UNGA PRESIDENT MUHAMMAD-BANDE, URGES SUPPORT FOR LEBANON

President of the United Nations General Assembly, Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has urged the international community to stand by the people of Lebanon following the August 4 deadly explosions in Beirut.…

PAY OUR 4 YEARS PENSION ARREARS , GRATUITIES , PENSIONERS BEG WIKE

Pensioners in Rivers State have appealed to Governor Nyesom Wike to pay their four years pension arrears and gratuities owed them to “help change our pitiable living conditions”. The pensioners,…

JOBS IN JULY : UK SHEDS FURTHER 114,000

The number of workers on UK company payrolls slumped by a further 114,000 in July from June on the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Tuesday. A total…

LEBANESE EXPLOSION FALLOUT CONTINUES , PM TO ANNOUNCE RESIGNATION OF CABINET

Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab was expected to announce his government’s resignation Monday amid popular outrage over the deadly Beirut port explosion that has reignited angry street protests. The under-fire…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

DEMANDS PROSECUTION OF FAILED CONTRACTORS, NDDC WRITES IG

The management of the Niger Delta Development Commission has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, seeking the arrest and prosecution of contractors, who collected mobilisation funds, but refused to…