News as it breaks
The National Industrial Court (NIC) has ordered the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) to reinstate two of its staff, Mohammed Mustapha and Fehintola Salisu into the service as associate Directors with payment of Salaries, allowances and all entitlements from June 2021 till date. The Presiding Judge of the Abuja Judicial…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed plans to allow volunteers, including from abroad, to fight in Ukraine, where he has sent thousands of Russian troops in what he calls a “special military operation”. “If you see that there are people who want on a voluntary basis (to help east Ukraine’s…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has rejected a letter inviting it to an emergency meeting of the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the ruling party. In a letter by the Secretary of the Commission, Rose Oriaran Anthony, INEC drew the attention of the CECPC to…
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Lola Center for the Needy Foundation, has advocated the need to empower women and girls especially at the grassroots on the tenets gender equality and its importance in ensuring individual and societal development.The Founder, Ms. Ololade Ogunnubi made the call in Abuja at a women and girls…
The House of Representatives has ordered the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to crash the price of Jet-A1, otherwise known as aviation fuel and ensure its availability to the airline operators. The directive was given at a meeting at the National Assembly between the leadership of the…
The Nigeria Governors Forum in collaboration with Centre for Democracy and Development have commence deliberations on how to end insurgency in the country. At the event in Abuja, the chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Governor of Ekiti State Dr Kayode Fayemi expressed concern about the alarming rate of…
Nigerian Youth Parliament (NYP) in Collaboration with Zamfara State Ministry for Women and Children Affairs has distributed Sanitary Pad, Roll-on Perfumes, Hands sanitiser and Facemasks to 100 Ladies in Gusau the capital city of Zamfara State in the Northwestern Part of Nigeria. During the distribution which took place at the…
Organised labour in Niger state has extended the ongoing seven day warning strike by additional seven days. The strike which began this Monday has now entered its fifth day while the additional seven day warning strike begins effective midnight Tuesday next week. This is contained in a statement jointly signed…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked a federal high court sitting in Abuja to transfer the fresh trial of a former governor of Abia state, Chief Orji-Uzor Kalu and two others to its Lagos division. Chief Kalu and his co-defendants are accused of involvement in an alleged…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board JAMB says the ongoing 2022 UTME/DE registration exercise scheduled to end on 26th March, will not be extended. A statement by JAMB’s head of Public Relations Dr Fabian Benjamin says the time scheduled for the registration exercise from 19th February to 26th March, 2022,…