The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has sacked the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in charge of Adamawa State, Mr Hudu Yinusa Ari. Mr Festus Oloye, INEC’s Chairman of Information and Voters Education Committee, announced the development in a statement on Monday. In the two-paragraph statement, Okoye said the sacking of Ari takes effect from Sunday, […]
Kenya, on Saturday, marked a new milestone in space exploration by launching the first satellite dubbed “Taifa-1” into space after three botched attempts linked to bad weather. Developed by nine Kenyan engineers, the observation satellite blasted off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon-9 full-thrust rocket. The country launched the satellite from the Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E), at […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is ready to prosecute 200 electoral crime suspects in the 2023 general elections. Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, announced this at the weekend in Abuja. Oyekanmi said the commission had received more than 50 case files from the Police authorities. “There are […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IG) Usman Alkali Baba, has approved the posting of the recently promoted Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, to the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Abuja. DIG Egbetokun, who hails from Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State, was hitherto the supervising DIG for the South-West Geo-Political Zone. He holds […]
The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) has unveiled the “I Am Alive’’, an online confirmation (IAAC) solution, to ease pensioners’ stress. The Executive Secretary (ES) of PTAD, Dr Chioma Ejikeme, unveiled the solution in Abuja on Friday. Ejikeme said PTAD has kept to its promise of ending the era of bringing out aged pensioners for […]
Inflation in Germany slowed to 7.4 per cent in March, dropping below the eight per cent mark for the first time since August 2022. This is according to confirmed figures published by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on Thursday. “The rate of inflation has slowed but remains at a high level,” Destatis President Ruth Brand […]
The Ugandan military, on Thursday, killed the ringleader of a daring massive jailbreak where 200 inmates escaped from a prison in the northeastern district of Moroto. Isaac Okware, Third Division Army Spokesperson, told Xinhua that the army killws Tom Lopusi at Loputuk village in neighbouring Kotido district. Lopusi, a notorious warrior, allegedly led the Singila […]
From Our Correspondent in Ado-Ekiti The Ekiti State Government says it is partnering with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the Traceability and Resilience in Agriculture and Cocoa Ecosystem (TRACE) project. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr Yinka Oyebode, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Ado Ekiti. Oyebode said […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N49 billion being the revised reimbursement for the old Enugu-Onitsha road project. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, announced this on Wednesday while briefing State House correspondents after the Council. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo presided over the meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Fashola said his […]
The remains of former Judge of the World Court in The Hague, Prince Abdul-Jabbar Ajibola, were laid to rest in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Ajibola’s buriak followed a Janazah (Islamic prayer for the dead) held for him at the Islamic Mission for Africa (IMA) on Sunday. The Janazah was led by the Chief Imam of […]