The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in a statement on Sunday signed by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Aishetu Ndayako. The minister congratulated all Muslim faithful for the successful completion of the fasting in the holy month of Ramadan. He called on Muslim faithful to imbibe and…
The innovative card made in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS), is to be powered by AfriGO, a National domestic card scheme. The Head of Corporate Communications of NIMC, Kayode Adegoke, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. The National ID card, layered with verifiable National…
Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State and his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, will, on April 15, open their defence at the state’s governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja, against the petition filed by the Social Democratic Party, SDP, and its candidate, Murtala Yakubu (Ajaka). The three-member tribunal, chaired by Justice Ado Birnin-Kudu, fixed…
The Presidency said on Saturday that President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja, the nation’s capital, for Lagos on Sunday ahead of Eid-el-Fitr.This was disclosed via a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale.According to the statement, “In deference to the solemn occasion, which marks the end…
“It makes me so angry to talk about it,” said Zanna, 55, whose daughter is among the nearly 100 girls still missing after the 2014 kidnappings that stunned the world and sparked the global #BringBackOurGirls social media campaign. The Chibok kidnapping was the first major school abduction in the West African nation. Since then, at…
Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko unveiled his government made up of 25 ministers and 5 junior inisters on Friday. President Bassirou Diomaye approved the cabinet list. The performance of the council of ministers will be closely watched at home and abroad. Diomaye has promised audacious changes including dropping the West African currency- the CFA Franc and…
By Jeffrey Omorodion The 7-man impeachment investigative panel that was set up by the Edo State Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to investigate the allegations against the State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has ended its sitting on Friday afternoon. On the first sitting of the panel on Wednesday, Professor Oladoyin Awoyale (SAN), the counsel…
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday, April 5, reserved the judgment of convicted popular cross-dresser, Idris Okuneye, aka Bobrisky, till April 9, 2024.The judge also ordered that he should be returned to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s custody pending the judgment.Bobrisky had pleaded guilty to the charge of…
A recent hike in electricity tariff for Band A customers people who enjoy at least 20 hours per day had triggered conversation among Nigerians many of whom claim the country is still grappling with the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy and the ballooning inflation. But the Minister of Power Adebayo Adelabu who recently…
