Ogechukwu Ukekwe

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has announced that mineral sample testing will now be conducted within Nigeria, ending the previous reliance on foreign laboratories. Alake made this statement on Thursday during the commissioning of a state-of-the-art mineral analysis laboratory in Sabon-Wuse, Niger State, built by African Natural Resources and Mines Limited (ANRML). …

The Labour Party has taken legal action over the defection of six members of the House of Representatives from the party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). On Thursday, Akangbe Illiya, representing Jos South/Jos East in Plateau State, joined the APC, increasing the number of Labour Party lawmakers in the House who have defected. …

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Sylvester Nwakuche as the Acting Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), following the expiration of the tenure of the outgoing Controller-General, Haliru Nababa. The appointment, effective Sunday, was announced in a statement by Ja’afaru Ahmed, the Secretary to the Civil Defence, Immigration, Fire Service, and …

Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru, has appealed to the people of Umuobor-Akaeze and Ogwor-Ishiagu communities in the Ivo Local Government Area to lay down their arms and embrace peace. Governor Nwifuru made the appeal during a meeting with stakeholders from both communities at his office in the New Government House, Abakaliki, the state capital. The …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zamfara State Command, has successfully recovered a stolen Mercedes-Benz C300, a Samsung Galaxy phone, and counterfeit currency totaling $7,000. The items were seized from Mohammed Dauda Ismail, a resident of Kano State. This was revealed by Commandant Sani Mustapha of the Zamfara State Command during a press …

The House of Representatives has recommended that the National Examinations Council (NECO), University of Ibadan, and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment be removed from the 2025 budget. Additionally, 21 ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) were flagged for their repeated failure to account for previous budget allocations and internally generated revenue (IGR). The decision …

The embattled human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi has arrived at the Magistrate Court in Ado-Ekiti. This follows a ruling by Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun, who had previously reserved judgment on Farotimi’s bail application until December 20, while ordering his remand in prison. Farotimi’s counsel, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, had filed a preliminary objection, urging the court to strike …

The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, has strongly condemned the Edo State House of Assembly’s suspension of 18 local government chairmen and councillors, describing it as a set back to democracy. In a statement by the ALGON National Publicity Secretary, Hamisu Anani, the National Executive Council and the BOT, after an emergency meeting, …

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has warned that politicising the data from the National Bureau of Statistics would be counterproductive. In a statement issued by his media office on Thursday, the former Vice President emphasised the importance of accuracy in data and statistics for development purposes. On December 17, …

Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has sworn in four High Court judges and two Khadis of the Upper Sharia Court. In his remarks following the ceremony, Governor Idris urged the newly appointed judges to uphold judicial integrity and ensure fairness and justice in their rulings. He stressed the importance of maintaining the public’s trust in …