•Navalny’s burial The funeral of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is scheduled to be held in Moscow today, with mourners braving the risk of arrest to come and pay their respects. The ceremony will take place two weeks after Navalny died in an Arctic prison, amid pressures denounced by his team who accuse Russian […]...
•Late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu The ancient town of Owo in Ondo State will today host eminent Nigerians for the final funeral rites of former Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The body of the former Nigeria Bar (NBA) president will be interred after the funeral service at St. Andrew Anglican Church, Imola, Owo. On Sunday, a thanksgiving service woul...
•BoI Efforts by Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State to bring financiers of entrepreneurs and enterprises to Akwa Ibom State, yielded bountiful fruits, yesterday, Tuesday, February 6, 2024, as the federal government-owned Bank of Industry, BOI, opened its first ever branch in Akwa Ibom, since the state was created 36 years ago. And Governor [&h...
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Lagos State today took delivery of sensitive materials for Saturday’s Surulere Federal Constituency I by-election from the Central Bank of Nigeria. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof. Ayobami Salami, told newsmen that the commission was fully prepared for the election. Sal...
•Betta Edu and Tinubu The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan, took over the leadership of the ministry days after the minister, Betta Edu was suspended. Enitan’s action is in line with President Bola Tinubu’s directive that suspended Edu on Monday over the alleged transfer...
•Italian MP Emanuele Pozzolo A member of Parliament from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s party was at the centre of a political storm today after taking a gun to a New Year’s Eve party where someone was shot with it. Emanuele Pozzolo, a lawmaker for Meloni’s far-right Brothers of Italy party, has admitted owning the […]
•FEC meeting Federal Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education have been taken off from the Integrated Personnel Payment System (IPPIS). The approval for the exemption was given by The Federal Executive Council at its meeting today at the Presidential Villa Abuja. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman disclosed this while br...
The Nigerian Army has taken responsibility for yesterday’s air strike that left many villager killed and several others injured at Tudun Biri village in Kaduna State. This development was confirmed by Samuel Aruwan, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs at the end of an emergency security meeting today. The Front...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, says that all is set for the smooth take-off of the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) in 10 pilot states. He made this known in his address at the opening ceremony of the Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers at the Landmark Event Centre […]
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