Residents of Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra have refused to turn out for the 2024 Local Government Elections organised by the Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission (ANSIEC) Our correspondent who monitored the election on today observed that residents were seen within their neighbourhood, but failed to proceed to voting points...
•Bread Some consumers of confectionaries in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have stopped buying bread, meat pies and other pastries, due to continuous hike in price of the commodities. The consumers spoke in separate interviews with our correspondent today in Abuja, reports NAN. They said the increasing cost of food c...
•Protest Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has appealed to the residents of Borno and Nigerians generally to not participate in the proposed nationwide protests slated for next month. Zulum made the appeal during a stakeholders’ townhall meeting at Government House, Maiduguri, today, reports Daily Trust. He maintained that they should rat...
•(From left): Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China’s President Xi Jinping, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov raise their arms as they pose for a group photograph, at the BRICS Summit in Johannesburg Some former envoys have said that the...
•A pregnant woman Women have been urged to refrain from delivering babies at home to increase their chances of survival during and after childbirth. A Health Officer with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Bauchi Field Office, Oluseyi Olosunde, gave the caution today, Wednesday, March 6, during a media dialogue to mark this year’s Int...
•Apapa gridlock The Oshodi-Apapa expressway and environs were yesterday, blocked, while motorists and road users were stranded for several hours because of indiscriminate parking by oil tankers and container drivers. Motorists spent several hours in traffic from Second Rainbow down to Berger Yard, inward Coconut, and ports axis, reports Vangua...
•Pastor Kumuyi The General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Doctor William Folohunso Kumuyi, has advised Christians against giving their offerings to the Church but rather give it to the poor and unemployed in their communities. Kumuyi, who made the statement in a video that has gone viral, was heard telling his church congregat...
•Tinubu The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has advised the federal government to eschew pride and review the removal of fuel subsidy and the floating of nation’s currency, the naira, warning of looming unemployment crisis, particularly with the current harsh economic situation. 4 NECA’s position came on a day oil marketers,...
•Governors Forum In clear disregard of constitutional provisions, at least 31 governors are yet to concede financial autonomy to the legislative arm of government in their states. Findings show that Houses of Assembly in only five states – Lagos, Delta, Plateau, Oyo, and Nasarawa – currently enjoy a semblance of full financial independence, re...
Notwithstanding the investments that have gone into Nigeria’s data centre sub-sector, there are concerns that capacity utilisation of these facilities remains very poor when compared to other countries within the region, including South Africa, Kenya and others. Apart from the challenge posed by firms, government agencies, banks, which still h...
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