 President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Mele Kolo Kyari as the new Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). The corporation disclosed this in a statement released by the NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs, Mr. Ndu Ughamadu,in Abuja, on Thursday. He said that the appointment will take effect from July…
Contrary to widespread rumour on social media last week that the United States of America placed a ban on student Visa for prospecting students who are willing to proceed to the US in furtherance of their education. The US embassy in Nigeria has denied that the news is nothing but a fake spread by unscrupulous…
The Ekiti State Council for Arts and Culture is out to support and promote diligent and sustainable endeavours aimed at value reorientation , cultural rejuvenation and arts resucitation among the youths in Ekiti State The Director General ,Ekiti State Council for Arts and Culture , Wale Ojo Lanre made this assurance while playing host to…
The National Broadcasting Commission on Thursday announced the suspension of the licences of the African Independent Television and Ray Power FM belonging to the Daar Communications Limited. The NBC Director-General, Dr Modibbo Kawu, stated this at a press briefing in Abuja, saying the Daar Communication Limited’s media houses’ shutdown was until further notice. The offences…
Since Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State lost in his bid to installed his candidate as the governor of the Pacesetters state at the April polls, he and his wife have been moving huge sums of money in batches from the Government House. Firstly, a whopping 500million naira was moved to their Oluyole residence intact….
The current predicament of Wale Tinubu, the controversial Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Oando PLC by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has only portrayed the popular parlance of ‘everyday for the thief, one day for the owner.’ On Friday, the SEC announced the dismissal of Wale Tinubu and other directors of Oando over…
An official steward to Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, has allegedly committed suicide at the Government House, Maiduguri. The steward, identified as John Achagwa, allegedly hanged himself on a Neem (Dongoyaro) tree at the back of the Presidential Lodge, Government House, yesterday afternoon. It is not clear why the man decided to take his life,…
When Muslims all over the world celebrate Eid-Fitr, next week, their counterparts in Daura, Katsina State, the birth place of President Muhammadu Buhari, will not be part of the celebrations. This came as Northern Governors, yesterday, met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential villa, Abuja, where they lamented that banditry and…
All is set for the formal launch of Abebi Reproductive Health Foundation (ARHF) – a women’s reproductive health NGO that seek to support women who has been diagnosed of Ovarian Cyst or Fibroid. According to the initiator, Ladi Taiwo, a UK based Journalist/Broadcaster, ‘’Grieve can lead you down the path of self-discovery if you let…
Barely a day after the Kano State House of Assembly (KNHA), approved the amendment of the Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs law, paving way for Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to sign the bill into law that creates four new emirates and whittles down the Emir of Kano’s power and influence, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday…
