The Federal Government has revealed that it paid N74bn as bridging claims to oil marketers for the transportation of petroleum products across the country in seven months. This was disclosed this while reacting to allegations made by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association Nigeria, Suleja Branch, that the scarcity of petroleum ...
Ketanji Brown Jackson has officially become the first Black woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, after taking the judicial oath on Thursday. She was sworn in following the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer, who she once clerked for. The 51-year-old’s appointment by Democratic President Joe Biden means white ...
The Nigerian naira has dropped to N614 against the dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange market. The figure signifies a depreciation of N7 or 1.2 percent compared to the N607 it traded last two weeks. Bureaux De Change operators, popularly known as ‘abokis’, who spoke to journalists in ...
The number of fresh voters registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the ongoing registration currently stands at 10,487,972, the commission said on Monday. The commission gave the figure in its update for Week 11 in the Fourth Quarter sent to Journalists in Abuja. According to the short document, ...
There was mild drama at the Supreme Court, Abuja, on Thursday as a Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Malcom Omoirhobo caused a stir in the courtroom when he appeared in the full traditional attire of an “Olokun priest” to attend court proceedings. The lawyer said he dressed to court in that ...
Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says the federal government will soon resolve issues on the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU had, on February 14, declared a one-month warning strike to protest the non-implementation of its demands by the federal government. But on ...
Taiwan scrambled jets to warn away 29 Chinese aircraft that entered an air defence zone, including bombers that flew to the south of the island and into the Pacific. The incursion by Chinese warplanes on Tuesday is the latest uptick in tensions between Taipei and Beijing and marks the largest ...
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed increased kinetic and non-kinetic efforts to trace and bring back the 51 or more kidnapped railway passengers still being held in custody by terrorists. This came as the families of the March 28 kidnapped victims of the Abuja-Kaduna bound train released by the abductors, have ...
Kaduna State Government has sacked 2,357 primary school teachers who failed to sit for the competency test conducted by the Universal Basic Education Board (KASUBEB) recently. A statement by KADSUBEB on Sunday and issued by the spokesperson of the Board, Hauwa Mohammed said the board conducted a competency test for ...
Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Eyinnaya Abaribe, has officially resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA).His resignation letter was read by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, during Wednesday’s plenary.Until his resignation, Abaribe was the Minority Leader in ...
