•INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa State has said that it decided to use only permanent staff of the Commission as Supervisory Presiding Officers in today’s governorship elections in the state to protect the sanctity of the process. It was however learnt that about 26,000 security pers...
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has paid N1.39 billion to 36,163 depositors of 110 closed microfinance banks and three primary mortgage banks. According to the CEO of NDIC, Bello Hassan, this followed the recent revocation of some MFBs and PMBs licences by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), revealing that the payments of the [...
The National Industrial Court (NIC) has restrained the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) as well as their affiliates from embarking on any form of strike or industrial action. The two major labour unions were yesterday evening ordered to stop their nationwide strike action scheduled to commence on Tuesday, Novem...
The body of another woman has been found in her apartment in the Ogbumbada compound in Rumalogu in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. A source said the woman, identified as Blessing Williams, was found dead in her apartment yesterday, reports The PUNCH. The source, who pleaded anonymity, said the single mother has been […...
•Terrorists Kaduna villagers are now being forced by bandits terrorising their communities to pay levies before being allowed to harvest crops from their farms in the state. The affected farmers are from Kidandan and Galadima villages, while those from Angular Fala’u and Kerawa villages are constantly harassed and kidnapped while working on th...
•The Howo Sino truck Two persons died this morning in a crash that occurred at the Kara turning of the inward section of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway. It was learnt that ten others were seriously injured in the accident that involved a white colour Mazda bus marked XV 945 EPE and an unregistered white […]
•FMC inspection by Reps panel The House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions has vowed to take necessary steps to reverse the brain drain in the health sector and the medical tourism to reduce the outflow of Nigerians seeking medical care abroad and doctors travelling outside the country to seek greener pastures. The committee h...
The Bayelsa East Women Solidarity Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has raised a red flag over what they claim to be a clandestine plan by some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the senatorial district. The PDP Women Group alleged that there is an orchestrated scheme to divert election materials, particularly [&he...
•Ajaero after the attack President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero has given an account of how he was beaten in Imo State by alleged thugs. Ajaero said he was arrested by the police in Owerri, Imo State capital and handed over to thugs numbering seven who beat him and dragged him on […]
•Kanyeyachukwu Fourteen-year-old Nigerian painter, Kanyeyachukwu Tagbo Okeke, who lives with autism, has been honoured with the Young CEO Award by Ras J. Baraka, the mayor of the City of Newark, New Jersey, the United States of America (USA). The mayor honoured Kanyeyachukwu during the 8th Annual Nigerian Independence Day celebration and the g...

