President Bola Tinubu has said that the federal government is willing to support Google, the multinational tech giant, to create one million digital jobs in Nigeria. Tinubu gave the assurance in Abuja on Friday evening during the visit of Vice President of news at Google, Richard Gingras, to his office. Tinubu told the Gingras that…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has again alerted the public that it has “uncovered plans by some elements in parts of the country to stage violent protests in order to discredit the Federal Government and security agencies over sundry socio-economic matters.” In a statement on Monday in Abuja, Peter Afunanya said the service has identified…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again extended the dateline for the collection of permanent voter cards (PVCs) to February 5. In a statement, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the decision was taken after a meeting on Saturday. This is the second time INEC will extend the deadline…
Bishop of the Catholic Diocese, Sokoto, Rt. Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, former Kaduna governor, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and former Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. General Martins Agwai (rtd) are among prominent people to be conferred with various awards for their contributions to the development of Southern Kaduna during the maiden edition of the Southern Kaduna…
President Bola Tinubu has hinted that ministers failing in their responsibilities to Nigerians will be sacked. Tinubu said this on Thursday during a meeting with the leaders of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) at the presidential villa in Abuja. The President said he will sack any minister anytime he feels that they are failing Nigerians….
Son of the late Chadian President Idriss Deby, Mahamat Deby, a 37 year old army general has been appointed to succeed his father. He was appointed to lead a military council set up after his father was killed by rebel forces. Deby was confirmed dead on Tuesday following injuries sustained in a fight with the…
