The immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has rejoined his family after perfecting his bail condition. The authorities of the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Kuje, confirmed yesterday that Emefiele was let home a little after 2pm on Friday. The Federal Capital Territory High Court Abuja, had granted him bail wit...
•Demonstrators Hospital doctors in England begin their longest strike action yet today in a move that health bosses fear will pile pressure on services at the busiest time of year. Junior doctors — those below consultant level — join picket lines from 0700 GMT to the same time on Saturday in a major escalation of […]
Word Health Organisation, WHO, has announced 25 cases of fresh Coronavirus disease, COVID-19 infections, in Benue State, advising people to take advantage of the availability of vaccines to protect themselves because the virus is still very prevalent. The World Health Organisation, WHO, Surveillance Officer, for Benue state, Ogechukwu Chigbo m...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct new elections in the 27 state constituencies of Rivers State. The party said this in a statement yesterday in the wake of the defection of 27 Rivers State Assembly members (from the PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) [&hell...
•Tinubu President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been dragged before the Supreme Court for allegedly unlawfully presenting himself for inauguration as president, despite a pending legal action against the conduct of the 2023 presidential poll. Citing the doctrine of lis pendens, a presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Albert Ambrose Owur...
Music streaming company, Spotify announced today that it would be cutting about 17 per cent of its workforce – about 1,500 workers – in an effort to save costs in the face of “dramatically” slower economic growth. The announcement follows a 26 per cent increase in active users to 574 million during the third quarter, […]
•Hassan Kolawole The Police in Oyo State, yesterday, paraded a 45-year-old suspected ritualist identified as Hassan Kolawole with a fresh human head in Ibadan, the state capital. Kolawole was paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat, at the command headquarters, Eleyele alongside nine others who were arrested for various cri...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The National Industrial Court in Owerri has issued a fresh interim injunction restraining the Organised Labour from embarking on any kind of strike in Imo state until further notice. The court warned against disobedience of its order,saying that it would attract consequences, reports The Nation. Justice N C S Ogbuanya...
•Douye Diri A fresh suit demanding the disqualification of Bayelsa State Governor and candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Douye Diri, from the forthcoming governorship election in the state has commenced at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The suit, which also seeks to disqualify Diri’s deputy and running mate, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, ...