Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has condemned the spate of insecurity in Nigeria, adding that it has assumed worrying dimensions under President Bola Tinubu’s government. Atiku said this in a tweet on his X handle on Tuesday where he recalled the various kidnapping episodes in several parts of Nigeria. “Tinubu is playing fiddle while Nigeria…
The Ekiti State Government has vowed to ensure that it rescued teachers and students abducted by gunmen on Monday night Gunmen had abducted six pupils and three teachers of a private school and their bus driver while they were returning from Eporo-Ekiti on Monday night. But hours after the incident, the Ekiti State Government called…
The Federal Government is set for the inauguration of the 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage. The committee is to recommend a new National Minimum Wage for the country. Expected to perform the inauguration ceremony on behalf of President Bola Tinubu at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa Abuja, is the Vice President,…
Mrs. Nkechi Monica Ezugwu, the immediate-past Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Imo State Command, has resumed duty as an Assistant Comptroller-General (ACG) in-charge of Zone E of the service. Ezugwu known for her doggedness and commitments to discipline took over last week from ACG Angela Ilo-Okoye, who’s due to retire from the service…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that while electricity use per capita in India and Southeast Asia is rapidly rising, it has been effectively stagnant in Africa for more than three decades. Per capita consumption in Africa in a new report titled: “Electricity 2024,” showed even declined in recent years as the population grew…
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to support investors and businesses in the state, as they are critical stakeholders to job creation and human capacity development. Governor Otti stated this Sunday, at the Official Commissioning of Nostro Communication Limited, (Nostrocom House), a state-of-the-art broadcast facility which houses Spin 95.3 FM,…
Leader of Movement For The Actualization Of The Sovereign State Of Biafa (MASSOB), Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has said he has vacated his property in Imo State, which has been a subject of dispute between him and Owerri Catholic Archdiocesan Uwazuruike said he acquired the land in 2012, but was surprised that after many years, the…
A “dignified medal ceremony” will take place for athletes who missed out when Russian figure skaters took team gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Medals were not awarded after Russia’s Kamila Valieva failed a doping test, but the United States will now receive gold, Japan silver and Russia bronze. Valieva, 17 – and…
Former spokesman to the People Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Campaign Organisation, Segun Sowunmi, has said that one of the things that took him to Daura, Katsina State, on a visit to former President Muhammadu Buhari was to know his thoughts about the possibility of a Nigerian president from the South-East. He…
Seven-Up Bottling Company (SBC) has convened the first edition of its SME Scale-Up Bootcamp, in partnership with Zenith Bank and the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) to empower 80 small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The bootcamp, themed, ‘Dream Big, Scale Bigger’ was a two-day workshop designed to empower chief executive officers of fast-rising SMEs…
