THE Mayor of the City of Houston, United States (US), Sylvester Turner, has honoured a Nigerian businesswoman Ifeoma Okengwu, declaring May 2, 2023, as ‘Ms. Ifeoma Okengwu Day’ in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the community.
In an official statement, Turner urged all citizens to join him in honouring...
THE World Health Organization (WHO) has said the tobacco industry is flourishing in Africa due to regulatory lapses.The agency said while the number of people using tobacco products decreased in other parts of the world, it rose in Africa.According to the WHO, tobacco users in the African Region increased...
ABIA State governor Alex Otti has frozen all bank accounts belonging to the government and its agencies.He also dissolved all boards of agencies and parastatals of the state government, with immediate effect.Otti’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Ferdinand Ekeoma disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, May 30.“The...
THE Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) has adjourned hearing of the petition against President Bola Tinubu’s election, following a request by Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi’s legal team.The five-man panel, led by Haruna Simon Tsammani, granted the adjournment during the resumed hearing of the case on Wednesday,...
FUEL queues have resurfaced in major cities across the country, following the declaration by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that there will be no more subsidy on petrol.Already, fuel marketers are riding on the uncertainty created by the announcement and had arbitrarily hiked the pump price of petrol.Some marketers have...
SOKOTO State governor Ahmad Aliyu has overturned the last-minute appointments and some other major decisions taken by his predecessor, Aminu Tambuwal, before leaving office.
The governor also suspended all traditional rulers recently appointed by the immediate-past governor of the state.
Press Secretary to the new governor, Abubakar Bawa, disclosed these while...
THE Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) accepted five exhibits as evidence on the opening day of the hearing of the petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to challenge the election of President Bola Tinubu.Led by Jubril Okutekpa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria...
AS President Bola Tinubu gets down to work in earnest, stakeholders are concerned about how his administration could within the next 100 days start addressing, and visibly too, the seemingly overwhelming economic challenges confronting Nigeria.Tinubu was sworn in as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Monday,...
THE Department of State Services (DSS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have reacted to the alleged blockade on the EFCC Lagos office by operatives of the security agency.Operatives of the DSS reportedly prevented staff of the Commission from gaining access to their offices on Tuesday, May...
THE National Industrial Court (NIC), on Tuesday, May 30, upheld the ‘no work, no pay’ policy implemented by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).The court took the decision in a suit filed by Federal Government against the university lecturers.The Federal Government implemented the ‘no...
