Isa Ali Pantami, a former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, has accused the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies of refusing to use the NIN-SIM policy to fight insecurity in the country. Pantami, while responding to a question from an X user who wondered why so much money was spent on the policy…
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party at the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has charged the Super Eagles of Nigeria to give their best ahead of their first group fixture in the African Cup of Nations that began on Saturday. Ekweanaedo News reports that in a tweet on Sunday, Obi wished the Nigerian national…
Umuahia North local government area of Abia State has placed a ban in loading and offloading of commercial vehicles in strategic locations in the council. This is with the aim of regulating traffic and ensuring public safety while maintaining a clean environment, Mayor of the Council, Hon. High-Chief Victor lkeji said in a statement on…
Governor Nwifuru Ebonyi state government on Friday, commended the judiciary for affirming Governor Francis Nwifuru as governor of the state. Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Chikadibia Okpor stated this in a statement. He was reacting to a judgement by the Apex Court which threw out cases by the opposition parties against Mr Nwifuru’s…
The Minister of Sports Development, Sen. John Enoh, has lauded President Bola Tinubu for the approval of N12 billion disbursement to address the outstanding backlog owed to Nigeria’s national teams. Enoh disclosed this on Friday while speaking in Abuja. He said the gesture would go a long way in boosting the morale of the Super…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum, PDP-GF, has expressed satisfaction with the verdict declared by the Supreme Court on the 2023 governorship elections in Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Plateau, Zamfara and Bauchi states. The chairman of the forum, the governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, said the “will and votes of the greater majority in…
The National Commissioner representing the South East in the Police Service Commission, Mr Onyemauche Nnamani, has lamented low applications for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force by Abia’s youths. Nnamani, who was in Abia to supervise the ongoing police recruitment exercise in the State, stated this during his working visit to Governor Alex Otti. He…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for allowing the judiciary to discharge its duties independently today, which saw him and other governors win their cases at the Supreme Court. This is even as he said that some people who had planned to burn down some places have sheathed their swords…
Ukraine encountered a huge Russian rocket and drone assault in the early hours of Saturday. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia launched 37 missiles and 3 drones during the assault. Out of these, eight missiles were intercepted by Ukraine’s air defenses. However, this interception rate was lower than usual, which might be linked to…
President Tinubu has suspended all programmes administered by the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA. The suspension, according to Segun Imohiosen, Director of Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, on Friday, was to allow for an ongoing investigation of alleged malfeasance in the management of the agency and its programmes….
