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The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), has urged Nigerians not to travel to Northern Cyprus, saying that the territory is not recognized in the international community except by Turkey. Chairman of the Commission, ABIKE DABIRI-EREWA said this at the weekly State House Ministerial briefing. While admitting that the country’s insecurity challenge is a source of concern...

Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, ATIKU ABUBAKAR has met with the Rivers state governor NYESOM WIKE in London, the United Kingdom. ATIKU ABUBAKAR was accompanied by Adamawa state governor AHMADU FINTIRI, while Governor WIKE had his allies, Governors SEYI MAKINDE, OKEZIE IKPEAZU, and SAMUEL ORTOM in attendance as well. Although no official statement has...

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has handed over the University of Ibadan Vocational School to the tertiary institution branch. The board said it constructed the vocational school in line with its capacity-building mandate and the Nigerian Content 10-year Strategic Roadmap. Handing over the facility to the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. KAYODE ADEBOW...

The Nigeria Labour Congress has asked the National Broadcasting Commission to reduce the cost of operating licenses for broadcast organizations in the country. NLC President AYUBA WABBA said this in a statement, days after the NBC announced the withdrawal of the broadcast licenses of 53 radio and television stations in the country. AYUBA WABBA in his statement said the decision di...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has thrown its support behind the proposal to create an electoral offences commission. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ogun state, NIYI IJALAYE, while featuring on Super FM’s Trends in the Nigerian Political Scene; said the commission will relieve INEC of the duties of prosecution, which will make the electoral body focused on conducting elections....

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested the Director of Finance and Account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), ENO UBI OTU. ENO OTU was apprehended around 11:15 am yesterday morning, and was questioned till late in the night, over his role in an alleged diversion of over 25billion naira tax remittances. Reports say that the arrest ...

As the 2023 elections draw close, presidential candidates of major parties are taking opportunities to discuss issues, and proffer solutions to the myriad of challenges facing the nation. One such platform is the ongoing Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference holding in Lagos, with the theme ‘Bold Transitions’. At the opening ceremony yesterday, the Preside...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said university lecturers are opting to engage in non-academic activities to make a living as its strike action lingers. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 over improved welfare, revitalization of public universities and academic autonomy among other demands. Speaking to newsmen, ASUU’s President Professor EMMANUEL OSODEKE ...

Data obtained from the Federal Ministry of Power the recent one-day strike by workers of the Transmission Company of Nigeria crashed Nigeria’s power generation from a peak of 4,829.5 megawatts to as low as 43 Megawatts. Staff of the transmission company, under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees, shut down the country’s power grid last Wednesday, throwing businesses and other power consumers into dar...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied reports that it will abandon the electronic transmission of election results in next year’s polls.  INEC National Commissioner, FESTUS OKOYE, in a statement said the commissio...