The Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Victor Oko-Jumbo, has screened and confirmed eight nominees for the positions of chairman and members of the Rivers State Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP. This decision follows a request from Governor Siminalayi Fubara for the House to review and approve the nominees, as presented by factional Speaker…
According to 2023 data from the Ministry of Police Affairs, kidnapping for ransom has become the most-reported crime case in Nigeria under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration. StatiSense revealed this information on its X account, showing that kidnapping cases have surpassed murder, banditry, terrorism, and armed robbery in terms of reported incidents. A zonal analysis…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Joe Ajaero, and General Secretary, Emma Ugboaja, have been summoned by the police to appear at the Force Headquarters on September 5, 2024, for the second time This new invitation comes after Ajaero honored the police’s initial invitation, where he faced allegations of criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony,…
It was a historic and colorful moment of jubilation in Awka, as the Anambra State Chapter of the Immigration Officers Wives Association (IMMOWA) became officially inaugurated in the state. The Association, made up of the wives of officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has branches in different parts of the state and has been…
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Friday, launched an attack on Faudiya School in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State and killed several students. The gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram members, invaded the school located in Hausari quarters in Geidam LGA around 3:44am, on Friday. The school belongs to the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN),…
Some Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have launched another unsuccessful attack on Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. The Police Public Relations Officer of the State, SP Ikenga Tochukwu disclosed this in a statement to newsmen on Friday, in which he said the attack was launched in the early hours of Friday. He also disclosed that the…
President Bola Tinubu has approved a 50 per cent electricity subsidy for public hospitals and educational institutions to alleviate their financial burden. Minister of State for Health, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this while speaking to journalists in Kaduna on Thursday shortly after inaugurating projects at the National Ear Care Centre. The projects include a 200-capacity…
A Taiwanese court of law sentenced a man to three months in prison for invading his adulterous wife’s privacy by installing hidden cameras around their home. Chinese media recently reported the unusual story of a Taiwanese man surnamed Fan who managed to land himself behind bars for daring to expose his wife’s cheating by installing…
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday, said the perceived marginalisation of the Igbo could be blamed on the fact that the five South-East states are governed by different political parties, rather than one. Therefore, he said the ruling APC was determined to capture most of the South-East states, starting with…
The Governor of Abia State, Dr Alex Otti, says in a bid to address Climate Change issues in the State, his administration has set up a Department under the Ministry of Environment. Otti who made the revelation on Thursday during the two-day engagement with stakeholders in Climate Change holding at the International Conference Center, Umuahia…
