The proprietor of Austin Pharmacy, Austin Umweni was Wednesday killed by a hit and run Mercedes Benz car while he was jogging early in the morning along Airport Road, Benin City. The remains of Umweni, an avid keep fit apostle, has been taken to the mortuary. A visit to his pharmacy shop on Igun Street, […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a total sum of N3 billion for procurements geared towards upgrades of the transmission system to the national grid for supply of sufficient power to the nation. The dollar components for the six projects approved for the same purpose by the Council stood at $7.4 million. This was […]
Fans will return to Premier League stadiums for the season’s final two rounds of fixtures later this month, subject to the UK government’s expected easing of lockdown restrictions. Under the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, crowds of up 10,000 or 25 per cent of capacity will be permitted from May 17. As a result, the […]
…says workers surviving by hair’s breadth The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said the proposed slash in workers’ salaries by the Federal Government, should be regarded as a plan to embark on a mass murder of workers in the country. The NLC, in a statement titled; “We have no more blood to bleed,” on Wednesday […]
*Says: ‘We’re not creating fresh polling units’ The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has upgraded some existing voting points in Imo State to polling units. The polling units numbering about 1,235, the Commission said, is to enhance voter access to electoral services in Imo state. With the creation, Imo State now has a total of […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigerian Communications Satellite (NigComSat) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate the early deployment of the 5th Generation Network (5G) across the country. Signing the documents on Wednesday in Abuja, Chairman Board of Commissioners, Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Adeolu Akande, said Nigeria can’t be left behind […]
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus has warned Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma not to use the security situation in the state as a political witch-hunt. Secondus, who spoke in an interactive session with journalists in Abuja, said what is happening is not peculiar to Imo State, and therefore […]
The Ondo State government Wednesday imposed a dusk to dawn curfew in Ikare-Akoko in Akoko Northeast Local Government of the state following the violence that rocked the town over a chieftaincy tussle. The curfew, according to the Commissioner for Information, Donald Ojogo, takes effect from 6.00pm Wednesday and will last until the crisis subsides. Two […]
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has ordered the immediate reinstatement of mobile court at the Swali market to prosecute defaulters who will want to trade illegally around the modern market. To this end the governor has banned every form of street trading around Swali market and all other markets within the state capital. Handing down […]
…Expresses confidence in FG, security agencies Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has expressed confidence in the Federal Government and the security agencies for acting swiftly to the security challenges that have bedevilled the state. The governor commended the government on Wednesday when he received the new GOC, 1 Mechanized Division, Nigeria Army, Major General […]