The presidential candidate of the defunct National Conscience Party (NCP) in the 2015 general election, Chief Martin Onovo, said on Tuesday that only unity and emergence of a strong candidate would secure victory for the coalition of opposition leaders in the 2027 election. Onovo, the Head of Policy Positions, Movement for Fundamental Change (MFC), stated…
Gov. Uno Eno. As part of his commitment to agricultural revolution as encapsulated in the ARISE Agenda, Governor Umo Eno, has approved the inauguration of Agriculture and Food Security Committee. The newly constituted committee is chaired by Prof. Okon Ansa and includes distinguished experts such as Prof. Trenched Ibia, Dr. Etimudo Udongo, Amb. Alphonsus Inyang,…
Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 22-year-old male school teacher, Rufai Akorede, for allegedly molesting a seven-year-old female pupil (name withheld) in Ilesa. Â The suspect was accused of thrusting his manhood into the mouth of the victim in a classroom after school hours. Â The…
Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong Jr. of Cross River Southern Senatorial District (left) with the President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. By Gershom Henshaw In a landmark move that promises to reshape the future of the South-South region, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has once again demonstrated his unwavering commitment to regional development by signing the South-South Development Commission (SSDC)…
The job of being the country’s chief electoral umpire is often called a poisoned chalice, in which rarely any umpire would come out of it with his reputation intact (Professor Jega, who organised the 2015 election, was mostly lucky that Jonathan conceded defeat). If just dealing with the political class makes the job of the…
Block, the financial technology company that operates Cash App, Tidal and Afterpay, is laying off about 10% of its Atlanta-area workforce. According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act notice sent to the state, 49 employees out of 474 assigned to the company’s Atlanta office on North Avenue will be let go by mid-May. Employers must file WARN notices ahead…
