The national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced suspension of the ongoing State Congress in Oyo state due to forging of documents meant for the exercise and other irregularities. Governor of Yobe state and Chairman, Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, gave the ordered. In a statement signed by the party’s National Secretary Sen. Read More
A Kwara state High court sitting in Ilorin, Friday, sacked the Transitional Implementation Committees (TIC) chairmen and executive members in the 16 local government councils of the state. A judgement the state government said it would appeal. Delivering his ruling, the presiding judge, Justice H. A. Gegele, described the action of the governor (and the government) as “executive rascality and Read More
Gombe state government has stopped 731 workers from receiving September salaries for being absent from work. The state Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development, Mr. Muhammad Magaji, who stated this at the monthly news conference on implementation of the Biometric Attendance Verification for the Civil Servants Tuesday, added that 170 others were being investigated. Magaji said the state government saved Read More
This article is a reaction to the Association of Bureau De Change Operators of Nigeria (ABCON) press released in Lagos that was widely reported in the media lately. ABCON said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) must urgently consult with licensed BDC operators to resolve the issues that trailed the regulator’s foreign exchange (forex) suspensionpolicy. This portrays ABCON said “if Read More
The bloody attack in the Ansongo Circle, Mali, that took place on August 8 shocked the international community: shortly before nightfall armed men arrived on motorcycles and opened fire on civilians of the villages of Ouattagouna, Karou, Dirga, and Daoutegueft. According to the Malian Armed Forces’ Directorate of Information and Public Relations (Dirpa), at least 49 people were killed in Read More
For the third time, Imo residents have continued to sit at home despite the directive by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) that it has been suspended until when their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is taken to court. Our correspondent gathered that majority of residents have bought the idea of sitting at home on Mondays with or without an order Read More
In the wake of the raging crisis rocking the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), though with a semblance of calm at the moment, there was a dramatic twist from its members in the House of Representatives last week. JOSHUA EGBODO writes on the discordance. Emergence of the Minority vs PDP caucus leadership Way back just after inauguration of the Read More
Adamawa state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Alhaji Ibrahim Bilal has slammed indefinite suspension on Yola North local government party chairman, Alh. Sulaiman Adamu, for allegedly wishing President Muhammadu Buhari dead with coronavirus. The party set up a 7-man disciplinary committee to investigate the allegations and recommended the sanction. The party’s decision was taken at an Read More
The Electricity market regulator, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission , NERC, has directed the Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN to suspend evacuation of electricity to eligible customers introduced by the former Minister of Power, Babatunde Fashola. Fashola, who is now the Minister of Works and Housing, was the Minister of Power, Works and Housing during the first tenure of President Muhammadu Read More
The governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on the platform of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) has appealed to the National Association of Residents Doctors (NARD) to negotiate their grievances with affected state governments and end the ongoing nationwide strike. The APC governors also said that issues affecting resident doctors in federal establishments should be negotiated with the Read More
The suspension of DCP Abba Kyari, the erswhile head of intelligence response unit, by the Police Service Commission on the directive of the inspector general of police, did not come to many Nigerians as a surprise. The highly decorated super cop who in the last one decade was in the good news for busting criminal syndicates has been indicted by Read More
The embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari has been recommended for immediate suspension from the country’s Police force following a multi-million dollar bribery alleged levelled against him. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Baba gave the recommendatiom pending the outcome of an ongoing internal investigation involving him. The IGP, in his letter to the Police Service Commission, Read More
Keren- Happuch: Mother of dead rape victim breaks down, demands justiceBy Bode OlagokeAbujaThe mother of Keren-Happuch, Mrs. Vivien Akpagher has broken her silence and spoke for the first time since her daughter died following medical complications arising from condom, which was left inside daughter by the rapist, infecting the daughter with sepsis and resulting in her death on 22nd of Read More
The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has suspended its Enugu state chapter election that was earlier scheduled to hold on Monday, 12 July 2021. NYCN president Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo who announced in a statement, Sunday explained that the suspension became necessary based on a pending case in court. Sukubo who doubles as the Secretary of NYCN Board of Read More
MTN Nigeria led other telcos, including Airtel, Glo and 9mobile as it accounted for most of the over 3.55 million data subscribers lost in March, 2021, according information obtained from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The decline in the number of telco subscribers could be attributed to the recent suspension of SIM card sales and registration, as Nigerians grapple with Read More
Following the ban on Twitter’s operation, Nigeria’s economy may have declined by billions of naira as many businesses which rely on Twitter to promote their services have been counting their losses three days after the federal government gave the directive. On Tuesday 1st of June 2021, Twitter had deleted a post made by the Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, where he Read More
The International Press Institute (IPI) has expressed concern over the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the federal government. In a statement jointly signed by its chairman Kabiru Yusuf and secretary Raheem Adedoyin in Nigeria Saturday, they said the ban is detrimental to the free press in Nigeria which uses twitter as a major platform. “IPI notes the concern Read More
The Chairman, West Link Airlines, Capt. Ibrahim Mshelia, has advocated that stiffer sanctions be slammed on airlines that violate the operational requirements and regulations of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) . This is to deter others who would engage in illegal flight operations as against their Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC). SULEIMAN IDRIS reports. Charter services Capt Mshelia’s position follows Read More
The suspension of the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, was politically motivated by desperate politicians seeking to run for president in 2023, a northern group has alleged. The group, Concerned Northern Forum (CNF), stated that the NPA boss was suspended “because she blocked all financial loopholes which such politicians have been using to milk the Read More
The leadership crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has degenerated to the suspension of Kuje Caretaker Committee chairman of the party by 10 ward leaders after a meeting where a vote of no confidence was passed on the party executive. The suspension of the Kuje party chairman, Hon. Read More
The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi has inaugurated a seven-man panel of enquiry to probe the suspension of the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Hajia Hazida Bala-Usman. According to him, the panel is to examine and investigate the administrative policies and strategies adopted by the suspended Managing Director while at the helms and confirm compliance with Read More
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday May 4, 2021 suspended three local government council chairmen over alleged disregard for the guidelines governing their activities. The House said it could no longer continue to watch while the council chairmen stubbornly flout the state’s local government guidelines. The affected chairmen included Hon. Ogidan Mukandasi Olaitan of Lekki Local Council Development Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has reiterated that Oando Plc Annual General Meeting (AGM) stands suspended in the latest twist in the long-running battle between the regulator and Oando. SEC in a statement at the weekend quashed conflicting reports that the suspension has been lifted. The commission recalled that in 2017, it received petitions from two shareholders of Oando Read More
Channels Television has been slammed with a suspension by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The privately-managed station has also been fined N5 million for breaching the broadcast code. Details loading…
Fifa has banned ex-president Sepp Blatter from football until 2028 after giving him a new suspension of six years and eight months. Former Fifa general secretary Jerome Valcke has received a similar ban, with both also being fined £780,000. The punishments were for “various violations” of Fifa’s code of ethics. The new bans start when the current suspensions of 85-year-old Read More
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