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Nigeria music powerhouses Burna Boy and Davido failed to win any of their nominations at the Grammys which concluded this morning in Los Angeles. Burna Boy was in contention to win his second Grammy award after he was nominated for Best African Music Performance, Best Global Music Performance, Best Global Album Performance, and Best Melodic Rap Performance while Davido was hoping to win his first Grammy award after he was […]
North London Club Arsenal secured a 3-1 win over 10-man Liverpool in an energetic game at the Emirates Stadium to move within two points of the Premier League leaders and blow the title race wide open. The hosts dominated much of the contest but gifted Liverpool a route back into the game when a defensive mix-up on the stroke of half-time saw Gabriel Magalhaes turn into his net to cancel […]
The Government of Enugu State has set up a standing committee for property and land reconciliation and compensation, with the mandate to review all title documents, construction approvals, double and wrongful allocations, and double certificates of occupancyand evaluate compensations in respect of government’s acquired lands, among other functions. The committee, known as the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Property/Land Reconciliation and Compensation in Enugu State, is saddled with the responsibility of verifying all title documents relating to lands and property […]
The Minister of Youth Jamila Ibrahim says members of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC are no longer posted to states deemed unsafe in the wake of worsening security conditions in the country. Ibrahim in a television interview yesterday said the scheme has taken steps to secure NYSC members including posting them only to safe states following abduction in some parts of the country during their one-year mandatory national service, […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company NNPC Limited has shown in their latest data that no fewer than 36 oil blocks are under concession to international oil companies operating in Nigeria and their indigenous counterparts in the country. An analysis of NNPCL’s latest Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the Period Ended December 31, 2022, indicated that the eight blocks are located in deepwater, five blocks are continental shelves, fifteen blocks […]
The Supreme Court has reserved judgment in the appeal filed by the governorship candidate of the All-Progressives Congress APC Patrick Tonye-Cole, against the victory of the Governor of Rivers State Siminalayi Fubara in the March 18, 2023 governorship election. Tonye-Cole’s case is a fallout of the Appeal Court decision of 28th November which dismissed his appeal against the Independent National Electoral Commission, the People’sDemocratic Party PDP, and Fubara for […]
President Bola Tinubu yesterday said a few people stole Nigeria’s commonwealth under the guise of subsidy in the last 40 years, lamenting that Nigerians are suffering the pains of the loot. The President during his speech at the second-term inauguration of Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State in Owerri said he is well-attuned to the concerns of citizens, assuring them that the challenges brought on by the very essential reforms […]
Catholic Bishops yesterday lamented over the high-level corruption in Nigeria and asked the government to improve the economy and address poverty to stem its tide. The Bishops also noted the mindless bloodletting and kidnapping in Imo State, which has had no peace in recent times. President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria CBCN, Most Rev. Lucuis Ugorji decried the high level of corruption in the country while delivering a sermon at […]
A former Minister of Communication and Digital Economy Isa Ali Pantami has accused the Nigerian Police Force and other security agencies of refusing to use the NIN-SIM policy to fight insecurity in the country. Pantami who was responding to a question from an X user who wondered why so much money was spent on the policy and yet insecurity has remained unabated, said the application of the policy has been […]
President Bola Tinubu has set up a special panel on social investment programs. His spokesman Ajuri Ngelale revealed that the move was a sequel to President Tinubu’s suspension of the four programsunder the National Social Investment Programmes Agency NSIPA for six weeks asthe panel will be led by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance Wale Edun. The Special Presidential Panel is tasked with immediately undertaking a […]
