The Federal Government, on Wednesday, slashed public transport fares for Nigerians by 50 per cent. This was disclosed by the Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, during a press conference on the presidential intervention in public transportation to celebrate the Yuletide season in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to Alake, the intervention will commence on…
The 27 members of the Rivers State House of Assembly has withdrawn the notice of impeachment on Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The notice of withdrawal was contained in a letter signed by the 27 and read out by their Speaker, Martins Amaewhule. Amaewhule said this was in line with the conflict resolution intervention instituted by the…
The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, HoSF, Folasade Yemi-Esan, has insisted that Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, of the Federal Government have no excuse not to digitalise their operations by 2024. Situating the theme ‘Towards the Digitalisation of the Public Service by 2025’, the HoSF stressed that all the FCSSIP25 pillars are…
A Magistrate’s Court in the Yaba area of Lagos State has arrested two friends, Noah Tovohome and Rajay Zannu, in a correctional centre for killing their friend, Segun Zusu, over 36 bags of rice. The duo appeared before Magistrate Linda Balogun on Tuesday on two counts bordering on murder. It was gathered in court that…
Gregory University, Uturu (GUU), Abia State, has offered to employ eight out of the 217 graduating students of the school, who made first class honours. At the eighth convocation ceremony of the university recently, 217 students graduated from the school in various courses, including 19 pioneering medical doctors, who, at the ceremony, were inducted into…
Abia State Government has directed all local government chairmen in the State to ensure that all political billboards used during the last general elections are pulled down. In a statement signed by Okey Kanu, the commissioner for information and culture, the government directed that all the 2023 election billboards be pulled down before Christmas. The…
The national secretariat of the Young Progressive Party, YPP, has observed with great displeasure the continuous leadership crisis in the Abia State chapter of YPP. It advised Uzodinma Nwoko, who was recently appointed as the acting Chairman by the SWC, to stop parading himself. It advised that the status quo before the crisis should be…
A renowned family medicine consultant and fistula surgeon, Professor Sunday Lengmang, has linked the alarming prevalence of Vesico-Vaginal Fistula, VVF, to poverty. Lengmang, serving as the Project Director of the Evangel VVF Center at Bingham University Teaching Hospital in Jos, Plateau State, said this in an interview with journalists in Taraba State. Asserting that poverty…
Celebrity Designer, Toyin Lawani has expressed regret over her appearance in the controversial reality show, Real Housewives of Lagos. She said she is still in shock that she participated in the show, describing it as a “joke.” On her X (formerly Twitter) handle, Lawani wrote: “[I] Can’t believe I was part of a joke #Rholagos…
In a move towards social reform, the Amurie Omanze community in the Isu Local Government Area of Imo State has set January 4, 2024 as the date for abolishing all forms of obnoxious cultural practices, including the Osu, Ohu, Ume, and Diala caste systems. In a statement made available to journalists, on Tuesday, HRH Eze…
