President Bola Tinubu officially appointed Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun on Monday (today) as the 23rd permanent Chief Justice of Nigeria after her approval by the Senate on September 25, 2024. On a Monday, Kekere-Ekun assumed the position and completed the oath-taking process at the Council Chamber within the State House, Abuja. She will now lead the…
The President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has again appealed to Nigerians to remain optimistic, saying that the country’s brightest days are coming soon. The former Governor of Akwa Ibom State made this appeal on Sunday at the Inter-denominational Church Service held at the National Christian Centre, Abuja as part of activities to mark…
President Bola Tinubu, on Friday, September 27, approved the appointment of seven Executive Directors for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). The appointments were confirmed in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by Bayo Onanuga, President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy. According to the statement, the appointments take immediate effect. Tinubu admonished the…
The Federal Government has pledged that all individuals implicated in the alleged bribery scandal involving Nigerian crossdresser Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, will face appropriate consequences. Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, reiterated this commitment during a press conference held on Friday in Abuja to commemorate his first year in office. Tunji-Ojo had…
There are currently great concerns for residents of Niger State in the northern part of Nigeria following a significant tragedy as floods have resulted in the loss of 11 lives. Reports revealed that the flooding events have severely impacted communities and caused extensive damage across 19 of the 25 local government areas of the state…
The Federal Government has placed certain senior officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service on suspension due to allegations of bribery linked to the well-known crossdresser Idris Okuneye, commonly referred to as Bobrisky. Earlier, a social media activist and influence, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, claimed in widely circulated videos that some members of the…
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has addressed the allegations regarding the disappearance of over $49 billion in oil revenue from government accounts during his administration in 2014. Jonathan, in a statement made at the launch of the book titled ‘Public Policy And Agent Interests: Perspectives From The Emerging World,’ co-authored by Dr. Shamshudeen Usman, a former…
The Federal Government has approved an increase in the monthly stipend for Corps Members by ₦77,000, effective from July 2024. In a statement released on Wednesday, Caroline Embu, the official spokesperson for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), stated that this increase is in line with the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Act…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s government of Lagos State has closed down the Celestial Church of God, the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), along with seven businesses and hotels located in Ikeja, Mushin, Gbagada, and Maryland regions of the state. The head of the Environment and Water Resources Department, Tokunbo Wahab, confirmed this in a statement…
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has called upon President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government to facilitate an increase in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s (NNPC Ltd) investment in Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals from its current 7% to a minimum of 45%. According to the group, this enhancement is deemed…
