Mr Sunday Babaji, Commissioner of Police on election duty deployed to Kaduna State, has ordered a strict enforcement of the restriction of human and vehicular movements into and within Kaduna State. The enforcement oder is contained in a statement issued…
*INEC bars phones, cameras inside voting cubicles (Vanguard)*Prelate urges electorate to liberate Nigeria with PVCs, cautions vote sellers (Guardian)
INEC bars phones, cameras inside voting cubicles (Vanguard) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared that anybody who goes into the voting cubicle with a photographic device or a telephone to capture his choice of the party will be…
NLNG unveils 2023 Nigeria Prize for Literature and Science competitions
The Advisory Boards for the Nigeria Prize for Science, Literature and Literary Criticism, have announced the call for entries for the 2023 edition of the prizes, flagging off this year’s competitions. According to a statement by Andy Odeh, general manager,…
*Vote-buying: EFCC intercepts N32.4m in Lagos (Punch)*Our logo missing on ballots, Ondo Labour Party laments (Vanguard)
Vote-buying: EFCC intercepts N32.4m in Lagos (Punch) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday intercepted the sum of N32,400 million allegedly suspected to be used for vote buying in Lagos State. The spokesperson for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, in…
FG sells N2.5b NITEL property to Lagos
The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has approved the sale of a NITEL/MTEL property located at No 3-5, Moloney Street, Tafawa Balewa Square, Onikan, Lagos, to the Lagos State Government. A statement by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) on…
Polls: Police arrest Rivers Rep member with $498,100
A few days after his Television and Radio Stations were allegedly bombed by gunmen, Dr Chinyere Igwe, a member of the House of Representatives, has been arrested with a bundle of dollars along Ana Road, Port Harcourt very early on…
MTN Sales Awards: Advancing a culture of recognition in the workplace
There is compelling evidence to support the idea that rewarding employees at work increases engagement because it raises output, employee self-esteem, and personal competence. In a thought-provoking session at TEDxBellevue, Mike Robbins explains that employee satisfaction is influenced by recognition,…
Nigeria, 140 countries demand Russia withdraw from Ukraine
Nigeria and 140 Member States on Thursday demanded Russia to immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from Ukraine, marking the one-year anniversary of the war with a call for a “just and lasting” peace. The UN correspondent of the News…
Man jailed 1 year for insulting, intimidating his father
A Magistrates’ Court in Jos on Thursday sentenced a 35 -year-old labourer, Fwangmun Danung, to a year’s imprisonment for insulting and intimidating his father. The judge, Mr Tapmwa Gotep, sentenced the Danung after he pleaded guilty. Gotep gave him an…
*Leah Sharibu: FIDA, CSOs, stakeholders call for unconditional release (Vanguard)*Finnish police release Ekpa, pro-Biafran agitator, hours after grilling (Guardian)
Leah Sharibu: FIDA, CSOs, stakeholders call for unconditional release (Vanguard) Five years after Leah Sharibu, one of the Dapchi schoolgirls was kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents; she is yet to be released and seems to have been forgotten. She was…