The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has revealed that he has no preferred candidates for the leadership of both chambers who will constitute the 10th National Assembly. Tinubu, who was represented by the Vice President-Elect, Kashim Shettima, disclosed this at the meeting with new members-elect to the National Assembly. A member-elect for Bungudu/Maru Federal Constituency of Zamfara…
Court Jails Yobe Auditor General Five Years for Fraud Alhaji Idris Yahaya, the Auditor General for Local Government, Yobe State, is to spend five years in prison, following his conviction today, Monday, March 13, 2023, by Justice Muhammad Lawu Lawan of the Yobe State High Court. He was convicted after being pronounced guilty of a one…
A 29-year-old Nigerian national was arrested for supplying drugs in Delhi-NCR, police said on Monday, March 13, 2023. According to the police, 1,050 grams of Methaqualone drugs was seized from the accused, identified as Oluebube Damain. Damain came to India from Nigeria on a three-month visa in 2019 and after expiry of visa, he continued to live illegally…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, has dismissed insinuations he is being considered as chief of staff to the president-elect Bola Tinubu. He disclosed this to State House correspondents yesterday after a meeting of the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with the party’s lawmakers-elect. According to him, the reason…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not need his directives before it complies with the Supreme Court ruling which extended the validity of the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes to December 31, 2023.Buhari broke silence on Monday over penultimate Friday’s decision of the Supreme Court which ruled that…
Nigerian comedian, Francis Agoda, popularly known as Igodye has condemned the ethnic bigotry in Nigeria as it concerns electing new leaders both at the states and National levels, IGBERETV reports. Taking to his Instagram page, Igodye stated that as long as one was born in a particular state, regardless of their state of origin, they…
Northern Nigeria Peace Conference, Award Holds In Abuja March 16 Arrangement has been concluded for the 2023 edition of the annual Northern Nigeria Peace Conference/Awards scheduled to take place on March 16, 2023. This is part of efforts to deeply entrench peace and unity across the northern region of the country following an increasing ethnic…
The Nigerian military has been ranked 36th in the world and fourth in the African continent by the recently released global firepower index. The Nigerian military dropped one place in the latest global military ranking but no reasons were provided for the development. Recall that the Global Fire Power had rated the Armed Forces of Nigeria…
Nigerian singer and member of PSquare music group, Peter Okoye has urged Nigerians not to fall for the tricks of corrupt politicians who use tribalism to divide the masses inorder to enrich themselves, IGBERETV reports. “I am an lgbo man married to a Yoruba woman! Igbos do not hate Yorubas.Neither do Yorubas hate Igbos.Politicians are…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has approved harmonized shortcodes (HSC) for the provision of certain telecom services to Nigerian consumers and directed mobile network operators (MNOs) to begin implementation. According to the NCC, all mobile networks must fully migrate from previously disparate shortcodes to harmonized codes by May 17, 2023. The commission stated in a…