The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has dispelled insinuations of impending petroleum products scarcity in the country. A statement by Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, in Abuja on Sunday, noted that the corporation had 39 days petroleum products sufficiency and about 25 days products availability on …
Read More »ASUU commences nationwide strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared an indefinite nationwide strike. According to the organisation, the strike is to protest the poor funding of Nigerian universities. Led by its National President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU declared the strike at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting …
Read More »Be ready for consequences – Army issues fresh warning to Shiites
John Agim, spokesman of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has told members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), to be ready to face the consequences if they take on the military. Members of the movement better known as Shi’ites clashed with soldiers in some parts of Abuja last week. The …
Read More »Hiring of US lobbyist: VON-DG, Okechukwu attacks Atiku
By Emmanuel Uzodinma The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has faulted the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, over the news making the rounds that he hired a foreign lobbyist for N400m. Okechukwu, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) said by such …
Read More »Senate 2019: Victor Adoji, best man for Kogi East – Group
More and more support is coming the way of Dr. Victor Alewo Adoji, the erudite banker-turned politician who is gearing up to represent Kogi East Senatorial District in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly under the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in 2019. This time, Kogi …
Read More »As Sen Attai Aidoko woos Kogi East elders with cash gifts, SDG contracts
By Ibrahim Isah After the court verdict of October 24, 2018 which seemingly asked Senator Attai Aidoko to vacate the Senate for Air Marshall Isaac Alfa, the embattled Aidoko has gone all out to pacify stakeholders, especially elders, in Kogi East. He is said to be on a visiting and …
Read More »P+ Measurement celebrates 3 years of PR measurement and evaluation in Nigeria
November 2018. Lagos. Nigeria –Independent PR measurement and evaluation agency in Nigeria, P+ Measurement Services is celebrating its 3rd anniversary in the Measurement and Evaluation industry in Nigeria this year. To commemorate this milestone, P+ Measurement Services has re-launched its website, moved to a new service center located in the central business …
Read More »BREAKING: Suspended NHIS boss sues health minister, AGF, agency
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, has sued the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and the NHIS over his suspension by the governing council of the board. In the suit with …
Read More »Zidora Aid Foundation empowers widows, orphans with foodstuff, free healthcare
Zidora Aid foundation (ZAF) has taken its charity works to a higher level with the recent empowerment programme organized for widows and orphans in Ukpor, Anambra State. Worried by the hardship faced by widows and orphans in the society, Zidora Aid Foundation (ZAF) has empowered widows and orphans in some inner …
Read More »Suspension by Afenifere: Though yet to be informed, I was not given fair hearing — Omisore
The candidate of the Social Democratic Party for the last governorship election in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has kicked against his suspension by pan-Yoruba sociocultural group, Afenifere. Omisore stated his position in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday. Afenifere had on Tuesday after its meeting in Akure, Ondo …
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