As part of efforts to mark the 2024 International Women’s Day, grassroots mobiliser and philanthropist par excellence, Hon. Fateema Mohammed, kicked off a two-week free intensive physical training on fabric stoning, embellishment, and wig making for residents of Ifako-Ijaiye LG. The training, which started on Monday, February 26, and will end on March 8, is…
Security operatives on Monday rescued 16 kidnap victims in Kogi State. Speaking on Monday, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, spokesman of the Kogi Police Command, de-scribed the… Security operatives on Monday rescued 16 kidnap victims in Kogi State. Speaking on Monday, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, spokesman of the Kogi Police Command, de-scribed the rescue operation as “very swift…
Following the success achieved on the first day of its two-day nationwide protest on Tuesday, the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended further street protest. The decision was reached after the National Executive Council (NEC) of NLC held an emergency meeting in Abuja on Tuesday evening following the first-day protests across the…
Today, I attended the Commissioning of the Geometric Power facility, Aba Integrated Power Project, in Osisioma Local Government Area of Abia State. The project is a landmark one that hopes to catalyze development in the commercial city of Aba and its environs. I followed this project from the incubation stage about 20 years ago, as…
Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt The Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has ordered the Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Martins Amaewhule and 24 other members of the House to appear in court on subsequent sitting dates, following a motion filed before it by some elders of the state. Ten members of the Rivers…
Nume Ekeghe The naira yesterday experienced a U-turn on its gaining streak as it slightly depreciated at the parallel market to N1,680/$1. However, the official Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange (NAFEM) gained closing yesterday at N1,582.94 signifying an N82.56 gain compared to N1,665.5 it closed on Friday. The parallel market after taking substantial gains following the…
•Inaugurates 181mw geometric power plant in Aba •Mbah: Project launch signals new dawn in region Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia, Deji Elumoye in Abuja and Gideon Arinze in Enugu The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, yesterday, said the Bola Tinubu’s administration was committed to revamping critical sectors in the South-east, stressing that Nigeria would work if the…
•Police on red alert as IG orders deployment •Threatens proportional force with troublemakers •Civil society leaders back action by NLC Kingsley Nwezeh, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja, Sunday Ehigiator, Ugo Aliogo in Lagos, Sylvester Idowu in Warri, Seriki Adinoyi in Jos and Laleye Dipo in Minna The federal government’s last-ditch attempt to stop the…
Yesterday, the federal government announced that it was set to begin the implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye report, about 12 years after it was first put together. Expected to help in cutting the cost of governance, here are 12 highlights of the original version of the much talked about document.
