Kogi Poll: APC condemns alleged opposition’s crime against democracy

…Seeks arrest, prosecution Of Melaye, over cyber crime The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State has appreciated the Kogi people for their massive support, it attributed its resounding success in the just concluded governorship election to the collective determination of the good people of the state to shun ethnicity for the overall development of the state, while thanking voters for turning out massively for the candidate of the party, Usman Ododo. The party also...

CSOs tackle FG, lament labour rights, civil opposition under siege

Tell Nigerians to sit-at-home, during strike Call for prosecution of those who brutalised Ajero Say Tinubu, Uzodinma must apologise to workers The Coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the United Action Front of Civil Society has condemned the hostile disposition of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to constructive opposition and labour activism since assumption of office. The group in a press statement on Tuesday signed by its spokesperson, Olawale Okunniyi, stated that labour rights and civil...

Timi Frank tells Nigerians not to expect credible elections in 2027 from APC, Tinubu

LAGOS – Comrade Timi Frank, Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Nigerians not to expect free, fair, transparent and credible elections in 2027 under the administration of President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Frank made the call in his reaction to the just concluded off-cycle governorship elections in three states of Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa. According to Frank in a press statement on...

Nigerian Army kills two bandits in Kaduna

The Nigerian Army on Monday said its troops killed two bandits and recovered arms and ammunition in Kaduna State. Army spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya said the criminals were annihilated during a clearance operation at Juji and Telele-Kaso villages in Chikun County. “The bandits who opened fire on sighting the troops approaching their location were, however, overpowered with superior and overwhelming firepower of the troops and two of the bandits were neutralised while others fled...

National lockdown as Nigerian workers begin indefinite strike

Nigerian workers and civil servants affiliated with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, stayed off work on Tuesday as a devastating work stoppage rocks Africa’s largest economy. Electricity workers, postal and telecommunications workers, bankers, medical and health workers, maritime workers, courts of law, railway workers, academic staff of tertiary institutions, and local government employees, among others, all joined the strike. The labour unions, NLC and TUC, last Tuesday, November 7, made...

Senator Opeyemi Bamidele pledges to work towards actualisation of diaspora voting

The dream of Nigerians abroad to vote in national elections might be actualised sooner than expected as the Nigerian Senate is poised to consider the second reading of the diaspora voting rights bill later this week. Opeyemi Bamidele, majority leader of the Nigerian Senate, disclosed this on Monday, saying that the consideration of the bill is an acknowledgement of the contributions of diaspora Nigerians to the growth of the economy. Nigerians abroad contribute billions of...

Drunk Man Shot His Friend In Adamawa

The Adamawa State Police Command has apprehended a 45 years old  Wawe Nokomari for allegedly shooting his friend Mr Ham Musa under the influence of local beer. SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, spokesman of the Police Command said Wawe, a father of 8 resident of Jabi community in Shelleng Local Government Area of the state opened fire on his friend due to minor argument leaving him critical condition.  Nguroje, said the victim is currently receiving treatment...

Oil Theft: Anambra NSCDC Vows To Prosecute Suspected Oil Thieves

Receives 6 Suspect, Three Vehicles Laden With 7,500 Litres of Suspected Adultrated AGO Nabbed by the Nigerian Navy The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Anambra State Command, in its resolve to end the menace of Crude oil theft, illegal  dealings on petroleum products and oil pipeline vandalism has vowed to stop at nothing to rid the state of vandals. Edwin Osuala, the State Commandant, gave this assurance  in Awka on Tuesday 14 November...

Peter Obi Donates 20M Naira Toward Building College of Nursing, Nsukka

Mr. Peter Obi, former Governor, Anambra State and Labour Party Presidential Candidate in Nigeria general elections in 2023 in quest for improved primary healthcare delivery donated the sum of twenty million naira (20,000,000:00) only to the Faith Foundation Mission Hospital Nsukka, Enugu state. Obi disclosed, “The donation is my initial support to the Hospital through the Anglican Bishop of Nsukka, Rt. Rev. Aloysius Agbo, to help them commence the building of a College of Nursing...

WAEC migrates to computer-based test for WASSCE private candidates

The 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for private candidates will be a computer-based test, the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, announced on Monday. Moyosola Adesina, the acting head of the public affairs department of WAEC national office in Nigeria, said the decision of the examination body is “in line with global best practices.” “While the objective tests will be fully computer-based, the essay and test of practical papers will be hybrid, in which the examination questions will...

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