Dr. Simon Harry, a former Statistician-General of the Federation, who fell ill and was rushed to the hospital died on Wednesday. Rumors of his death broke on Saturday, but the Director, Corporate Communications and Public Relations at the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), Mr. Sunday Ichedi, dismissed it. Sadly, however, Ichedi confirmed the development … Read more
President Vladimir Putin The International Judo Federation (IJF) has suspended Vladimir Putin as its honorary president. The IJF announced the suspension on Sunday, Feb. 27, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This means Putin has temporarily lost his most senior official position in world sport. The IJF said in a statement posted online: “In … Read more
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former President Goodluck Jonathan, former head of state Yakubu Gowon, and secretary to the government of the federation Boss Mustapha on Friday attended the funeral of former head of Nigeria’s interim government Ernest Shonekan in Lagos. The funeral service was held at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina. Also in attendance … Read more
Senior special assistant to the president on public affairs Ajuri Ngelale has questioned the competence of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to release credible data to the public. According to Ngelale, the bureau gives out false statistics of unemployed adults in the country. He said the figures do not include those in the informal … Read more
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday fined the attorney general of the federation Abubakar Malami N200,000 over the failure of the Federal Government’s lead counsel to show up for the trial of four co-defendants of Nnamdi Kanu. The four defendants are Bright Chimezie, Chidiebere Onwudike, Benjamin Maduagwu, and David Nwaurusi. Justice Binta Nyako … Read more
Tunde Ayeni For highly controversial Nigerian businessman, John Olatunde Ayeni, popularly known as Tunde Ayeni, it’s been one day, one trouble. The latest in the plethora of his travails is that he has lost another company, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) Limited, a DisCo he purchased in 2013, to the Nigerian government, six years after … Read more
Hadiza Usman Managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Usman, who is currently suspended, met President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Zaria, Kaduna. It is the first time the duo would be meeting in public since Buhari ordered her suspension in May 2021 as part of moves to “allow an independent audit of … Read more
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Ministry Of Petroleum Resources and National Petroleum Investment & Management Respondent Services (NAPIMS) from allocating crude oil to Addax Oil Exploration Plc. Justice Tijjani Ringim held that the crude is from that explored /produced from OMLS 123, 124, 126 and … Read more
The Senate has re-amended the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021, recommending direct, indirect primaries or consensus as procedure for the nomination of candidates by political parties for various elective positions. The upper legislative chamber had passed the bill on November 18, 2021, with direct primary compulsory for all political parties, a clause that formed part … Read more
Unity Bank Agric-focused lender, Unity Bank Plc has partnered Nigerian rice farmers under the aegis of Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, RIFAN to unveil a mega rice pyramid on the occasion of the National Rice Festival held in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Tuesday. The event, which coincided with the flag-off of the dry … Read more
Civil Servants FG is set to sack several Civil Servants, see reasons below. NewsOnline reports that the Federal Government of Nigeria led by President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to downsize the civil service. ALSO: Latest JAMB Update On Sale Of 2022 UTME And DE Application Forms This online newspaper understands that the Minister of Finance, … Read more
By Ted Hesson and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leading Republican vying to unseat an Arizona Democrat in a crucial U.S. Senate race next year gets heated when he talks about Democratic President Joe Biden’s “failed border policies,” occasionally throwing in expletives when decrying their alleged financial cost and what he says is the … Read more