•Nigerian Army The Nigerian Army has explained why it regularly publishes the names of soldiers it disengages from the service. It said soldiers’ disengagement from service is “routine and in line with laid down procedures”, reports The Nation. The Nigerian Army made the clarification in a statement in Abuja by its spokesman, Maj.-Gen Onyema N...
•Former US President Donald Trump US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday, a day after acknowledging that the agency had failed in its mission to prevent an assassination attempt against Donald Trump. Cheatle was facing bipartisan calls to step down after a 20-year-old gunman wounded the former Republican president and ...
•Executive Secretary, NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje The National Board for Technical Education clarified today that the new schemes of service approved by the federal government are meant for federal polytechnics and not state-owned polytechnics. The Executive Secretary of the NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje, clarified this at a press conference held at t...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic Bauchi Chapter, has voiced concerns regarding the newly introduced Polytechnic Service Scheme. The union, pointing out several contentious issues in the approved scheme, fears it will exacerbate the marginalization of Higher National Diploma (HND) holders compared to their co...
There is grumbling among airlines participating in the 2024 Hajj following the delay in payment of air fare by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) as contained in the contract signed with them. It was gathered that the development is threatening the return airlift of pilgrims after the completion of the 2024 Hajj exercise, [&helli...
•Binance chief and EFCC operative in court yesterday The scheduled arraignment of Binance Holdings Limited and two of its executives for alleged tax evasion was stalled yesterday over a complaint that one of the executives had not been served with the charge sheet. Counsel for the Federal Inland Revenue Service, which is prosecuting the case, ...
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, is worried that the federal government spent N10 trillion servicing unproductive debts. He raised concerns again at the nation’s rising debt profile, saying that N97.3 trillion is on the high side and worrisome, reports Daily Independent....
•Britain’s King Charles III Britain’s head of state King Charles III will attend an Easter Sunday church service, Buckingham Palace announced today, in his most high-profile engagement since revealing a cancer diagnosis. Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, will attend the Easter Mattins Service at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle — a long...
An outing service has been held for Herbert Wigwe, his wife, Chizoba, and son, Chizi who were buried in the late businessman’s hometown Omueke, Isiokpo in Rivers State. The service which was held today at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Lion of Judah Parish, in Isiokpo, comes a day after dignitaries gathered in the […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 1607 Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) to the next rank of Superintendents. PSC had earlier stepped down the consideration of the officers’ promotion at its last management meeting where other recommendations were considered when it noticed some discrepancies in the list, ...

