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President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State The Presidency has jumped to the defence of the Fulani ethic group after what it called a “wicked” plot by Governor Samuel Ortom to incite attacks against them. Ortom, according to the presidency, is making relentless attempts to incite the …

Enugu State Governor Rt Hon Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, Wednesday, approved a-60% Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHESS) increase for state health professionals and workers. This applies to workers under the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU). The new salary structure, which was 41% before now, will be effective from September 2021. The governor …

Vehicle Inspection Officers in Abuja on Wednesday destroyed an unpainted taxi for stopping to pick passengers along the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport road, Lugbe. The driver of the unpainted Toyota Camry had parked at “lugbe across” junction, where other painted taxi drivers park to pick passengers, but he was accosted …

Dr. Adegbola Dominic, Lagos State chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is dead. The PDP leader reportedly died of complications from coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.. He was the Medical Director of Santa Maria Hospital. A statement by the party’s publicity secretary, Taofik Gani described the late politician “as a Matyrdom …

Pastor Joseph Agboli, founder of the popular Victorious Army Ministries, with headquarters on Acme Road, in Ogba, Lagos, is dead. A source in the church confirmed the development to the DAILY RECORD on Wednesday. The clergy reportedly died in an u disclosed hospital after he was diagnosed with a heart related …

The Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Isaac Ogbobula, has denied reports that the party preferred some governorship aspirants ahead of 2023 general election. Ogbobula, in a statement in Port Harcourt at the weekend by the party’s spokesman, Ogbonna Nwuke, described as false, reports …

Some undergraduates in Enugu State, Monday, lamented that the sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra to protest the detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is having untold adverse effects on them. Although the lockdown order had been relaxed, businesses in southeast states have been at their lowest …

Philip Mshelbila, the incoming managing director of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Ltd, will meet with a big controversy when he assumes duty month-end: in-house disquiet over the lifting concession given to IOC shareholders. Under “equity lifting” in the project, the joint venture partners — Shell, Total and Eni …

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has sought greater collaboration with financial institutions in the country as a way of tackling fraudulent election financing, foreign exchange malpractices and money laundering. Speaking on Thursday, during an interactive session with managing directors of banks in Nigeria …

Ibrahim Mantu A former Plateau Central senator and deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ibrahim Mantu, is dead. He was reported to have died in the early hours of today, Tuesday, August 17, 2021. No further details about the cause of his death were revealed by his immediate family as at …