Vice President Kashim Shettima will today depart Abuja for São Tomé, the capital of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of the Vice President) disclosed this in a statement. He will represent President Bola Tinubu at the country’s 50th National Independence Day celebration. Shettima is expected to join other African and international leaders at the…

Constitutional lawyer Mike Ozekhome, SAN, has issued a stark warning that merely amending Nigeria’s current constitution will not resolve the country’s deeply entrenched political, economic, and security challenges. Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Friday, Ozekhome described the 1999 constitution as a “curse” to national development, arguing that it was neither crafted by the people nor designed to serve their best interests. “What we need is a brand-new…

The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) has given the reason behind the non-payment of June salaries for federal civil servants in the country. The OAGF spokesman, Bawa Mokwa, in a statement on Friday, blamed the non-payment of the salaries on technical glitches. Mokwa stated that complaints from workers on the non-receipt of their June salary led to probing the matter, which resulted in some glitches having…

Banks and telecommunication companies have expressed frustration over disruption to their services triggered by continuous downtime on the NIN verification portal. The downtime to the NIN Verification platform, which started the previous week, had persisted over the weekend despite assurance by the National Identity Management Commission that the problem had been resolved. As a result of the NIN verification downtime, banks reported having challenges linking new account holders to their…

Igini, Edevbie being considered – Investigation By Alade Adisa As the tenure of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu is coming to an end as the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, President Bola Tinubu is considering filing the position with somebody from the Southern part of the country. Checks by New Daily Prime indicate that two names are being considered for the plum job, they are Mr Mike Igini and…

Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has delivered a scathing assessment of Nigeria’s state-owned oil refineries, declaring that the facilities in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna may never function properly again despite an estimated $18 billion spent on their rehabilitation. Speaking at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery during a visit by members of Global CEO Africa, Dangote revealed that his decision to build the 650,000-barrel-per-day…

Justice has finally begun to take shape for Ivan Onose Omhonrina, the two-year-old boy who was tragically killed by a stray bullet during a drug raid in Delta State last year. In a significant move, the Nigerian Senate has recommended the payment of ₦200 million in compensation to his grieving family. The heart-wrenching incident occurred on 13 July 2023, when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) stormed…

The Rivers State Police Command has announced the voluntary surrender of two suspects previously declared wanted in connection with the alleged assault and conspiracy involving the Sole Administrator of Ahoada East Local Government Area (LGA), Hon. Goodluck Iheanachor.

As the global community observes World Population Day, 2023, Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has underscored the critical importance of accurate population data for national development and lamented Nigeria’s long overdue census. In a statement on his X page on Friday, Mr Obi drew attention to the nation’s significant youth population and the urgent need for investment in their future. Mr Obi pointed out that while the United Nations…

The Minister of Art, Culture, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has called for the presidency to remain in southern Nigeria beyond 2027, emphasising the need to uphold a sense of fairness and national balance in the country’s political structure. Musawa, who hails from the North, made the statement during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, where she expressed support for the current rotational power arrangement between Nigeria’s…

The Lagos State Government has announced its readiness to collaborate with China under the China-Nigeria Low-Carbon Demonstration Initiative (Nextier) to implement the Lekki Low-Carbon Demonstration Zone (LLCDZ) Project, aimed at reducing carbon emissions across the state. Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this during a strategic meeting with representatives of the Nextier initiative at the Ministry’s headquarters in Alausa, Ikeja. READ ALSO: Police announce total vehicular restriction…

The Nigerian Senate has expressed strong displeasure over the repeated failure of the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Bayo Ojulari, to appear before the Senate Committee on Public Accounts. The committee is probing massive financial discrepancies totalling ₦210 trillion discovered in the company’s audited accounts from 2017 to 2023. At the latest hearing held on Thursday, Ojulari failed to honour the Senate’s summons,…