IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER HINTS AT ALLEVIATING HIJAB RULES
Iran’s supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamen has hinted that the government may loosen the strict dress codes that were blamed for a young woman’s death and triggered nationwide demonstrations that have shaken the country’s clerical establishment. He said Women who do not have full hijab should not be considered as people outside of religion or […]
ENDEAVOUR SHARES FALL AFTER VIDEOS SHOWS UFE BOSS HITTING WIFE
Media and entertainment company Endeavor has seen its shares fall Tuesday after a video showing Dana White, president of its Ultimate Fighting Championship business slapping his wife. the shares closed down nearly 6%. A video published by TMZ showed White getting into an altercation with his wife Anne at a New Year’s Eve party in Cabo San […]
2023 budget will lead to massive inflation, others – economist
A professor of political economy and Founder of the Centre for Values in Leadership Pat Utomi has said that the recently passed 2023 budget will lead to massive inflation, loss of jobs and collapse of exchange rate. The economist who described it as a budget of debt service said the projected figures of 9 trillion […]
Hold state governors responsible for underdevelopment – Rights activist
A rights activist, Chief Rita Lori-Ogbebor has called on the people of the Niger Delta region of the country to hold their state governors responsible for the underdevelopment and disasters in their states saying the level of development in most of the state are not commensurate with the resources accruing to the states including the […]
Kwankwaso seeks support for NNPP in Edo state
Large crowd of supporters of the New Nigerian Peoples Party and that of its Edo Central senatorial candidate Okoduwa Akhigbe besieged the party’s secretariat in Esan North-East local government area of Edo State to receive the party’s presidential candidate Engneer Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso where the latter urged the people to vote for the party’s candidates […]
ALLEGED MISSING 891 TRILION NAIRA STAMP DUTY REVENUE UNDER INVESTIGATION – FG
Minister of finance, budget and national planning Zaniab Ahmed has said that the allegation of missing stamp duty revenue is currently being investigated by the National Assembly and security agencies. She said if the allegation proves to be true and funds were recovered, it would help government to finance its huge budget deficit. The minister […]
2023 : Appeal Court rejects applications to reinstate Al- Mustapha, Others as AA candidates
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Thursday, rejected an appeal by the sacked Chairman of the Action Alliance (AA) party, Chief Kenneth Udeze, seeking to reverse the nullification of the candidacy of retired Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha and others. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by its President, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, in a ruling, […]
Court quash allegations over false asset declaration of INEC commissioner
The plans to scuttle the 2023 general election by removing the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission Professor Mahmood Yakubu from office failed on Wednesday as the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Garki quashed the allegations of false asset declaration against him. In the Originating Summons by Somadina Uzoabaka against […]
NUPENG THREATENS NATIONWIDE STRIKE
The Petroleum Tanker Drivers Branch of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers has threatened strike action over what they described as illegal activities and high-handedness of security agents particulalrly the Military Task Force operating in the Port Harcourt zone of the Union in Rivers State. National Chairman of the PTD-NUPENG, Comrade Lucky Osesua […]
Fire destroys goods worth millions of naira in Aba
An early morning fire which escalated into a warehouse near the Ariaria International Market Aba has destroyed goods estimated at over 50 million naira. The warehouse is situated at No. 5 Market Crescent/Umuode Road opposite Ekumi Plaza and all the items in the warehouse including kitchen utensils and other products, were completely burnt. The Landlord […]