Former president Jonathan loses elder sister

Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has lost an elder sister, Madam Obebhatein Jonathan. She died on Thursday, January 11, 2024 at the Federal Medical Centre,   Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, after a brief illness, at the age of seventy. A statement by Jonathan’s media office, noted that the deceased popularly known as Amissi was a retired teacher, business woman, a loving mother and grandmother who lived a dedicated life of service to God and humanity. According to the statement,...

Minister stresses importance of local value addition in mining sector development

…Rallies support of int’l community The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake has reiterated the importance of value addition in the mining sector development, even as it seeks support of the international community. Alake, while speaking as a panelist at the opening session of the ongoing Future Minerals Forum (FMF) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, titled “Why the Super Region? Should the Super Region Have Its Own Critical Minerals Strategy?” stressed that it is...

Air Peace expands regional operations with Cotonou, Abidjan routes

Air Peace, on Wednesday, announced plans to begin direct flight operations from Lagos to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, and Cotonou, Benin Republic, on Monday, 22 January. This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the airline, Mr Stanley Olisa, on Wednesday. The new routes are part of the airline’s strategic plans to expand its regional destinations across the continent. “The new routes were further confirmation of the airline’s unyielding drive to connect the...

President Tinubu cuts official train for local and foreign trips by 60%

In keeping with his assurances of cutting the bulky cost of governance in Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has slashed the number of people accompanying him on local and foreign trips by 60 per cent. The new development announced by presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngalale on Tuesday also affects his Vice President, Kashim Shettima, the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, ministers and heads of ministries, departments and agencies. Going forward, only 20 people will accompany the President...

Intrigues in the Suspension of Betta Edu and HRH Igwe Damian Ezeani

“The basic training of public officers often mostly emphasizes monetary approvals and expenditure processes” —Ebuka Onyekwelu On January 8th, Dr. Betta Edu, former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs was asked by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to step aside, following allegations of impropriety with the disbursement of public money. By that, Nigerians saw a scarce decision by the country’s president, to the effect that it would be the first time a serving minister in Nigeria is being...

BBC’s documentary on the late TB Joshua is junk – SCOAN

The Synagogue Church of all Nations, SCOAN, has refuted the claims of widespread abuse and torture by its founder, the late Prophet T.B. Joshua made by former members who spoke to BBC News. The leadership of one of the world’s biggest Christian evangelical churches described the now-viral documentary as “junks.” The BBC News, on Monday, released a highly controversial and damning documentary on the late TB Joshua after a two-year investigation. Dozens of ex-SCOAN members...

Tiwa Savage reports David to the police for ‘online and offline harassment’

Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage has written to police authorities, intimating them of threats to her life by her male colleague Davido. In a letter addressed to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fayoade Adegoke, dated 9 January 2024, Tiwa Savage said Davido threatened to “f**k me up” for her continued relationship with Sophia Momodu, the mother of Davido’s first girl child, Imade. According to the singer, Davido started threatening her “rights to life, privacy and...

Tinubu sacks FCCPC, BPE bosses with immediate effect

President Bola Tinubu has sacked the Chief Executive Officers of Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Mr. Babatunde Irukera and Director-General/CEO, Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) Mr. Alexander Ayoola Okoh Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President in a press statement on Monday, noted that the two dismissed Chief Executives are directed to hand over to the next most senior officer in their respective agencies, pending the appointment of new...

Sexual Harassment: Court remands suspended UNICAL don pending bail application

Professor Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL), be remanded at the Kuje Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service pending the conclusion of his bail application, as ordered by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) had on Monday, arraigned Ndifon in court on four counts of alleged sexual misconduct against some of his students....

HURIWA commends FG over suspension of humanitarian minister, Betta Edu

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has lauded President Bola Tinubu over the suspension of the minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Dr. Betta Edu for alleged official indiscretion. The Rights group said the action of Tinubu which is a pacesetter in the fight against corruption, stated that it was unthinkable that such a powerful erstwhile national women leader of the ruling national party of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Edu could’ve been...

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