Obaseki sacks 513 workers, athletes, coaches of sports council
No fewer than 513 workers of the Edo State Sports Council have been relieved of their jobs by Governor Godwin Obaseki with effect from March 21, 2022. The approval to this effect is contained in a memo dated March 4, 2022. The memo stated that the affected workers who were junior, senior, and management staff, were part of the government transition...
NYSC to married corps members: Report in your husband’s state of residence
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has directed married prospective youth corps members to report for registration at the orientation camps in their husbands’ state of residence, irrespective of states indicated on their call-up letters. Information on the directive is in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by Mr. Emeka Mgbemena, the scheme’s Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations. Mgbemena...
National Chair: APC govs back Buhari on consensus candidate
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the forthcoming National Convention of the party, slated for Saturday, March 26. The governors agreed to support the President’s choice for the National Chairman. Buhari had reportedly supported former Governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu for the National Chairmanship. Although there has...
Afegbua to Atiku: You abandoned PDP after 2019 polls
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, Prince Kassim Afegbua, has berated the PDP presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar, for abandoning the party after the 2019 general election. Afegbua said the former Vice President failed to provide opposition since he lost the presidential election to Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. He stated Atiku has in the last seven years failed...
Ebonyi govt debunks PDP’s petition to EFCC, berates Anyim
The Ebonyi State Government has described as fake, the trending petition addressed to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The state government said the petition was politically circulated to damage the reputation of the state governor, David Umahi and his administration. This was made known via a statement issued by...
Man sentenced to death by hanging for raping, killing landlady
For raping and killing his landlady, Bukola Olanrewaju, one Tunmise Abraham has been sentenced to death by hanging. An Ado-Ekiti High Court, on Wednesday, found Abraham guilty of raping and killing his landlady at Olorunda Zone 7, Adebayo area of Ado-Ekiti sometime in 2019. According to the witness account read by Justice Monisola Abodunde, Olanrewaju, a mother of three, was alone...
Atiku declares 2023 presidential ambition
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has officially declared his intention to contest for President in the 2023 general election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Atiku declared his 2023 presidential ambition at a ceremony held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on Wednesday. The former Vice President said he would focus on five key areas which include the...
Obiano left N109bn debt, N300m cash ― Soludo
The governor of Anambra State, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has said that the immediate past administration led by Willie Obiano left a debt of about N109 billion. This is just as the newly sworn-in governor said the last administration left N300 in the government coffers. Soludo made the disclosure while speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday. The former governor of...
Senate confirms 5 Profs, Perm Sec, 2 others as CBN’s MPC members
The Senate at the Wednesday plenary confirmed the nomination of seven members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Those confirmed by the Senate included Prof. Mohammed Adaya Salisu and Dr. Mo’Omamegbe, both of whom are newly appointed members. Other five members of the committee for renewal are Prof. Michael Obadan, Prof. Festus Adeola Adenikinju, Prof....
VIDEO: NDLEA intercepts 1.9m tramadol, codeine at Lagos airport
Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized over 1.9 million tablets of tramadol and codeine imported into the country from Pakistan and United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos State. Of the total seizure, 40 cartons of Co-Codamol, a brand of paracetamol with codeine, which is classified as Opioid, were seized from...
