Author: NPO Admin II
Nearly two weeks after the military took over power in Niger, the coup plotters have named former economy minister Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine as the country’s new prime minister. A spokesman for the military junta made the announcement on television late on Monday night. Lamine Zeine was formerly the minister of economy and finance for several years in the cabinet of then-president Mamadou Tandja, who was ousted in 2010, and most recently worked as an economist for the African Development Bank in Chad, according to a Nigerien media report. At the end of July, the military ousted the democratically elected…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld the results of 262,803 candidates who wrote the 2023 school candidate West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Mr Patrick Areghan, the council’s Head of National Office (HNO), said this at a news conference to announce the release of the results. He said that the results were withheld in connection with various reported cases of examination malpractice. According to him, the figure represents 16.29 per cent of the total number of candidates that sat for the examination. He said that this was 6.54 per cent lower than the 22.83 per cent recorded…
The Naira on Monday depreciated against the dollar, exchanging at N774.78 at the Investors and Exporters window. The Naira lost by 4.27 per cent when compared with N743.07 for which it exchanged for the dollar after the close of business on Aug. 4. The open indicative rate closed at N771.64 to the dollar on Monday. A spot exchange rate of N799 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N774.78. The Naira sold for as low as N475 to the dollar within the day’s trading. A total of 45.98 million dollars was…
The General Manager, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Mr Bolaji Oreagba, says operatives of the agency rescued eight accident victims at Anthony inward Ojota area the state. Oreagba said this in a statement signed and made available to newsmen by Mr Taofiq Adedayo, Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, LASTMA, on Monday. He said that LASTMA Commander, Mr Popoola Olushola, led the rescue team. According to him, the accident involved a broken down truck and a fully loaded mass transit bus with registration no KTU 850 YD. Oreagba said preliminary investigation revealed that the bus driver was on speed…
A 43-year-old cleric is in police net in Lagos for charming his U.S.-based friend to collect N105 million from the latter by false pretence. Parading the suspect before newsmen on Monday, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone-2, Mr Ali Mohammed, said the cleric also charmed his friend’s wife and three children and took them over as his own. He said the cleric’s wife assisted her husband in the escapade. Mohammed said aside the money and the friend’s family, the cleric and his wife also took over five vehicles and landed property belonging to the U.S.-based friend. He told newsmen that that…
By Halimah Olamide The Federal Government on Monday announced that it has backed down on its contempt of court suit filed against the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress. In a letter addressed to Mr. Femi Falana, lawyer to the trade unions in their disputes with the federal government, the Solicitor General of the Federation said government is no longer pursuing the case against the workers as earlier announced in the wake of the national strike called by the workers last week. In the letter signed by Mrs. B E Jeddy-Agba, Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary, the government…
Nigerian goalkeeper Nnadozie Chiamaka has lamented the inability of the Super Falcons to qualify for the next round of the FIFA Women’s World Cup competition. Chiamaka who was rated highly in her performance on Monday when the Nigerian team clashed with England said the team gave out its best. “Soo sad not to have qualified for the next round , we gave our all . Super proud of this team , we will come back better and stronger. Thank you all for your love and support,” she tweeted on Monday hours after the team lost the team
By Kamil Opeyemi A former staff member of the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Mr Haruna Kolo, has alleged that job seekers paid millions of naira into his personal account for remission to the commission’s Chairman, Mrs Farida Dankaka. Kolo said this on Monday in Abuja at the resumed investigative hearing of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee probing job racketeering in Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government. The committee is also probing the alleged mismanagement of Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information (IPPIS) in MDAs. Kolo said he usually approached the Point of Sale (POS) agents to collect the…
By Kamil Opeyemi The senate has declined to confirm the nomination of former Governor of Kaduna state Mallam Nasir el-Rufai as minister. This was disclosed by the senate President Godswill Akpabio Akpabio said: “El-Rufai and two others have not been cleared by security checks.” This was just as the Senate approved the appointment of 45 out of the 48 ministerial nominees submitted by President Bola Tinubu. The nominees were confirmed on Monday evening after the upper legislative chamber concluded the screening of the candidates. The nominees include Sen. Abubakar Kyari (Borno ), Abubakar Momoh (Edo), Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Prof. Joseph…
By Kamil Opeyemi A Human Rights and Constitutional lawyer, Mr Festus Ogun has written to the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to probe a forgery allegation against Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, a ministerial nominee from Ondo state. In the letter addressed to the NYSC Director-General, copies of which were made available to newsmen on Monday in Akure, the lawyer alleged that Tunji-Ojo presented questionable academic credentials and certificates (including the NYSC discharge certificate) to the National Assembly. The letter dated Aug. 7 was written on behalf of Ogun by the law firm of FOLEGAL Legal Practitioners and Consultants, and signed…