The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has announced plans to confer an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc Honoris Causa) degree on the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, in recognition of his exceptional leadership and contributions to governance in Rivers State and Nigeria. The Vice-Chancellor of UNIPORT, Prof. Owunari Abraham Georgewill, disclosed…
Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State says it took him a year to decide to join the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in 2013. Soludo disclosed this on Wednesday in Awka while welcoming 15,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra, who defected to APGA. He said: “The first political party I joined…
Four persons have been confirmed dead from Easter Sunday’s attack by suspected cultists on Swali community in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several residents of the community were injured in the attack. A resident, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN on Tuesday that the assailants wore masks. The resident said the…
Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have intercepted $1,154,900 and SR135,900 undeclared foreign currency at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA). NCS spokesman, Abdullahi Maiwada, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said the seizure was made recently during a routine baggage check on an inbound passenger, Hauwa Ibrahim Abdullahi, who arrived…
The Kano State Executive Council, under the leadership of Governor Abba Yusuf, has approved over ₦19 billion for the execution of development projects across several sectors of the state. Briefing newsmen after the council meeting on Sunday in Kano, the Commissioner for Information and Internal Strategy, Ibrahim Waiya, said the projects cut across education, health,…
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Calabar has remanded one Insp Effiong Bassey, in a correctional facility for shooting dead a retired police officer’s wife and injuring two others. Bassey was ordered to be remanded by Chief Magistrate Mercy Ene led court during his arraignment on Monday. The Insp was remanded following an exparte motion…
Nigeria’s Vice-President Kashim Shettima has said President Bola Tinubu’s reforms are reshaping the economy and opening new doors for global partnerships. Shettima spoke on Monday in Abuja during a meeting with a VISA delegation led by Tareq Muhmood, the company’s Regional President for Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEMEA). He described…
The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cautioned members against anti-party activities and all acts of insubordination. The party’s leadership issued the warning in Gusau on Tuesday in a statement signed by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris. “The Zamfara APC chapter discovered a suspicious speculative information being spread in an…
The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the Yuan, weakened 72 Pips to 7.1982 against the dollar on Wednesday. This is according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China, the central parity rate of the Yuan against the dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has taken possession of Wadata Plaza, the building used by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as its National Secretariat, due to 28 years of unpaid ground rent. Director of Lands at the FCTA, Mr Chijoke Nwankwoeze, said the action followed the revocation of the property’s land title, which was…
