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A former Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (Nimasa), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, on Thursday refused a report on the release of the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, from the Congress of all Progressive (APC). Jamoh, a leading APC chief in the state of Kaduna, spoke with a journalist in Kaduna after a grassroots tour …

CDCFIB rejects 15 correction service officers, demote 59, regulates others Abuja (basic reporter) The Commission for Civil, Corrective Protection Services, Fires and Immigration (CDCFIB) has recommended the injure for 15 correction service for serious bad conduct and violation of service regulations A declaration by the deputy manager of the head of the public relations of the corrections, Umar Abubakar said …

The state government of Lagos on Thursday defended its decision to prohibit the use of disposable styrofoams in the state. The state government banned the use of Styrofoam and other disposable plastic in January 2024 after years of advocacy from environmental experts, civil society groups, and public health stakeholders. In a verified postal post, Commissioner of State for the environment …

Barcelona said that he had stripped Marc-Andre Ter Stegen of the captain’s range in a continuous dispute on the state of fitness of the German goalkeeper. “As a consequence of the disciplinary procedures launched against the player Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, and until these proceedings are definitively resolved, the club … decided to temporarily remove him as the captain of the …

Nigerian currency, Naira, appreciated the US dollar in an official window on Thursday. Foreign exchange data of Bank Nigeria (CBN) central bank shows that Naira is closed on N1, 533.73/$ 1 compared to N1, 534.43/$ 1 which is traded on Wednesday. This represents profit N0.70 for local currencies against American Greenback. In the black market, Naira closes flatly against the …

The Popular Party (App) of Action People (App) threatened to boycott the local government’s elections scheduled for August 30th in the State. The president of the party in the state, Sunny Wokekoro, revealed it in an interview with our correspondent Thursday in Port Harcourt. According to him, the decision to boycott the elections is based on a directive of the …

The former candidate for the President of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general election, Omoyle Sowore, had told how the police team was allegedly by force entering the cell where he was, with a brutal he, broke his right hand and took him to other facilities at the Department of Intelligence Force in Abuja. In a post …

President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu appointed Engr. Abdullahi Garba Ramat as president/CEO of the Commission for the regulation of Nigerian electricity (DEIGN). Engr Ramat, 39, is an electrical engineer and administrator, with a doctorate under strategic management, among other qualifications. President Tinubu also appointed two commissioners for the Nearc, presidential adviser on information and strategies, said Bayo Onanuga in …

The Director General of the National Agency for Administration and Medicine and Medicine Control (Nafdac), Professor Mojisola Adeyeye, has stressed that genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food are not harmful to human health, provided that appropriate safety protocols are strictly observed. Speaking during an interview broadcast television on television channels on Thursday, Prof. Adeyeye clarified broad concerns about GMO, emphasizing …

The former media aide for former Muhammadu Buhari President Lauretta Onochie, has summoned the President of Bola Tinubu, saying he runs Nigeria as a private WhatsApp group after the President’s failure to appoint a replacement for the country’s ambassador two years after taking over his position. In a post that he shared in his X -was grip on Thursday, Onochie, …