President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major General Olufemi Oluyede as the Acting Chief of Army Staff. This was announced in a statement released on Wednesday by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga. Onanuga explained that Oluyede would assume the role pending the…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has inaugurated the anti-corruption clubs in 40 secondary schools in Niger. The official oath of office was administered by Mr Mohammed Usman-Yau, a lawyer, on Wednesday in paiko, Paikoro Local…
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of seven ministerial nominees forwarded to it by President BolaTinubu. The nominees were confirmed after hours of screening during the Senate plenary on Wednesday. However, some of them who had served the country in…
The Defence Headquarters has refuted claims that a training camp in Niger State has been taken over by terrorists. On Tuesday, the Niger State House of Assembly raised concerns, alleging that bandits had occupied the military camp in Kontagora Local…
The Executive Secretary of the Lagos State Scholarship Board, Abdulrahman Lekki, has passed away. This was made known in a statement by the Lagos state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on X.com on Wednesday. He wrote, “Inna…
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says 15 vessels are currently discharging various products at Lagos ports. The NPA, in its “Daily Shipping Position” on Wednesday, said three of the vessels would discharge general cargoes, while two other vesselswould discharge containers…
The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has reiterated the unflinching commitment of the Federal Government to the war against terrorism and other organised crimes threatening humanity. Badaru restated the commitment on Wednesday, when the Secretary General, Islamic Military Counter Terrorism…
An erstwhile Bishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, John Cardinal Onayeikan, has urged northern elites to fix the economic, political, and security crisis bedeviling the region. Cardinal Onayeikan stressed that fixing the challenges facing northern Nigeria was the solution…
Daniel Bwala, ex-aide to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has described as troubling the report that bandits have reportedly taken over one of the biggest military training ground in the country. The camp is located at Nagwamase Military Cantonment in…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from further releasing monthly financial allocations to the Rivers State government. The court held that the receipt and disbursement of monthly allocations since January this year…
