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The Federal Government has told a Federal High Court in Lagos that it has not stopped Nigerians from using social media platform, Twitter, adding that many Nigerians are still using it every day. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, and the Federal Government said this in a counter-affidavit they …
Read More »Winners’ Chapel: PFN declines comment on pastors’ sacking
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has declined comment on the sacking of some pastors by the Living Faith Church Worldwide aka Winners’ Chapel. Efforts by our correspondent to get the reaction of the National President of PFN, Bishop Wale Oke, on the issue was not successful. The media aide to …
Read More »PIB: Inaugurate NDDC board to douse tension, agitators tell Buhari, Akpabio
A coalition of agitators in Niger-Delta have urged the Federal Government to promptly inaugurate the governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to quench rising anger in the oil states over the detestable manner the National Assembly treated their interests in the newly passed Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB. …
Read More »BREAKING: Pilot rescued as military jet crashes in Zamfara
The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed the crash of an Alpha Jet aircraft in Zamfara while returning from air interdiction between the boundaries of Zamfara and Kaduna States. According to a statement by the Director Public Relations and Information Nigerian Air Force Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, the aircraft came under …
Read More »E-transmission of results: Buhari’s aide defends rejection, NBA, others say resolution illegal, selfish
The Nigerian Bar Association on Sunday took a swipe at the National Assembly over its decision on the electronic transmission of election results. The National Publicity Secretary of the NBA, Rapulu Nduka, in an interview with one of our correspondents, said the decision to attach conditions to the electronic transmission …
Read More »Subjecting INEC power to NCC is unconstitutional – Tambuwal
Former Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the decision of the Senate to subject INECs constitutional power to conduct elections to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and National Assembly is patently unconstitutional.Tambuwal, who is also the governor of Sokoto State, in a statement he issued in …
Read More »NBTE, Polytechnics to address unemployment by creating vocational skills training
Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje has said that the board together with polytechnics would role out different vocational skills training to address youth unemployment in Nigeria. He spoke on Thursday at a conference in Kaduna, to commemorate the 2021 World Youth Skills Day, with …
Read More »Senate okays Professor Adam as INEC National Commissioner
The Senate on Thursday passed the harmonised Petroleum Industry Bill which was produced by a conference committee of both chambers of the National Assembly last week. The harmonised version of the PIB was submitted for consideration by the federal lawmakers on Thursday at plenary. Prior to the approval of the …
Read More »Gunmen kill Nigerian army general Ahmed Hassan
Former army provost Marshal, General Ahmed Hassan has been shot dead by gunmen along Lokoja -Abuja road. Army spokesman, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu who confirmed it noted that “With a heavy heart, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya, Officers and Soldiers of the Nigerian Army regret to …
Read More »COVID-19: Despite intl concerns, NAFDAC approves Russian Sputnik vaccine
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Thursday, announced the conditional approval of Russian Sputnik vaccine for Covid-19 vaccination in Nigeria. Director General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja. The approval is coming after the World Health Organization, the European …
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