Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has lamented that his family is traumatised due to the picketing of his residence by members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). The Minister disclosed this in an interview with journalists at the presidential villa in Abuja, on Thursday. According to Ngige,Continue Reading
The 2019 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has assured Nigerians that he would accept the verdict of the Presidential Election Tribunal on his petition challenging the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari as winner of the election. He gave the assurance while stating that he would not allowContinue Reading
Nigerians are groaning again in darkness after the national electricity grid suffered a major failure on Wednesday, seizing power supply to homes amidst scorching weather conditions. The collapse has seen Nigeria’s electricity output dwindle to a meagre 230 megawatts or less for a population exceeding 180 million, Premium Times learnt.Continue Reading
A group of gunmen has shot and killed a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Benson Omunakwe. Omunakwe was killed at Agip Estate in Port Harcourt on Wednesday night. The gunmen were said to have driven into the estate where he lived and shot their victim. Omunakwe was a formerContinue Reading
A group of five armed robbers were said to have blown up an automated teller machine, making away with all the cash they got from it. The incident, which happened in Mpumalamga area of South Africa, was reported by Iharare on Thursday. The Online platform reported that the dare-devil robbersContinue Reading
The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has reiterated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has no powers to investigate financial transactions of his government. He said that before EFCC can investigate his government, the anti-graft agency must first vacate the Federal High Court judgment that declared that itContinue Reading
President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele for a second term in office. A letter for the tenure renewal was signed by Buhari on Wednesday and has now been sent to the senate for confirmation. The CBN Act stipulates that the senateContinue Reading
Music star, Davido, has expressed his disappointment at the ruling of the Court of Appeal which declared Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the elected governor of Osun State. Davido took to his Instagram page to react to the court ruling which was not in favourContinue Reading
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has disclosed that it will proceed to the Supreme Court to challenge the verdict of the Appeal Court given in favour of Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as winner of the Osun 2018 governorship election. This was contained in a statement signedContinue Reading
The appeal court says it will deliver judgement on the appeal filed by Walter Onnoghen, suspended chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), on Friday. The announcement was contained in a short statement issued by Sa’adatu Musa Kachalla, spokesperson of the court, on Thursday . “Notice is hereby given. That The AppealContinue Reading
