Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti, has approved the suspension from office of the Commissioner for Health Abia State, Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo. A statement by the government said the suspension was to pave the way for the investigation of allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the Commissioner. “Governor Otti’s action is in line with his…
The late Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, who won the June 12, 1993 presidential poll, had on June 11, 1994, declared himself President in a historic speech entitled: “Enough is Enough,” which was delivered at Epetedo in Lagos Island. Read below the speech reproduced hereunder in extenso: People of Nigeria, exactly one year ago, you…
•Downgrades forecast for 2025 economic growth The World Bank on Tuesday affirmed its 3.3 per cent economic growth forecast for Nigeria in 2024, saying the nation’s economy was mildly buoyant in the early part of the year despite macroeconomic adjustments. However, the World Bank downgraded its forecast for Nigeria’s economic growth in 2025 to 3.5…
The party led by South Africa’s former President Jacob Zuma has asked the country’s highest court to stop the newly elected national assembly from sitting for the first time on Friday. It is a key date because that is when members of parliament are due to vote for the country’s president. But Mr Zuma’s uMkhonto…
Senator Austin Akobundu on Wednesday affirmed that there was no alternative to democracy even as he reminded Nigerians that the People Democratic Party, PDP could rightly be described as the midwife of the Fourth Republic which today celebrates 25 years of unbroken democracy – Nigeria’s longest so far. “As we celebrate Democracy Day, and honour…
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission has said more than 1000 financial institutions, schools, insurance companies, and consultancy firms are undergoing investigations for various degrees of breaches of citizens’ data. This was as the commission’s National Commissioner, Vincent Olatunji, disclosed that four major banks and three other institutions faced sanctions and incurred fines totalling N400m for…
US President Joe Biden has said he will respect a jury’s decision to find his son guilty of gun crimes, after a week-long trial that laid bare a tumultuous time for the family. The 12-person jury found Hunter Biden, 54, guilty of lying about his drug use on a form while purchasing a handgun in…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Tuesday said moderate to heavy rainfall was anticipated in several states of the country from Wednesday 12 June to Friday 15 June. This chance of a downpour is expected from the early hours of Wednesday in parts of Taraba, Kebbi, Niger, Kwara, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Ondo, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Plateau,…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the final forfeiture of the sum of N204,849,859, 15 property and eight high-end vehicles from a fraud suspect, one Jedidiah Ibrahim Ezenwa. The EFCC said the property, money and vehicles were recovered from Ezenwa, adding that…
