11Million farmers adopt tingo mobile, tintech app for daily operations

All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) has said that about 11 million of its members have adopted Tingo Mobile’s smartphone and fintech applications, including the Nwassa platform, as part of their daily operations. Dr.  Farouk Rabiu Mudi, National President of AFAN disclosed this in a letter he signed and made available to journalists on Thursday. AFAN in the letter announced the manifested progress in its partnership with Tingo Mobile,” a subsidiary of the group. The...

APC expels its chieftain,  Cairo Ojougbo

…Insists decision is irreversible The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed its door against Dr Cairo Ojougbo, a chieftain of the party over alleged violation of provisions of the party’s constitution. Recall Ojougbo, through his counsel, FS Jimba had appealed his expulsion by the chairman of Ika South  Local Government Area of Delta State, and demanded a retraction of the decision. However, Ahmad Usman El-Marzuq, the APC National Legal Adviser who had initially sided the...

President Tinubu Raises Retirement Age Of Judicial Officers

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday at the State House, Abuja, performed his maiden act of assenting a bill to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Fifth Alteration) (No.37), 2023 presented by the outgoing 9th National Assembly. With the signing of the Constitutional Amendment Bill, all judicial officers of superior courts of record will now retire from service at 70 instead of 65 and pension rights of judicial officers have been effectively...

Governor Zulum Vows To Discipline Indolent Health Workers

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has warned medical workers in the state against indolence, threatened to discipline any staff found wanting in the discharge of their duties. Zulum who paid unscheduled visit to the Umaru Shehu Ultra-Modern Hospital in Maiduguri on Thursday expressed disappointment with the staff’s attitude towards patients. The Governor while at the hospital’s emergency unit of the hospital said there were several complaints from the public against some staff of the...

Katsina State Government Spends Over N97 Million Monthly On Water 

In order to sustain water supply across Katsina State government, the state government says it spends over N97 million monthly for the procurement of 127 thousand liters of diesel. Alhaji Rabo Danmusa, Acting Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Water Resources, disclosed this to newsmen in his office in Katsina, stated that the diesel is being supplied to the ten Water Works across the state. He listed the Water Works to include Malumfashi, Funtua, Dutsinma, Zobe...

Federal Government Declares June 12 As Public Holiday

In commemoration of 2023 Democracy Day celebration, the Federal Government has declared Monday, June 12 as public holiday. Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior in a statement made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government.Akinlade, while congratulating Nigerians on the occasion, urged them to appreciate the milestones the country has made and look forward to a better future for her democracy. The statement reads in part: “On this memorable occasion...

Soludo, Deputy Missing As Tinubu Meets Governors

Anambra State governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo was conspicuously missing on Wednesday, when President Bola Tinubu met with Nigerian governors. Not even his deputy, Dr Onyeka Ibezim was at the meeting to represent his principal, fuelling argument that Soludo’s claims of wanting to connect Anambra to the centre, may be lacking action. President Tinubu in his first meeting with Governors of the 36 States of the Federation known as the Nigeria Governors’Forum (NGF) at the Presidential...

Our Pursuit of Biafra Non-Negotiable —Kanu Speaks from DSS Custody

The detained Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has stated that his pursuit of self-determination is not negotiable. Kanu who spoke from the DSS detention facility in Abuja, announced this on Tuesday in a tweet posted by his legal counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, in which he also greeted Biafran supporters for their solidarity. Tagged ‘Personal Message from Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’, the tweet reads “I deeply appreciate the abiding solidarity of the people...

Nasarawa State House Of Assembly Gets Two Speakers

The political face-off generated tension in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday leading to the emergence of two parallel speakers. Thirteen members-elect who held their inaugural sitting at the complex of the State House of Assembly along Lafia Shendam Road elected Daniel Ogazi as speaker. At a separate sitting by 11 other members-elect held at the State Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, the members re–elected Speaker of the Sixth Assembly, Ibrahim...

Governors endorse Tinubu’s removal of petrol subsidy

State governors, yesterday, backed President Bola Tinubu’s decision to end petrol subsidy, promising to work with him to ameliorate the short-term impact of the decision. The governors, under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, NGF, expressed their strong support for the removal of the petrol subsidy at a meeting with the President at the State House. The meeting, which was attended by Vice-President Kashim Shettima and new Secretary to the Government of the Federation,...

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