court strikes out suit against sovereign wealth authority md

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday struck out a suit praying for an order suspending the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, Uche Orji,…

(BREAKING) INSECURITY: BUHARI PRESIDES OVER MEETING WITH NORTH-EASTERN GOVERNORS, SERVICE CHIEFS

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) is currently meeting state governors from the North-East and security chiefs. The meeting, holding inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja, is part of the…

IN NORTH -EAST-NEDC THERE’LL BE PEACE AND STABILITY

The North-East Development Commission has said the development master plan for the troubled sub-region will be available soon. According to a statement on Sunday, the Managing Director of the NEDC,…

AGAIN, LEBANESE JUSTICE MINISTER RESIGNS OVER BERUIT EXPLOSION

Lebanon’s justice minister quit on Monday in the third cabinet resignation since a deadly blast blamed on state negligence ripped through the capital, a ministry official told AFP. Marie Claude…

WASSCE: OSUN ENJOINS N-POWER TEACHERS TO RESUME

Osun State Government on Monday pleaded with former N-Power teachers handling Senior Secondary School Three classes before they were exited from the scheme, to return to schools for revision classes.…

OYO, EKITI COMMISSIONERS RECOVER FROM COVID-19

The Ekiti State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Olawale Fapohunda, and the Oyo State Commissioner for Information Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu  Olatubosun, have recovered from COVID-19 Fapohunda…

FRENCH PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE THE MURDER OF FRENCH WORKERS IN NIGER

France’s anti-terror prosecutor’s office said Monday it would probe the killing of eight people, including French aid workers, by gunmen in Niger. It would investigate charges of “assassinations with links…

(UPDATED) ondo: deputy gov, ajayi ditches pdp

The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party. Ajayi, who lost the primary of the PDP to Mr Eyitayo Jegede, was…

JAMB: SET TO MEET VARSITIES TO FIX NEW DATE, FOR 2020 ADMISSION PROCESS

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Sunday, said it was considering a new date for the commencement of the 2020 university admission process. It added that it had scheduled…

NDDC AND THE TRAGEDY OF A NATION

First of all, let me put my cards on the table: I am a friend of the Niger Delta region. Some of my dearest buddies come from that region. Chief…