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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of eight new permanent secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The appointment, according to him, followed the conclusion of the selection process conducted by the Office of the Head of the …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has resolved to appeal the judgement that disqualified its governorship candidate in Bayelsa, Timipreye Sylva, from the November 11 election in the state. Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday night, disqualified the former minister of state for petroleum from taking part in the election. The judge, who delivered the ruling …

A Nigerian Army Special Court-martial sitting in Abuja on Tuesday sentenced a former Group Managing Director, Nigerian Army Properties Limited, Maj.-Gen. Umar Mohammed, to 7 years imprisonment for stealing the sum of $2,178,900 and N1.65 billion belonging to the Nigerian Army Property Limited (NAPL). Mohammed was sentenced after the court found him guilty of 14 count charges out of 18 …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has constituted a Special National Media/Publicity Committee for the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Debo Ologunagba disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The committee is headed by Ologunagba while Mr. Richard Ihediwa and Mr. Ibu Thomas will serve as the secretary …

The Palestinian militant group, Hamas, has released 24 hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza. The Qatari foreign ministry spokesman, Majed Al Ansari, confirmed the development on X platform, formerly Twitter. The hostages handed over to the Red Cross by the group comprised 13 Israelis, 10 Thais and one Filipino in a deal brokered by Qatar. The Gulf State worked …

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has suspended its planned daily nationwide protest after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of the Senate. NARD President, Emeka Orji, made this known in a chat with newsmen after the meeting on Tuesday, adding, however, that there will be a review in the next 72 hours. “We met with the Senate president, …

A Nigerian writer and television personality, Charles Ndukauba, has been verified by the Guinness World Record to host the longest television talk show marathon. Ndukauba who posted the news on Facebook, said the show which is set to commence in 2024, will see him trying to set a 75-hour mark to break the previous record of 72 hr 18 min, …

  Reno Omokri. I guess a lot of guys know him. He struck me early an intelligent guy, especially given his often beautiful prose. But, how wrong I was! Later day events gave a different picture. First, he lacks consistency. And most tragically, he lacks focus and direction. Can you imagine that, a dude who spewed some much rubbish about …

President Bola Tinubu has requested the House of Representatives confirmation of nominees into the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The president in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, and read at Tuesday’s plenary in Abuja, said the request was in line with section 2(2) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (Establishment, …

Tanko Yunusa, a senior member of the Labour Party, criticised the verdict by the President Election Petitions Court on Thursday that upheld President Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the victor in the presidential election. Yunusa, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said the Tribunal trashed all aspects of his party’s petition that challenged Tinubu’s …