President Bola Tinubu has appointed nine people into the Board of Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP). This was made known in a press statement signed by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Wednesday. According to the statement, the appointment is to further expedite the process of expanding consumer…
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has asserted that many people will not recognise Nigeria again by the time President Bola Tinubu finishes his remaining years in office. Akpabio stated this on Tuesday while flagging off Kugbo Bus Terminal in Abuja. Akpabio expressed his confidence in Tinubu’s leadership, saying, “I have no doubt that by the time…
The Government of Cross River State has enforced a ban on tricycles (keke napep) and commercial motorcycles around Calabar metropolis. This was disclosed in a public service announcement with reference number: SSG/SSO/430/S.I/VOL.II/445, signed by Maj. Gen. Okoi Ubi Obono, State Security Adviser, on Tuesday, 2nd July 2024. Accordingly, operators are advised to adhere to the…
…Set to Flag off State-wide Ambulance Service In fulfilment of his campaign promise to set up an insurance scheme that will seek to make healthcare delivery service easily available, accessible and affordable, Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has inaugurated a 15-member Health Insurance Agency Board. The Governor also disclosed that the state government…
President Joe Biden’s family is encouraging him to stay in the race according to a new report from the New York Times. The “strongest voice” in the family for him to remain in the race was Hunter Biden, who Joe calls the “smartest” man he knows. Other family members seemed to be on board, with…
…While voters rebuked Canada’s ruling party in a Toronto by-election, a protest candidate made history A musician from Montreal has recorded a historic first for Canada, by receiving no votes while standing in a federal election. Felix-Antoine Hamel put his name forward in Toronto-St. Paul, as part of a protest by the Longest Ballot Committee,…
Sen. Lindsey Graham has suggested that President Joe Biden could be subject to criminal charges over the murder of Georgia nursing student, Laken Riley, by an illegal immigrant. Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student at the University of Georgia, was brutally killed while out running by Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal immigrant from Venezuela. Ibarra…
Vice President Kashim Shettima has referred President Bola Tinubu as “poor man”, asking Nigerians to be fair to him, saying no economy globally is not experiencing difficulties. VP Shettima also dismissed insinuations about Tinubu’s health, saying his principal is a man full of ideas. His stated this on Friday during a town hall meeting by…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight new Federal Permanent Secretaries to fill in existing and impending vacancies in some states and geopolitical zones in the top administrative cadre of the Civil Service of the Federation. The new Federal Permanent Secretaries appointed after a diligent selection process by the Office of the Head…
The Coalition of South South Civil Society Organisations, comprising over 28 rights groups in the Niger Delta region has urged President Bola Tinubu never to contemplate reappointing the erstwhile Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Beta Edu. Recall that Dr Edu was suspended barely six months into her appointment following several allegations including…
