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PDP chair, Wike tackle Clark as anti-Fubara plot thickens

Edwin Clark

•Pro-Fubara, Wike assemblies hold parallel sessions, rumble in NWC over Rivers gov •I won’t quit PDP, says Wike as Ikimi heads disciplinary panel on ex-gov’s anti-party cases The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Umaru Damagum and the…

Step-by-step guide on how to modify NIN details from home

NIMC portal

In recent times, Nigerians have faced significant challenges with identification verification, particularly the stress of queuing at National Identity Management Commission offices and designated centres. As the agency responsible for managing Nigeria’s national identity database, NIMC has been pivotal in…

APC receives PDP, LP, ADC defectors in Edo

APC

Ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, the All Progressives Congress, on Wednesday, received hundreds of defectors from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, the Labour Party and the Africa Democratic Congress. The defectors were received at Igueben,…

FG hikes passport fees to N50,000, N100,000

Tunji-Ojo

The Federal Government has approved an upward review of the fees for the Nigerian passport effective from September 1, 2024. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Wednesday by the spokesman for the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kenneth Udo, on…

Togo, Benin owe Nigeria $14m for electricity – FG

Electricity Grid

None of the four international bilateral customers being supplied by the power generation companies in the Nigerian electricity supply industry made payment against the cumulative invoice of $14.19m issued by the market operator for services rendered in the first quarter…

Ex-Ogun govs unite against Chinese company, tag firm scammer

Nig jets seized

Two former governors of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and Gbenga Daniel, have vowed to support Federal Government’s efforts to recover the national assets seized by a French court. A Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Company Limited, had got judgment…

Wike declares FCT’s ‘Park-and-Pay’ scheme illegal

Nyesom Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has declared the On-Street Parking scheme, otherwise known as the ‘Park-and-Pay’ scheme, to be illegal, citing fraud in the contract agreement between the managing contractors and the FCT. The Minister made…

Adeleke donates N1bn to church

Adedeji-Adeleke

The elder brother of the Osun State Governor, Dr. Adedeji Adeleke, has donated N1bn to the Centenary Endowment Fund of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. The senior Adeleke, who is the Chairman, Pacific Group, announced the donation at a thanksgiving…