Новости за 06.03.2023

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Abia State, Alex Otti, has vowed to clear all outstanding workers’ salaries and pensions before the end of December 2023 if elected governor. Otti, a renowned banker and economist spoke at Uzuakoli in Bende Local Government Area on Sunday during an interactive session with members of the

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles on Monday lost 0-1 to their Gambian counterparts in the semi-finals of the ongoing Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. The match which was played at the Cairo International Stadium saw the Nigerian side dominating the encounter with 62 per cent possession as against the Gambians’ 38 per cent. But they

The Kano State Case Manager for the diphtheria outbreak, Dr Salma Suwaid, said patients with diphtheria are presenting with renal failure, slow heart rate, low blood platelet count and neurological complications. Dr Suwaid said the state recorded 35 cases of Sinus Bradycardia. 15 patients presented with thrombocytopenia and active bleeding, 25 cases with acute kidney

The All Progressives Congress presidential campaign council has urged former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to desist from allowing his campaign spokesman, Dino Melayo, to push him around. This is even as the PCC warned that dancing ‘Skelewu’ on the streets of Abuja won’t make the Independent National Electoral Commission change its mind about the winner

The Nigerian Army has said it has commenced investigations into the incident of a soldier who killed his colleagues and himself at Forward Operations Base Rabbah, Sokoto State. The Director, Army Public Relations Officer, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement said the incident occurred Sunday evening. He said troops were deployed for internal security

The Federal Government has raised concern over the impact of funding and insecurity on the 2023 population census scheduled to hold between March 29 and April 2. The Minister of State for Budget and Planning, Clem Agba, made this known on Monday during a meeting with members of the private sector and development partners in

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, announced the increment of the quarterly payment of pension to N1 billion. The approved amount was to offset the backlog of pensions and gratuities arrears in the state. The governor stated this while addressing pensioners at an interactive session held at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta,

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, in Doha, critisised the existing debt architecture that makes it more expensive for the Least-Developed Countries to borrow on the global market than their advanced counterparts. He warned that such an “unfair” arrangement would make it extremely difficult for the LDCs to meet the 2030 Agenda

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has paid a visit to Jennifer Efidi, the lady who was stabbed in the face by thugs during the presidential and National Assembly elections. Efidi was stabbed while attempting to cast her vote in the Surulere area of the state. Obi shared the pictures from his

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has said that few Nigerians agreed to return home from Tunisia, following that country’s President’s remarks on February 21. Tunisian President, Kais Saied, at the meeting of Tunisia’s National Security Council, had called for urgent measures against sub-Saharan migrants. It was also gathered that Saied urged Tunisian security forces to

A police Sergeant has reportedly died inside the residence of the former Commissioner of Police in Ogun State, Lanre Bankole. Our correspondent gathered that the deceased police officer, identified as Sgt Gbenga Onakomaya, died on Saturday at Bankole’s house located at Kemta Housing Estate, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. It was further gathered that the deceased

A self-described vigilante murderer who rose to fame in Brazil for claiming to have killed more than 100 victims, mainly drug dealers, rapists and other criminals, was shot dead near Sao Paulo, authorities said Monday.Pedro Rodrigues Filho, dubbed “Brazil’s biggest serial killer,” died Sunday of multiple gunshot wounds in the southeastern city of Mogi das

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George and other members of a socio-political group, Omo Eko Pataki, consisting of a former deputy governor of Lagos State, Senator Kofoworola Akerele-Buknor and Mrs Onikepo Oshodi, have endorsed the candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, as the state governor in the forthcoming election scheduled

For the second time in the space of a week, Twitter experienced a technical glitch. According to DownDetector, the issues started around 4:30pm on Monday and was affecting more than 4,000 users worldwide. DownDetector collates reports of outages from multiple sources, including social media and mobile apps. Frustrated users were complaining of having problems being able

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Kaduna State, Jonathan Asake, on Monday, said the party never entered into any alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party for the purpose of contesting Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The governorship candidate said it became necessary to clarify this in view of the rumour making the

Justice Rita Pemu, who retired from public service on Monday, has called for adequate security for judges while describing her experience in the hands of gunmen as worrying. Justice Pemu, who stated this during a valedictory session held at the Court of Appeal in Benin, stated that her driver and two vehicles in her convoy

Following the Supreme Court judgment, which extended the validity of the Central Bank of Nigeria currency redesign policy to December 31, some banks across the country have started paying out the old N500 and N1,000 notes to customers. Guaranty Trust Bank, Polaris Bank and some other banks were on Monday confirmed to be dispensing the

The Delta State Government on Monday approved 65 years as a new retirement age for teachers in the public service of the state. The teachers will henceforth retire at the attainment of 40 years of service or 65 years of age. The same is applicable to the non-academic staff of the state-owned Polytechnics and Colleges

A Federal High Court in Kano has granted bail to Alhassan Ado Doguwa, majority leader of the House of Representatives. Following widespread violence that led to deaths and arson in the Tudun Wada Local Government Area of Kano during last week’s election, the police had arraigned Doguwa before a Magistrate’s Court on charges of arson

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, has again rejected the outcome of the February 25 presidential election and  the declaration of the Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as President-elect. The PDP also asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to suspend the ongoing transmission of results of the polling units results on its server saying

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Lt. Col. Agbu Kefas (retd.) on Monday promised to clear accumulated pension and gratuity of retired civil servants within the short possible time if elected Governor on Saturday. Kefas who spoke to journalists in Gembu in continuation of his campaign tour of the state also pledged that

Ahead the March 11, 2023 state House of Assembly and governorship elections across the country, the  All Progressives Congress in the South-West geopolitical zone  has appealed to the people to vote for the candidates of the ruling party. In the South-West, only Lagos, Ogun and Oyo States would have the governorship and the House of

…Bans invigilators from use of mobile phones in exam halls  …Reviews guidelines for examination officials  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it has trained no fewer than 2,000 invigilators ahead of the 2023 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examinations and Direct Entry examinations.  The board also noted that the training availed it the opportunity to

…condoles with Sheikh Gumi, Abacha family over losses The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has condemned the weekend attacks in Zamfara and Kano states where bandits went on the rampage. Recall that a divisional police officer, an inspector and a vigilante were reportedly killed during the attack in Maru Local Government of Zamfara State. Similarly in

The Supreme Court, Abuja on Monday, affirmed the nomination of Dauda Lawal-Dare as the validly nominated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Zamfara State for the March 11 governorship election. In a unanimous judgment of a five-man panel of justices of the apex court, the appeal brought against the nomination by another governorship aspirant,