President, Muhammadu Buhari has approved funds for airlines to evacuate Nigerians. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this in an interview earlier yesterday. He said there were about 8,000 Nigerians in Ukraine, 5,000 of whom were students, adding that the Federal Government had tipped Air Peace and Air Max […]
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Valentine Ozigbo Commiserates With INNOSON, GABROS, As They Bid Their Mother Farewell
Valentine Ozigbo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 2021 Anambra governorship election, was in Nnewi on Friday, February 25, 2022, to mourn with the Chukwuma family over the loss of their mother, Mrs Martina Nwanyinkwo Chukwuma. Mrs Chukwuma was the mother of Chief Gabriel Chukwuma, the CEO of […]
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council To Partner Anambra To Develop Non-oil Sector.
By Nneka Anoliefo The Nigerian Export Promotion Council says it will collaborate with the government and people of Anambra State to develop the non-oil sector. This will be done through capacity building of Anambra farmers on Acceptable practices across the cassava / Vegetables Value Chain to meet export standards. The […]
NDLEA seizes 649,300 capsules of tramadol at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have seized 649,300 capsules of tramadol at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said €809,850 cash suspected to be proceeds of illicit drugs was also seized from two other persons. […]
INEC fix August 18 as the final deadline for the submission of nomination forms for governorship candidates.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed August 18 as the final deadline for the submission of nomination forms for governorship candidates. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, announced this on Saturday at a media briefing in Abuja. While giving a breakdown of the schedule of activities for the 2023 general […]
SSANU Accuses Government of Dishonoring MoA, Sets To Shut Down Schools
THE Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has said that it will soon shut down universities as a result of the inability of the federal government to honour the Memorandum of Action, MoA, signed with the union. SSANU said it has been reluctant to resume its suspended strike because […]
NCC Warns Of A Malicious Fast Which Harvests Device Information, Difficult To Uninstall.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has warned the public of a malicious app called Fast Cleaner, which steals users’ banking app login credentials on Android devices. The warning was issued by Ikechukwu Adinde, NCC director of public affairs, in a statement posted on the commission’s website on Saturday. According to […]
CAF shifts Super Eagles/Black Stars’ clash
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has announced that the Super Eagles will now take on Ghana’s Black Stars on new dates. CAF conveyed the new dates to the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, disclosed in a statement that the 2022 FIFA World Cup play-off […]
Ogun Police Arrest Pastor For Allegedly Raping Church Member During Deliverance
A popular pastor in charge of Life and Power Bible Church, Ogijo, Mathew Oladapo, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command, for “forcefully having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 19-year-old member of the church during a deliverance session”. According to the report, the unnamed woman had reported to […]
Trade Union Congress threatens to withdraw members if current fuel scarcity persists across the country.
The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has threatened to withdraw its members if the current fuel scarcity persists across the country. Mr Mohammad Yunusa, National Treasurer of TUC, made their position known while speaking with journalists at the just concluded delegates conference of the Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and […]