NEWS
Imo LGA Polls: ISIEC Announces Recruitment
In preparation ahead of the local government elections exercise scheduled to take place on September 21 across the 27 LGAs in the state, the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission, ISIEC, has announced the recruitment of ad hoc staff into some critical vacant positions in the commission to deliver a credible and transparent exercise. A release from the Chairman of the...
ITF Laments Over Nigeria Filled With Unskilled Labour.
The Industrial Training Fund and other stakeholders in the labour sector have said that Nigeria should make the best out of her rising population through a skilled workforce. The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria also further tasked the ITF to lev...
CHECKBEST International Debunks Falsehood On Ariaria Remodeling Project
CHECKBEST International Limited has dismissed as false and misleading the claims made during a protest at Aba North Local Government Headquarters over the ongoing remodeling of Ariaria International Market A-Line Phase 2. In a statement released on Friday by the Public Relations Officer , the company described the allegations as the work of “mischief makers still trapped in the old...
Ikpeazu Appointed As NSBMB Advisory Body Member
The immediate past Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has been appointed as a Member of the Advisory Body of the Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB). This is contained in a statement on Saturday signed by his spokesman, Sir Onyebuchi Ememanka. He said the appointment was conveyed in a letter dated 20th September, 2023, and signed by...
President Tinubu To Declare War On Drug Trafficking
President Bola Tinubu is leading an effort to combat the global threat of drug trafficking. He will be among participants from 54 African countries in the next 31st meeting of the Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in Africa, which will be held in Abuja on September 26, 2023. Measures to reduce cannabis cultivation, dealing with issues like asset...
Bear With Us, Suspend Nationwide Strike – FG Pleads
The Nigerian government on Saturday appealed to a labour union to suspend its planned nationwide strike over the increase in petrol price and electricity tariff. Recall the government and the organised labour, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), failed to reach an agreement on Thursday over the increase in petrol price and electricity tariffs in the country. Minister...
”Lagos-Calabar Highway Project Wasteful, Corrupt” – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the N15.6tn Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway Project as wasteful and corrupt. He equally slammed the President Bola Tinubu administration for spending N21bn on a new official residence for Vice President Kashim Shettima, calling it a misplaced priority and conduit designed to embezzle public funds. The ex-leader disclosed this in chapter six of his new book, ‘Nigeria:...
NDDC Issues Caution Over Counterfeit Scholarship Offers From Scammers
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has issued a warning to the public about fraudulent individuals posing as representatives of the commission and offering fake postgraduate scholarship opportunities. In a statement released on Sunday in Port Harcourt, Mrs. Seledi Thompson-Wakama, the NDDC’s Director of Corporate Affairs, disclosed that scammers are targeting unsuspecting victims with false promises of scholarship placements in...
INEC Says No Critical Election Material Destroyed In Imo Headquarters Attack
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that none of the critical election materials was destroyed in the attack on its State Headquarters office in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Monday. The Commission in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Card Education Committee Chairman, Festus Okoye also confirmed that there were no...
Nigerian National Anthem No Longer Allowed In South East, IPOB Declares
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has banned the singing of Nigeria’s national anthem in schools and the use of Fulani cows during festive seasons in the South East region. Its Head, Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem, who made the announcement in Enugu, yesterday, urged IPOB members to prepare for a global protest with a focus on the British, Nigerian...
