Former APC, National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu, has announced his retirement from partisan politics. Adamu said he’s developing allergies for political activities, hence the need for retirement. He spoke on Saturday at the launch of a book titled ‘Progressive Governance, Showcasing The Achievements of His Excellency, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State 2019 – 2023’, written…
A new report by the National Bureau of Statistics ha revealed that Kogi, Lagos, and Rivers are the most expensive states in Nigeria NBS’s November latest Consumer report L stated that Kogi (33.28 per cent), Lagos (32.30 per cent), and Rivers (32.25 per cent) states recorded the prices on a year-on-year basis. Meanwhile, Borno (22.47…
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike landed in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital on Saturday despite warnings and threats from some loyalists of Governor Siminalayi Fubara not to step into the state. Earlier a Federal lawmaker Honourable Boma Goodhead, representing Akuku/Asari Toru Federal Constituency and other protesters had dared Wike to step…
Organised Labour says it will soon come up with a strong position on the suspension of the payment of the wage award to civil servants and has warned the federal and state governments to prepare to increase the minimum wage from the current N30,000 monthly. It also warned state governors that they would have no…
The Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has threatened to take action over the political crisis rocking the state. The congress said the crisis between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and state lawmakers loyal to the immediate past governor of the state and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, is affecting workers…
The Federal Government has dismissed reports of a fresh outbreak of COVID 19 in the country The coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare Professor Ali Pate says there is no scientific research record to back the claims. Professor Pate disclosed this at the maiden public lecture series of the Federal University of Health Sciences,…
A former adviser to pope Francis Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail for financial crimes. Becciu, 75, was the most senior Vatican official ever to face such charges and once seen as a papal contender himself. The trial centred on a London property deal that ended in huge losses…
Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has ordered the freezing of accounts of local government administrations across the state. Aiyedatiwa took the decision few weeks after the caretaker chairmen for 18 local government areas and the 33 local council development areas were appointed by his boss, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Recall that before becoming the…
Two more commissioners have resigned in Rivers state bringing the number of resignations in the State Executive Council to nine The commissioners handed in their resignations following the depature of seven of their colleagues from Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s cabinet. The latest to resign are the Commissioner for Special Projects, Emeka Woke and the Commissioner for…
Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, described the deaths as an “unbearable tragedy Demonstrations have taken place in Tel Aviv with calls for the Israeli government to do more to bring home hostages from Gaza The protests were sparked by the Israeli military mistakenly killing three hostages in Gaza – Yotam Haim, Samer Talalka and Alon…
