Новости за 08.06.2023

The Edo State House of Assembly on Thursday cleared 15 Commissioner-nominees presented by the state governor, Godwin Obaseki. According to a letter to the state House of Assembly by the state government,  Osarodion Ogie, the nominees were the first batch with more names expected to be presented in the coming days. In a letter addressed

A pro-democracy group under the aegis of The Natives on Thursday pleaded with former governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, to step down for the joint ticket of the immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio and popular Kano legislator, Senator Jibrin Barau, in the interest of the country. The appeal is coming

A faction of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly has approved the request of Governor Abdullahi Sule for the appointment of 20 Special Advisers and has proceeded for a recess of one month. Our correspondent reports that two Speakers for the 7th Assembly emerged on Tuesday, namely; Ibrahim Abdullahi and Daniel Ogazi, when the 24

Senator Ali Ndume has said President Bola Tinubu told him that Senator Godswill Akpabio is his preferred candidate for the President of the 10th Senate. Ndume said this on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday. In May, the All Progressives Congress had zoned four principal positions for the 10th National Assembly and named elected lawmakers to

A prominent televangelist who founded the Christian Broadcasting Network, Pat Robertson, is reportedly dead. Robertson who died at age 93 made the Christian right a powerful political force and unsuccessfully ran for president in 1988, died on Thursday, CNN reported. According to a release by the network, “Pat Robertson, longtime TV host, religious broadcaster, educator, humanitarian,

Governors from the North Central region of the country on Thursday paid the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, a courtesy call at his office. The governors are Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State; Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia; Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman

A Kano State Sharia court in Dambare, Ungogo Local Government Area has remanded a Disc Jockey, Ali Dan-Asabe, for disrupting studies and other activities in an Islamic school. Dan-Asabe was dragged before the court by the police following a complaint from the school’s management that his activities were disrupting pupils with loud music while they

The Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos state for the 2023 election, Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour has condemned the comments made by Rt. Hon Mudasiru Obasa, Speaker of the state House of Assembly that the house will make laws to protect the property right of indigenes. He cautioned the Speaker against laws that will divide Lagos

Delta State High Court 2 sitting at Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area has convicted and sentenced two persons, Mr Theophilus Nwachukwu and Mr Christopher Emeka Okoli, to death by hanging on five court charges of conspiracy, kidnapping, armed robbery and illegal possession. The presiding judge, Hon. Justice R. Harriman, said the prosecution had proved

Popular street-hop artiste, Adekunle Temitope, popularly known as Small Doctor, has explained the reasons why Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable left his house after making fame. In an interview with the Echo Room on Thursday, Small Doctor described Portable as his boy who fled after being advised to do a body wash. He said, “When he met

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced his first appointments since inauguration for a second term in office. The governor re-appointed his former Chief of Staff, Mr. Tayo Ayinde, and Deputy Chief of Staff, Gboyega Soyannwo, to their former roles. Sanwo-Olu also appointed Bimbo Salu-Hundeyin as the Secretary to the State Government. Details later…

The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea ended Thursday with no new cases reported over the past 42 days after the last patient was discharged from treatment. The outbreak, which was declared on February 13, was the first of its kind in Equatorial Guinea. A total of 17 laboratory-confirmed cases and 12 deaths

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has commended the National Assembly for the passage of the Police Pension Board Bill and the Nigeria Police Force College, Training School and Institution (Establishment) Bill. The PUNCH reports that the Senate had on Tuesday announced that it had passed the bills. Reacting to the development during a press

The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 12 as a public holiday in commemoration of 2023 Democracy Day celebration. This was contained in a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade, on behalf of the Federal Government. While congratulating Nigerians on the occasion, Akinlade stated that the country’s

President Bola Tinubu is meeting with Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State and his Akwa Ibom counterpart, Umo Eno, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Our correspondent learnt that the meeting commenced a few minutes past 11 am. Eno was not present at the maiden parley the President had with the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) on

The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria has said that the price of Premium Motor Spirit also known as petrol is set to dwindle as private investors come into the oil sector. This was disclosed at a press conference organised by the National President of the association, Chinedu Okoronkwo, in Abuja on Wednesday. Okoronkwo restated

The Lagos State House of Assembly will soon make laws that will protect the interest of the indigenous people of the state. This was made known by speaker, Mudashiru Obasa in his acceptance speech after his re-election as the leader of the house. Obasa said lawmakers would go to any length in protecting the state

The Anambra State Police Command says it has rescued two persons accused of ritual killing by an irate mob in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state from being lynched to death. A man and a woman were being paraded naked by members of the community as they carried the corpses of the victims they

The Abbas/Kalu Campaign secretariat has said President Bola Tinubu, at his meeting with members-elect of the Senate, was firm on the zoning plan of the All Progressives Congress for the coming 10th National Assembly. Tinubu met with the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and 10th Senate members-elect elect, including aspirants for President of the Senate who are

The United Nations Children’s Fund and the National Population Commission have partnered with the National Youth Service Corps for the registration of 12.7 million births in 2023. The partnership will also include the issuance of birth certificates that provide the names and nationality of every child in Nigeria, under the age of 5, in 21

Seven people, including six children, have been injured in a mass stabbing in the town of Annecy in the French Alps on Thursday, security sources told AFP. A man armed with a knife attacked a group of children aged around three years old as they played in a park near the lake in the town

The 10th National Assembly will be inaugurated on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. This is according to an announcement, signed by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Sani Tambawal, on Thursday. According to the announcement, senators-elect and members-elect of the House of Representatives are to visit the Senate conference room 231 and the

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan chapter, Oyo State, on Thursday, called on President Bola Tinubu as well as the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba, to fish out the killers of Opeyemi Ajewole, a Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry Development at the institution. The PUNCH had reported that Ajewole was

A former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, has disagreed with the Governor of Rivers State, Sim Fubara, on his remarks that Rivers is a Christian state. In a tweet immediately after his inauguration on May 29, 2023, the governor stated that the state would stay strong in its Christian values. However, responding on Facebook Live,

WhatsApp on Thursday began letting select organisations to try a new feature called “Channels” that lets them broadcast to followers on the popular, Meta-owned messaging service. The debut comes as an array of agencies and organisations grow disenchanted with Elon Musk-owned Twitter in the face of fees, performance problems, and dramatically scaled-back content moderation. Meta