By Our Correspondent Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says 394 candidates of different political parties are jostling for the 40 seats in the state’s House of Assembly. Recalls that governorship and houses of assembly elections were scheduled to hold across the country on March 11, […]
By Agency report The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has criticised North Korea for conducting a series of missile launches in recent days and called on the autocratic regime to engage in diplomacy on Tuesday. “I strongly condemn North Korea’s dangerous and destabilising missile tests,” the alliance’s leader Jens Stoltenberg said on Twitter. The missile […]
By Our Correspondent in Abuja The Federal Government has formally registered two new university-based unions – Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA). Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, announced this while presenting certificates of registration to the two new unions on Tuesday in Abuja. […]
By Our Correspondent Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Adeleke Mamora, (STI), on Tuesday, called for the sustainable implementation of Executive Order 5 with a view to fast-tracking the nation’s economic development. Mamora made the call at the inauguration of the National Dialogue on the Establishment and Implementation of the Technology and Innovation Centres […]
By Our Correspondent On Tuesday, a Lagos-based human rights campaigner, Mr Spurgeon Atatene described the Nigerian justice system as being faced with a myriad of problems, and consequently, called for an overhaul. Ataene told newsmen in Lagos that impunity and disrespect for the rule of law were primarily responsible for the decadence in the justice […]
By Agency Report Oil prices jumped nearly $4 a barrel on Monday as OPEC+ considered reducing output by more than one million barrels per day (bpd) to buttress prices with what would be its biggest cut since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Brent crude futures for December delivery rose $3.72 to $88.86 a barrel, […]
By Agency report The Russian lower house of parliament ratified the incorporation of four occupied Ukrainian regions on Monday and fast-tracked the relevant legislation as the West rallied further to Kiev’s aid. More than 400 deputies in the Russian Duma, in a move unrecognised by most of the international community, voted unanimously in favour of […]
A Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory has sentenced a 24-year-old security guard, John Paul, to five months imprisonment for negligent conduct. Paul, who resides in Kubwa, Abuja, was convicted and sentenced after pleading guilty to the charge. He, however, pleaded for leniency. The Judge, Mr Sulyman Ola, gave him an […]
The Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT) says it has trained more than 50 youths in digital marketing as part of the initiatives to stem unemployment in the country. Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, the Chief Missioner of NASFAT, in a statement on Thursday, said that youths, irrespective of their religious affiliation were selected for the training. “NASFAT is poised […]
By Our Correspondent As Nigeria clocks 62 years of statahood, the Federal Government on Wednesday, declared Monday, Oct. 3, as a public holiday to mark the nation’s 62nd Independence anniversary celebration. Ogbenu Rauf Aregbewsola, the Minister of Interior, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government in Abuja. In a statement signed by the […]