The independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday called on Nigerians to vote correctly on election days in the 2023 general election. The commision also warned that inappropriate marking of boxes or spaces provided on the ballot papers by voters may affect the overall outcome of the elections. Consequently, the commission ...
Nigerian fast-rising Afropop singer, Ayra Starr after her new single ‘Rush’ topped the list on Apple Music’s top songs, beating Asake making him second on the chart. The Afropop singer has stirred reactions online with a shade directed at her colleague Asake. Ayra Starr took to her Twitter handle to ...
Northern Elders Forum, NEF, and Catholic Laity Council have asked Nigerians to consider the age and mental as well as physical capacity of presidential candidates in the 2023 elections before voting. While the northern elders said they would consider these factors to determine which presidential candidate to support, the Catholic ...
The naira appreciated slightly against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Friday as it exchanged at N436.33k. The rate represented a 0.04 per cent appreciation compared to the N436.50k for which the dollar was exchanged on Thursday. The open indicative rate closed at N434.83k o the dollar ...
The Department of State Services on Thursday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off the ongoing strike. The Director of the Service in charge of Yobe, Mr Yunusa Abdulkadir, made the plea in Damaturu at the Third Quarterly Conference of the State Directors of Security in ...
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),has appointed Mr. Salihu Dembos as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Television Authority. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the appointment is for a tenure of three ...
The Senate has confirmed justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. Ariwoola was confirmed at about 12:55 after about an hour of drilling and questioning by the senate. This motion for the screening was moved by the Senate Leader, Senator Ibrahim Gobir, at the plenary at 11:35 ...
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its seven months old strike. The order followed the granting of an injunction sought by the counsel to the federal government. The federal government’s counsel, James Igwe, had applied for an interlocutory ...
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, to 21 years imprisonment for kidnapping one Sylvanus Hafia. They were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia at about 5:30 pm on June ...
The Federal Government said on Thursday that a lot of opportunities abounded in the agricultural sector as over 56 per cent of available agricultural land was still not in use. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar, stated this in Jos on Thursday while addressing participants at ...
