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How PDP Governorship Candidate Escaped Assassination Attempt
Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, in Delta state, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori escaped assassination on Sunday, says his Chief Press secretary, Mr Denis Otu. Otu in a statement made available to newsmen yesterday said the incident occurred between Elume junction and Okuabude in Okpe local government area at about 9.05 pm, adding that a policeman in the guber...
Nigerian Military Grabs 36th Position In Global Ranking, 4th In Africa
A recently released Global Fire Power index has ranked Nigerian military 36th in the world and fourth in the African continent. This is a drop by one place in the latest global military ranking but no reasons were provided for the development. In 2022, Global Fire Power had rated the Armed Forces of Nigeria 35 out of 142 countries considered for...
Court Sentences Man To Death For Killing Father Over Landed Property
Akwa Ibom State High court sitting in Etinan Local Government Area of the State has sentenced one Moses Abdon Edo, aged 37, to death by hanging for killing his father, Abdon Peter Edo. The Court presided over by Justice Ezekiel Enang held that the convict, an indigene of Ikot Ukobo in Nsit Ubium LGA had confessed in his statement that...
I’ll Raise Minimum Wage To N100,000, Says Delta LP Governorship Candidate
Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP in Delta state, Ken Pela, has promised to increase the minimum wage for workers in the state to N100,000 if elected as governor.. Pela made this promise while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday. He also guaranteed the people of Delta the best of roads, hospitals and schools if...
Gunmen Kidnap Accord Rivers Assembly Candidate
Gunmen have kidnapped the Accord Party candidate for the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area Constituency 2 in the Rivers State House of Assembly for the March 18 election, Chukwudi Ogbonna. Mr. Ogbonna was reportedly kidnaped while driving in his car at Rumuigbo, near Port Harcourt on Monday night when the gunmen forced him to stop and whisked him away with his...
Old Notes: Kaduna Residents Flood Banks After CBN’s Directive
Kaduna residents flooded commercial banks on Tuesday following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s directive that old N500 and N1,000 notes remain valid legal tender until December 31. Many commercial banks’ gates were full before 8:00 am, with customers optimistic that their sufferings have come to an end. Mrs. John Grace, who said she stood at the first Bank gate since 6:00...
We’ve Taken Request For NYSC Members’ Allowances Increase To Buhari — Minister
The Minister of Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare, says a proposal to increase corps members’ allowances is before President Muhammadu Buhari. He disclosed this in Abuja yesterday when he inaugurated a 19-man committee for the 50 years celebration of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). He said the management of the NYSC had sent a proposal which his ministry had...
I Have Never Stolen Government Money — El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has challenged his predecessors in the State to come out and swear that they have never pilfered the state treasury. He said in an interview in Hausa monitored on a local TV and Radio station that his philosophy in governance was not to steal as he was aware there would be a day of...
Naira Notes Scarcity: Presidency Says Buhari Never Instructed Emefiele, Malami To Disobey Supreme Court
The Presidency Monday evening said the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN had no reason not to comply with the ruling of the Supreme Court on the naira redesign policy. It stated that the President Muhammadu Buhari did not instruct the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, to disobey “any court orders involving the government...
JAMB Reschedules 2023 Mock UTME Over Governorship Polls
The 2023 Mock-UTME earlier scheduled for Thursday,16th March 2023, has been shifted to Thursday, 30th March 2023. The shift in date is partly owing to the change in the date for the Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly Elections earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday,11th March 2023 but now moved to 18th March 2023. Candidates, who registered early and indicated their...
