Hamburg Shooting: Seven killed In Attack On Jehovah’s Witness Hall
Seven people, including an unborn baby, have been killed in a shooting at a Jehovah’s Witness meeting hall in the German city of Hamburg, police say. They say the gunman acted alone in Thursday’s attack, and later took his own life. His motives are unknown. The suspect, named only as Philipp F, 35, is a […]
NDLEA Commences Recruitment Exercise
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has announced a recruitment exercise into its organization. The announcement was contained in an advertisement notice via its social media handles on Friday. According to the announcement, the online application will be open for two weeks starting from March 12 to April 8. NDLEA called on suitable qualified […]
Rejection Of The Old Note Flagrant Disobedience To The Law – Gov. Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, yesterday, criticized the continued rejection of old naira notes by traders and business owners in various parts of the state. He said the rejection of the old N1,000, N500, and N200 notes was a flagrant disobedience to the law, particularly since the apex court had ruled that the old currency […]
River State Govt. Approves Promotion Of Civil Servants
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said his administration will implement outstanding promotion in the state civil service and fulfil the promise of employing 10,000 youths into the service. To make true the promise, the governor said he had forwarded the list of members of the Civil Service Commission immediately to the house of […]
Mitch McConnell: US Senate Republican Leader In Hospital After Fall
US Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has been taken to hospital after a fall at a Washington DC hotel, a spokesman told US media. “Leader McConnell tripped at a local hotel during a private dinner,” the spokesman said. No further detail about his condition was shared. Mr McConnell, 81, is serving a seventh term in […]
Harry And Meghan’s Children Get Official Royal Titles
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s children have officially been named as prince and princess on the Royal Family’s official website. It comes the day after Prince Harry and Meghan announced their daughter Lilibet had been christened and they used the title princess for the first time. Archie, three, and Lilibet, one, are named as […]
Abia Guber: Alex Otti Pledge To Pay All Workers’ Outstanding Salaries And Pensions If Elected
Abia State’s Labour Party governorship candidate, Dr. Alex Otti, has promised to pay all workers’ outstanding salaries and pensions before the end of December 2023 if voted into office. The current Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government, led by Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, owes workers and retirees many months of salary and pension arrears. Recently, doctors in […]
INEC Postpones Governorship, State Assembly Elections By One Week
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided to postpone Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections by one week. The elections which were earlier scheduled to hold on March 11 will now hold on March 18, 2023, according to a source in INEC. The move by INEC comes on the heels of Wednesday’s ruling by the […]
Court Refuses Obi’s Request To Stop INEC From Reconfiguring BVAS
The Court of Appeal, Abuja has granted approval to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the governorship and state house of assembly elections. In an application, the Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate Peter Obi had sought an order from the court restraining INEC from […]
Gov. Ikpeazu Approves Mass Promotion For Civil Servants
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has approved one Grade Level Command Promotion for all workers in Abia State Local Government System with effect from April 2023. Ikpeazu announced this on Wednesday at a meeting with the workers in Local Government Service at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia. He said his relationship with the workers […]
