BENUE SECURITY: ARMY TO SURGE DEPLOYMENT TO CURB BANDITS, MILITIA GROUPS ACTIVITIES
Oct 31, 2023 The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja has said the Nigerian Army (NA) would surge troops’ deployment in Benue State in the few months…
Senate confirms Zaccheus Adedeji as FIRS Chairman
Oct.31, 2023 The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Mr Zaccheus Adedeji as the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS). This follows the adoption of a motion by the…
NAPTIP rescues 14 children trafficked from Plateau
Oct. 31, 2023 The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has rescued 14 children that were trafficked from Plateau to Lagos State. Mr Adole Agada, the…
#ENDSARS: NHRC receives panel reports from 16 out of 29 states
Oct. 31, 2023 The National human rights Commission (NHRC) has received reports from 16 states out of 29 on the #ENDSARS panels. The Executive Secretary of NHRC Mr Anthony Ojukwu,…
Tinubu seeks Senate confirmation of 10 INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners
Oct 31, 2023 President Bola Tinubu has sought the approval of Senate for confirmation of 10 nominees for appointment as Resident Electoral Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC….
Jury orders Mitsubishi to pay $977 mln over crash involving defective seatbelt
October 31, 2023 A Pennsylvania jury has ordered Mitsubishi Motors to pay nearly $977 million in damages to a man who said he became a quadriplegic in a vehicle rollover…
Fourteen year old girl in Police custody, confesses to masterminding murder of FUT lecturer
Oct. 31, 2023 The Police Command in Niger says it has arrested Joy Afekafe, the prime suspect in the killing of Dr. Funmilola Adefolalu, a lecturer with the Federal University…
OPEC oil output rises for third month – Reuters survey finds
October 31, 2023 OPEC oil output has risen for a third straight month in October, a Reuters survey found on Tuesday, led by increases in Nigeria and Angola and despite…
Reps invite minister over N1.1trn conditional cash transfer
Oct. 31, 2023 The House of Representatives has invited the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu over the formula for the planned distribution of N1.1 trillion…
CBN says no plan to redenominate the Naira
Oct. 31, 2023 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has no be plans to redenominate Nigeria’s legal tender, the Naira. CBN’s Director, Corporate Communications Department, Isa AbdulMumim, made…