Enugu: Mr Ogbonna Idike, the former Chairman of Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area in Enugu State, has debunked insinuations of his involvement in arson and destruction of houses in Ikolo community in Igbo-Etiti council area. Idike told newsmen in Enugu on Wednesday that the insinuations that he was involvedContinue Reading
By Biola Lawal (Flowerbudnews): The Chairman of ECOWAS Inter-ministerial Committee On Social Protection, Dr. Betta Edu has enjoined Member States to address Humanitarian And Poverty Challenges In West Africa using newly adopted regional social protection framework. Dr. Edu, who is Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation alsoContinue Reading
No fewer than 25 lives were lost while 15 others were seriously injured in a petrol tanker fire on Tuesday in Kwara State. The incident occurred due to an accident at Peke village along the Oko-Olowo area on the Ilorin/Bode-Saadu/Jebba express road. The accident involved a petrol tankerContinue Reading
The Supreme Court has ruled that both the old and the redesigned Naira banknotes remain valid legal tenders in the country beyond December 31. The apex court, in a ruling by a seven-man panel led by Justice Inyang Okoro, on Wednesday, said the banknotes should remain in circulation, pendingContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam Malam Mele Kyari, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has urged stakeholders and Nigerians to refrain from issuing congratulatory messages on his re-appointment. Kyari, in a statement issued on Wednesday by Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPCL, Olufemi Soneye, expressed gratitude toContinue Reading
Commissioner for Science and Technology in Abia, Mr Chima Oriaku, has expressed the Gov. Alex Otti-led administration’s commitment to fully digitalising the state civil service system by March 2024. Oriaku stated this in Umuahia during the sensitisation and training organised by Xerox Nigeria Limited for civil/public servants in ministries,Continue Reading
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has approved the payment of wage award to civil servants and pensioners in the state as a measure to mitigate the impact of subsidy removal. The Governor stated that the action was in a continuation of his avowed commitmentContinue Reading
Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on Tuesday said the automation of Nigeria’s passport application is 99 per cent completed. Ojo, speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today said the automated application will become operational in a week’s time noting that after completion, Nigerians will only go toContinue Reading
By Paul Ejime Nigerian philanthropist General TY Danjuma (GCON) (Rtd) has commissioned a state-of-the-art high-efficiency Medical Centre in Enugu, Enugu State capital built and equipped by the TY Danjuma Foundation, in furtherance of his commitment to transforming the lives of the poor. At a ceremony on Tuesday 28th November,Continue Reading
