecting his marriage to be “perfect” to revoke him and his wife, actress Annie Idibia, as their role model couple. 2Baba and Annie’s marriage has been beset by issues of cheating on the part of the singer as well as allegations of lack of…
President Bola Tinubu has succeeded Umaro Embalo as the new Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tinubu takes over from President Umaro Embalo of Guinea Bissau as ECOWAS chair. “We will take democracy seriously, Democracy is very tough but it is the best form of government,” he said upon his emergence…
The National President of the Institute of Health Service Administrators of Nigeria, Mrs RoseMary Archibong Esq, (middle) with the Keynote Speaker, Prof Shima Gyoh (left), and the BOT Chairman of the Institute, Bashorun Doja Adewolu MFR (right) at the National Conference/Workshop of the Institute, in Markurdi, Benue State. The Institute of Health Service Administrators (IHSAN)…
Guinness World Record holder, Hilda Baci, will display her world-beating culinary skills in Lagos on Friday, July 14, to put up accounts for a widow. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Baci’s dishes will be tasted in an initiative by Joseph Edgar, The Duke of Shomolu, to assist widows and entrust them to…
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday denied that Senator Abdulaziz Yari was arrested because he refused to pick President Bola Tinubu’s phone call. Spokesman of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, in a statement illustrated it as laughable. He however confirmed Yari was invited by the Service but did not disclose why. The DSS spokesman said…
The immediate past Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has opened up on how he declined the proposal of a university offered him N20 million. Rasheed, a former Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), had last week announced his instinctive resignation from NUC, three years before the expiration of…
The Ondo State Government has called on investors all over the world to take advantage of numerous human and natural resources of the state to invest in the state. The government said it had an enabling business environment that can acclimate any kind of legitimate business across the local government areas of the state. The…
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences Unit has repeated its commitment to eliminate the menace of Okada operators who have devised new means of operating on the highways and restricted highways across the metropolis. The Chairman of the agency, Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP, Shola Jejeloye, had led a series of week-long…
Play-offs in the CAF Confederation Cup — the African counterpart of the Europa League — will be ditched from the 2023-2024 season, it was verified on Saturday. The decision to discard the third and final round of allowing for the group phase was made at a CAF executive committee meeting in Rabat. Play-offs pitted winners…
Mr Felix Hassan Hyat, Kaduna State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on leaders and stakeholders in Nigeria to ensure they promote peace and unity in their utterances and actions. Speaking in Kaduna on Friday during a one-day roundtable on religion and politics, he lamented that former governor Nasir El-Rufai could lower…
Spain legend shot stopper David De Gea has announced his exit from Manchester United, bringing an end to a 12-year stay at Old Trafford. De Gea announced his exit from United in a lengthy message to the club fans. “I just wanted to send this farewell message to all Manchester United supporters. “I would like…
Nollywood actress, Adesua Etomi-Wellington has revealed how she felt when her husband, Bankole Wellington, aka Banky W, informed her that he wanted to join politics. It was recalled that Banky W on 11 November 2018, announced his intent to run for the Eti-Osa Federal Constituency seat on the platform of the Modern Democratic Party. He…
The longing issue of result made several publics home and abroad disturbed. The Anambra State Government Committee on Verification of Examination Fraud involving Mmesoma Ejikeme has said she manipulated her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result. Anambra born Mmesoma Ejikeme had been claiming that she had the highest score in the UTME with an aggregate score…
The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested 15 persons allegedly spotted for shootings in parts of the State on Tuesday. While comforming the arrest, the Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi, Faleye Olaleye said that an herbalists was apprehended too who was known to specialises in preparing charms for the suspects was also arrested. He further…
Barcelona feminine player and Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala has been shortlisted for the 2023 Ballon d’Or award. France Football gave the Updates on their Ballon d’Or Twitter handle on Friday. The Barcelona star was nominated for the Socrates award category of the Ballon d’Or. The Socrates award which was created in 2022 and named…
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on state governors of 36 State to take to the behaviors of Governor Agbu Kefas of Taraba State by giving all the needed support and attention to the education sector. The admonition which came on Friday via a press statement, was in lieu…
The Councilor representing Umualor Ward in Isi-Uzo Local Government Legislative Council, Enugu State, Aluagbo Maxwell, has been canceled for allegedly embezzling N1.1 million meant for Internally Displaced Persons in his constituency. The motion for the recess of the legislator was moved by the Majority Leader of the Council, Nnabuike Ugwu, representing Neke Ward II during…
President Bola Tinubu has authorized the association of a Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Taiwo Oyedele, is the chairman of the committee. In a statement issued by Special Adviser on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, Dele Alake on Friday, the appointment aligns…
The Abuja district of the Federal High Court has announced the charges and deductions to the tune of over N16 million from the accounts of the Centenary City Freezones company and Prime Properties FZE by the Federal Inland Revenue Service(FIRS) as withholding and value-added tax as illegal and unconstitutional. Consequently, the court has deterred the…
A young Cameroonian lady identified as Danny Zara has shown her interest in breaking a Guinness world record on a 200-hour sex marathon. While confirming, Zara, in a viral post on Facebook, noted that the Guinness World Record is “aware of my proposed attempt to have continuous sexual intercourse for 200 hrs.” Sharing the flyer,…
Premier League club Liverpool FC have tended an huge bid for Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe. The “Never walk alone” team offer is reportedly worth €200m. The France forward is expected to quit PSG this summer after telling the club he won’t sign a new contract. Sportskeeda reports that PSG have told the Frenchman to…
The body established for statistical examination, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed plans to carry out a nationwide survey on Time-Use. The proposed Time-Use Survey is a statistical tool used to measure the time individuals spend on various activities including paid and unpaid work with a view to inputting it into the Gross Domestic…
Troops fighting to relieve the country of criminal elements, terrorists/bandits, and economic saboteurs have abolished 51 terrorists/bandits in several operations while also bailing a total of 94 kidnapped civilians from captivity. This is just as a total of 210 criminal elements including terrorists, their observers, armed bandits, perpetrators of oil theft; IPOB/ESN militants among others…
The Federal government on Thursday, has asked Nigerians to abstain from open dumping and promote good hygiene practices. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Environment, Ibrahim Yusufu, said this at a press briefing held on Thursday in Abuja. Yusufu said this in commemoration of the National Environmental Sanitation Day, NESD which is usually commemorated on…
The Vice Chancellor of Anchor University, Ayobo, Lagos, Prof. Samuel Bandele, has warned against conceding the integrity of public examinations, saying the consequences are dire for society at large. This is just as he announced a full scholarship award to Miss Umeh, Kamsiyochukwu Nkechinyere, who emerged the highest scorer in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation…
President Bola Tinubu has endorsed four Executive Orders one of which is the recess of the five percent Excise Tax on telecommunication services as well as the Excise Duties increased on locally manufactured products. The Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy, Dele Alake declared this on Thursday while enlightening journalists…
More than 10 million people have signed up for Threads, Meta’s opponent to Twitter, within the first few hours of its launch, the Facebook parent’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. Threads are the biggest challenger yet to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, which has seen a series of potential competitors emerge but not yet replace one of…
