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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday warned against any attempt to tamper with the political structure in Rivers State. He gave the warning at a closed-door meeting with members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum led by its Chairman, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State in Abuja. Mohammed was accompanied to the …

President Bola Tinubu has once again warned ministers in his cabinet that he would not hesitate to fire any of them who did not perform as expected. The president who reiterated his position on Wednesday at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja, while opening a three-day 2023 Cabinet Retreat for Ministers, presidential aides, Permanent Secretaries, and top government functionaries, …

The Director-General of National Youth Service Corp (NYSC), Yushau Dogara Ahmed, has announced that Zamfara state will not hold the 2023 Batch ‘C’ orientation exercise. In an interview with TVC on Wednesday, he said, “Yes the orientation exercise will be carried out in all the orientation camps except in one State which is Zamfara State, we have looked at the …

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against the use of four products containing potent medicinal ingredients, steroids, and other banned substances. The agency gave the warning in an alert signed by its Director-General of the agency, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, on Sunday in Abuja. She said NAFDAC was notified of the product in …

From left, Dr Rufai Oseni, Dr Ayo Arowojolu and Mrs Arowojolu [PhD] It is not out of immodesty to refer to Oseni Rufai as a “son” especially in the Media profession. Rufai is today arguably the most celebrated(sometimes controversial) journalist or broadcast presenter in Nigeria. He is one I am very proud of. His trajectory in life has been on …

● Says it is highly unscientific and ubreal Pro-Democracy group- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA)-has castigated the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for breaching scientific methodology and accuracy of existential, real time facts in reaching a jaundiced determination of what it calls Nigeria’s unemployment rate that in its imagination has recorded a dramatic drop from 33.1 per cent …

The Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has appealed to the Nigerian Army to send more soldiers to the state in order to tackle the continuous killing of farmers by suspected armed herdsmen. Alia made the appeal on Tuesday during a courtesy visit to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, at the Army Headquarters, Abuja. The governor also …

A rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has raised the alarm over the status of the new Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, who it alleged abandoned her mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme. In Nigeria, fresh graduates are mandated to serve the nation for one year before seeking employment, but …

Access Holdings has reported that its group gross earnings for the first half of 2023 rose by 58.89 per cent to N940.31 billion, compared to the N591.80 billion turnover generated in the same period in 2022. This was disclosed in Access Holdings’ consolidated and separate interim financial statements for the period ended June 30, 2023, obtained on Sunday. READ ALSO: …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, berated President Bola Tinubu’s administration for deceiving Nigerians with propaganda. The former Vice President was reacting to a retraction by the presidency about Tinubu’s activities at the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) in the United States. The president rang the closing bell at the Nasdaq Stock Market in …