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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Mr Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, effective August 27, 2026 as Erstwhile Head of Service retires. Mr Enitan succeeds Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, who would retire soon from the Federal Civil Service upon attaining the statutory retirement age of […]
By LOVETH-AZODO CHIJIOKE, Lagos Persistent failure to submit audited financial statements, outstanding regulatory obligations and failure to meet key conditions for capital verification have emerged as some of the reasons certain insurance companies were excluded from the list of firms that successfully completed the recent recapitalisation exercise. Among the companies affected are NICON…
*Hakeem Baba-Ahmed The National Chairman of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, has said President Bola Tinubu will lose the 2027 presidential election before 4 p.m. if the exercise is free, fair and credible. Baba-Ahmed spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday. “If it is a credible, free […]
Sen. Rochas Okorocha has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for publishing the name of Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo as the candidate for Imo West Senatorial District election scheduled for 2027. Okorocha, in the suit filed by his lawyer, O.J. Aboje, joined Uzodinma and the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News […]
The Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission has effected transfer of regulatory oversight of the electricity market in Akwa Ibom State from the Commission to the Akwa Ibom State Electricity Regulatory Commission (AKSERC). Consequently, it ordered the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company to incorporate a subsidiary (PHED SubCo) for the assumption of responsibilities for intrastate […]
The Federal Government has boosted power transmission and supplies within Lagos state with the commissioning of four newly upgraded substations installed with new transformers. Representing the Federal government, the Minister of power, Engr. Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe commissioned a total of seven 132/33kV power transformers and a 330kV power transformer projects installed in various substations…
…Dressed in tactical uniform, with fake pistol, allegedly extorting motorists The Department of State Services (DSS) late on Wednesday in Abuja arrested a man identified as Moferewa Maiye, discovered to be impersonating a personnel of the Service. Maiye, who claimed to hail from Agbajojun Village, Mopamuro Local Government Area of Kogi State, was trailed […]
At least 24 bandits were killed on Tuesday after soldiers of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), Katsina Community Watch Corps foiled an attempt to mass-kidnap persons in Gidan Bawa village, Kandarawa Ward, Bakori Local Government Area of the state. According to a security source, the operation followed […]
President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi; his African Action Congress (AAC) counterpart, Omoyele Sowore; and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Donald Duke, among others, have signed the National Peace Accord, months before the 2027 elections. […]
The three tiers of government have harvested bumper revenue as the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) has disbursed a first of its kind total sum of ₦3.007 trillion to the three tiers as revenue for the Month of July, 2026. The allocation was disclosed at the end its monthly meeting held in Owerri, […]