President Tinubu Appoints New Directors-General of NIA, DSS
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Ambassador Mohammed Mohammed as the new Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and Mr. Adeola Oluwatosin Ajayi as the new Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS). According to a statement by Presidential media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, the new appointments followed the resignation of the […]
Remo Stars Football Club crash out African Champions League
Remo Stars Football Club of Ikenne on Sunday at Rabat in Morocco crashed out of the 2024/2025 African Champions League in the competition’s first preliminary round. The 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) runners-up crashed out after losing 2-3 aggregate to Moroccan side AS FAR Rabat, despite winning the first leg fixture on Aug. 18 in Ikenne 2-1. Remo Stars loss meant two of Nigeria’s representatives in club football on the continent have crashed out just one round into their respective competitions. On Saturday, El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club of Maiduguri had been eliminated from the African Confederation Cup competition’s first preliminary round after a 2-3 aggregate loss. Nigeria now has only one club each in the two continental competitions, that is Enyimba International FCof Aba, which had drawn bye in the opening round into the second preliminary round of the African Confederation Cup competition. Rangers International FC of Enugu had on Friday advanced into the second preliminary round of the African Champions League competition, after a 2-1 aggregate victory in the opening round.
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Speaks Politics and Policies
Meanwhile, the DirectorGeneral of the World Trade Organization, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has stressed the urgent need for Nigeria to move beyond political infighting and inconsistent policies that have hindered the country’s development since independence. Speaking also at the Nigerian Bar Association Annual Conference, Iweala asserted that concrete collective efforts, rather than a blame game, were needed to move the nation forward. Iweala, who cautioned opposition politicians in Nigeria to desist from weaponising insecurity against the government in power, accused some politicians of instigating insecurity to make their opponents look bad and incompetent to govern. While saying that Nigerians were not alone in economic hardship, she said, Okonjo-Iweala further stated that Nigeria’s inability to sustain growth was largely due to a lack of policy consistency and political will, criticizing what she called: the “not-made-in-my-administration syndrome”, where successive governments fail to build on the successes of their predecessors, leading to economic stagnation.
Unprovoked Attack on Policemen by Shiite Group
A deadly clash between Policemen and members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria, popularly known as the ‘Shiite’ group, have left two officers killed, three others unconscious in a hospital and three patrol vehicles set ablaze. The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the unprovoked attack in a statement, although the Islamic movement, under the leadership of Sayyid Ibraheem Ya’qoub El-Zakzaky, claimed that many of their members had been shot dead by the police with several others arrested during the Arbaeen Symbolic Trek at Wuse District in Abuja. The police however noted that the situation is presently under control and normalcy has been restored.
President Tinubu swears in Kekere-Ekun as Acting Chief Justice
President Bola Tinubu has today Friday 23rd 2024 sworn-in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, pending her confirmation by the senate. Kekere-Ekun took the oath of office and signed the oath register at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja, witnessed by Mr President, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Chief of Staff […]
House of Reps Questions LUTH extra N150 Billion Expenditure
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has Questioned the Lagos University Teaching Hospital LUTH Over Extra-Budgetary Spending of N150.3 Billion Without Approval. While grilling the Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) over alleged non-remittance of internally generated revenue (IGR) discrepancy in Remita payments amounting to over N2 billion, Chairman of […]
House of Reps Reconsiders Special Seats for Women
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that the 10th assembly is considering reintroducing a bill on special seats for women and supporting electoral reforms to increase female representation in leadership structures. Speaking at a one-day high-level national summit on women’s inclusion in governance, the speaker represented by the […]
NDPC Fines Fidelity Bank N555.8 Million for Data Protection Breach
The Nigerian Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has fined Fidelity Bank N555.8 million for violating customer data protection laws. Speaking at a validation meeting in Abuja, Honorable Commissioner of NDPC, Vincent Olatunji, disclosed that the bank breached the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023, and the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, 2019, leading to the fine, which represents […]
FG increases fees for Nigerian Passport from September 1
The Federal Government has approved an upward review of Nigerian passport fees of 32-page passport booklet with a 5-year validity to N50,000, up from N35,000, while the 64-page booklet with a 10-year validity will cost N100,000, up from N70,000. According to a statement issued by the Public Relations officer of the Nigeria Immigration Service, DCI […]
FG to Introduce the latest Version of Internet Protocol, IPv6
The Federal Government plans to introduce the latest version of Internet Protocol, called IPv6, to improve how internet users and their devices are identified, numbered, and tracked in Nigeria. Dr. Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy highlighted that Nigeria’s migration to IPv6 places it among the leading African nations adopting this advanced […]