President Bola Tinubu has approved the payment of renewal fees for the Group Life Assurance for federal government workers. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, made this disclosure on Wednesday at the end of the first 2024 meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held in Abuja. According to him, this was … Read more
THE new Maigari of Lokoja, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Kabir Maikarfi IV, was officially turbaned by the kingmakers on Wednesday in his palace. The new monarch’s appointment was recently approved by the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello. Maikarfi, turbaned as the seventh Maigari of Lokoja by the kingmakers led by Talban Lakwaja, Air Marshall Ndatsu Umaru … Read more
FORMER President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed why he did not sack former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele when there were speculations of his interest to run for the presidency in 2023. Buhari said that Emefiele never discussed it with him. This revelation and others were made public in a memoir … Read more
A Royal Court in Jersey, United States, has delivered a ruling for the repatriation of stolen assets worth £6.9 million ($8.9 million) back to Nigeria. This decision comes in the wake of allegations that the funds were misappropriated by Nigerian government officials in 2014 under the pretext of purchasing arms to combat Boko Haram terrorists. … Read more
THE federal government has announced 13 new licences to generate off-grid, embedded power and independent electricity distribution. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission disclosed this in a recent sectoral report. It stressed that new licences were issued in the third quarter of 2023 and are expected to generate a cumulative 40.9 megawatts. It said the new … Read more
A ten man panel of officers from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), led by Assistant Director EPM, Omoregie Uhunmhangho, have carried out a verification exercise at the National Secretariat of the Labour Party. The exercise which was carried out at the National Secretariat Utako had present for verification, the executive members of the party … Read more
Eben Enasco Reporting. THE Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, has launched a training campaign against using stories that resonate bad cultural diversity in Nigeria owing to its ability to hold a captive audience across the globe At the opening ceremony of a one-week-long training event organized to reorientate scriptwriters in the movie industry in Benin … Read more
…As Gbaja, Tunji and Betta share leftover Funds from Covid-19 meant for 100,000 Homes of Vulnerable Nigerians ANOTHER leaked Documents going viral during the weekend shows a letter signed by Chief of Staff to Mr. President, Femi Gbajabiamila giving approval to the suspended Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu to utilize … Read more
THE Code of Conduct Bureau has invited the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, over the involvement of his company in an alleged N438m contract scam uncovered in the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. The CCB has commenced an investigation into the alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers by the … Read more
SENATE President, Godswill Akpabio, has said the President Ahmed Tinubu-led government was focused on ensuring Nigeria remains an inseparable and indivisible entity. He stated this in his remarks at the Interdenominational Church Service for the 2024 Armed Forces Rememberance Day Celebration held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja, yesterday. Akpabio, who held that the continued … Read more