•South African Police The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) has refuted claims made by the South African Police Service (SAPS) of the alleged involvement of eight Nigerians in the attack on its personnel in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. A statement by the union’s spokesman, Habib Miller, which was made available to our correspondent...
The Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Benue State Council has banned its members from covering the activities of the State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) as from today, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. The Chapel advised, Dr Adagba to withdraw the statement and also make an “unreserved apology” to its members, for ...
The ongoing conflict between the Nigeria Labour Congress and the leadership of the Labour Party escalated today, as the labour union instructed its state councils and political commission to picket Labour Party secretariats across the country. This was contained in a letter obtained by this paper today and signed by the chairperson of the NLC ...
•Nnamdi Kanu in court Members of the House of Representatives from the South-East region, led by Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere, described the rejection of the bail application of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, by a Federal High Court in Abuja, as another major setback in the healing process and [&hellip...
The ruling All Progressives Congress has disclosed that the nationwide electronic registration of its members has received the blessing of President Bola Tinubu. This was disclosed by the National Chairman of APC, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, when he hosted 33 members of the APC state chairmen at the headquarters of the party in Abuja today, reports ...
Some members of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore today in their numbers stormed the Federal High Court in Abuja to demand the unconditional release of their president, Bello Bodejo. Bodejo was arrested on January 23 at the Miyetti Allah’s office in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State over the unveiling of a vigilante group, reports […...
Following their inauguration by the Vice-President, Senator Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday, members of the fifth board of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) immediately proceeded to the Hajj House headquarters of the commission to assume duty. A statement by NAHCON Assistant Director, Fatima Sanda Usara, sai...
•Gunmen Suspected kidnappers have abducted the corpse of late Ugwuanyi Israel from Ameze Owerre, Umabor community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The deceased’s corpse was being conveyed from Lagos to Nsukka for funeral arrangements when the abduction occurred, reports The Nation. The incident happened along 9th Mile Road in th...
The high cost of living in the country is not sparing members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who are currently undergoing the 2024 Batch A, Stream 1 orientation in different camps across the country, as the corps members are complaining about the soaring food prices in the Mammy Markets in those camps. The […]
•House of Representatives No fewer than 60 members of the House of Representatives have proposed bills to alter the 1999 constitution to return the country to parliamentary democracy as practised in the first republic. Addressing a news conference ahead of the presentation of the bills to the House, the spokesman of the Parliamentary Bill Spon...