Dele Momodu regrets supporting Buhari, joins PDP
Media guru and Ovation Media Group’s Chairman, Chief Dele Momodu, has returned to politics, joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Momodu said his choice was based on the need to save the country from its ‘dangerous and calamitous spiral’ towards oblivion. The journalist, who stated that he sought advice from a variety of sources before making the life-altering decision, also expressed...
NECO releases 2021 results, 71.64% pass English, Maths
The National Examination Council (NECO) on Friday announced the release of the results of the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) conducted nationwide in July. NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Dantali Wushishi, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Minna. He said that out of 1,233,631 candidates who registered; 1,226,631 actually sat for the examination. Wushishi explained that 945,853 candidates obtained five...
Buhari: I’ll leave in 2023, no room for tenure extension
President Muhammadu Buhari has told advocates of tenure extension to perish the thought, declaring that he will leave by May 29, 2023. “I swore by the Holy Qur’an that I will serve in accordance with the constitution and leave when my time is up. No “Tazarce’’ (tenure extension). I don’t want anybody to start talking about and campaigning for unconstitutional...
PDP convention holds Saturday as court strikes out Secondus’ suit
An Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt has dismissed the appeal of the embattled national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, seeking an interim injunction to restrain the PDP from conducting its national convention billed for Saturday and Sunday, October 30 and 31, 2021, in Abuja. With the ruling, the opposition party can now go ahead with it's...
FG, states, LGs share N739.965bn September revenue
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) on Thursday shared a total of N739.965 billion September revenue to the Federal, States and Local Governments Councils. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the virtual meeting of FAAC for October 2021. The N739.965 billion total Distributable Revenue comprised distributable Statutory Revenue of N577.765 billion, distributable Value Added Tax (VAT)...
ICPC recovers 301 houses from two civil servants
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offence Commission (ICPC) on Thursday accused civil servants and estate valuers of involving in real estate scams in Abuja. ICPC chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, revealed that 301 houses were recovered from two unidentified public officers. “The commission has recovered 241 houses from a public officer. We also have a case in which we recovered...
Rebranding: Facebook changes company name to Meta
Facebook has changed its corporate name to Meta. This is part of a major rebrand. The change does not apply to its individual platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp, only the parent company that owns them. The name change comes as the company battles criticisms from lawmakers and regulators over its market power, its algorithmic decisions and the policing of abuses...
Mimiko returns to PDP after parley with Tambuwal, Wike, Makinde, Ikpeazu
Four governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday held talks with the immediate past governor of Ondo State, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, on his return to the party. Governors Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) met Mimiko in his hometown, Ondo, in Ondo West Local Government area of...
Amidst dwindling fortunes, insecurity, Zamfara reduces 2021 budget
Hamstrung by huge deficit, Zamfara State is downsizing its 2021 budget from N142.7 billion to N126.8 billion, a reduction of about N16 billion. Speaker of the House of Assembly, Alhaji Nasiru Mu’azu-Magarya, said at plenary session on Thursday in Gusau that the decision to downsize the budget was at the instance of the Executive arm of government. He said the downsizing...
Water scarcity hits Makurdi, environs as Benue govt disconnect debtors
Makurdi, the Benue State capital and its environs have been hit by acute water scarcity creating fears of possible outbreak of water-borne diseases in the town and other neighbouring communities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent who went round the state capital on Thursday reports that water vendors were having a filled day, as a result of the scarcity. The...
