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 New York Imo Diaspora Coalition for Justice and Democracy (IDCJD) has announced the launch of “Operation Do the Math,” (ODM), which it said is “an international campaign to force the Supreme Court of Nigeria to review and reverse the ridiculous Imo State Governorship Elections judgement of January 14, 2020, where …

Research is supposed to be a major function of universities and other institutions of higher learning, but this has not been the case in most tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Research involves creative and systematic investigation that results in breakthroughs that should benefit society at large but the rot in Nigeria’s …

The Enugu State Government has disclosed that it approved the report of the joint committee of labour and the state government, set up by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, for negotiation of the consequential adjustment of the N30,000 Minimum Wage for the state civil servants, because of its commitment to workers’ welfare …

The Senate has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency declare a National Security Emergency to address the escalating challenges of insecurity faced by the country. The call was made moments before the upper chamber adjourned plenary on Wednesday, and after an exhaustive debate on a motion …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Wednesday, swore in Prof. Malachy Ikechukwu Okwueze, as his Deputy Chief of Staff. Prof. Okwueze’s appointment was announced last week by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya. The new Deputy Chief of Staff, until his appointment, was the Vice …

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Wednesday swore-in Chief Kesta Ogualili from Anambra state and Alhaji Yusuf Alao from Oyo State and 24 others as his Special Advisers. Ogualili, a Nigerian of Ibo tribe hails from Dunukofia local government, while Alao a Nigerian from the Yoruba tribe, is from …

The Enugu State Government has approved the payment of N30,000 minimum wage for the state’s workers with effect from February, 2020. The decision followed the submission of the report of the joint committee of labour and the state government set up by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, for the negotiation of the …

By Doris Esa Abuja, Jan. 28, 2020 A Photographer attached to Nigeria’s Chief of  Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Ibok-Ete Ibas, has won one of the Golden Fox Awards of the 2019 Calcutta International Film Festival in India. Petty Officer-Journalist (POJNL) Usman Abdulkareem won the award following his submission, a movie …

Akwa- Ibom State Governor, Mr.Udom Emmanuel has pledged to support the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) in its reform and privatisation mandate and called on Nigerians to support the privatisation agency in exercising its mandate. Receiving the management team of BPE, led by its Director General, Mr. Alex A. Okoh, …

In a bid to make Nigeria self-sufficient in tomato production, Dangote Tomatoes Processing Limited, owned by the younger brother of Africa’s richest man, Sani Dangote, has unveiled a N2.8 billion greenhouse nursery in Kano to supply the best quality tomato seedlings to Nigerian farmers. Speaking on the project, Sani Dangote said the …

By Oluwafunke Ishola Lagos, Jan. 28, 2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO) says halting the spread of novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), both in China and globally, is the top most priority of the health agency. Its Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, made the assertion on Tuesday at a meeting with President Xi …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has encouraged Nigerians to seek happiness through a better, enriching way, by touching lives and supporting education in the country. He gave the advice on Tuesday while speaking to students of St. Mary’s Prestigious College, …

Nairobi, January 28, 2020 Authorities in Somaliland should immediately release journalist Abdirahman Mohamed Hiddig from prison and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ, said Tuesday. On January 15, authorities in the town of Erigavo, in the eastern Sanaag region, detained Abdirahman, a reporter with the …

The Federal Government is committed to providing an enabling envir   onment for businesses to succeed, as partnerships between the public and private sectors remain the most viable means of bringing prosperity to the masses. President Muhammadu Buhari, according to a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President …

  The ‘Never Again Conference’ with the theme:  “Nigerian Civil War: 50 Years After,” organised by Nzuko Umunna and Ndigbo Lagos, in collaboration with Civil Society Organizations was held at the Agip Recital Hall, MUSON Center, Onikan, Lagos, Nigeria on January 13, 2019. Very important personalities attended the Conference and pictures by …

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, in Bayelsa on Tuesday shut down the Treasury Building, Yenagoa to protest the non implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage and non payment of December salaries of some workers in the state. The workers, who shunned entreaties from Gov Seriake Dickson’s emissary and booed the …

By Grace Alegba Lagos, Jan. 28, 2020 More buildings on right of way along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway are to be demolished to pave way for the expansion of the road. The Director of the South West Zone of Federal Highways Department, Mr Funso Adebiyi, made the announcement on Tuesday in …

Minister of Transportation, Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has announced plans by the Federal Government to construct the Port Harcourt-Maiduguri Rail line. He said the President has also approved the building of two new seaports. One in Bonny, Rivers State and the other in Warri, Delta State. Amaechi expressed the …

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, convicted Damilola Ahmed Adeyeri and his mother, Alaba Kareem Adeyeri, on a four-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of $82, 570. 00, (Eighty Two Thousand Five Hundred and …

Konga Travel and Tours, a 21st century lifestyle travel booking agency, has disclosed the best time to travel for pregnant women and intending mothers. According to Konga Travel, choosing the best time to travel is essential owing to the need to avert complications in pregnancy which may harm the mother …

By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, Jan. 28, 2020 Bayelsa residents on Tuesday said that power supply has deteriorated one month after the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) and Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) reached an agreement to restore supply. The youths had shut down the operations of the electricity DISCO in …

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said no one in government should be afraid of audit if they have done the right thing. The President, therefore, encouraged public servants to see audit as a means of improving their performance and not as a threat. Declaring open the second edition of …

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, was guest lecturer at the National Defence College, in Abuja, Tuesday, with the governor being frank in engaging his audience, participants of course 28, amongst them top military officers and civilian policy makers from Nigeria and other foreign countries. Zulum said, the unwillingness of …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday disclosed that a new Board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will be constituted and sent to the National Assembly for confirmation. The disclosure was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and dated December 23, 2019. According to the …

By Sandra Umeh Lagos, Jan. 28, 2020 A Federal High Court in Lagos has further adjourned until April 8, hearing in a suit challenging the imposition of levies in the Ikeja Computer Village. The fundamental rights suit, marked FHC/L/CS/1568/19, is filed by one Prince Ochokwu Obieze through his lawyer, Mr …