Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi was on Wednesday recieved by his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto on Wednesday as he began a three-country tour of Africa. Raisi’s trip to Africa, which will also take him to Uganda and Zimbabwe, is the first by an Iranian president in more than a decade after a 2013 trip by the…
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Kwara State Governor, has forwarded two Executive Bills to the state House of Assembly for consideration and passage. The Informant247 gathered that the two bills are Kwara State Education Trust Fund Amendment Bill 2023 and Environmental Protection Agency Amendment Bill 2023. Yakubu Salihu-Danladi, the speaker of the state assembly made this known…
North Korea has launched a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile off its east coast. This came days after it threatened the US with “shocking” response for conducting reconnaissance flights while violating the country’s airspace. The long-range missile was fired on Wednesday at around 10 am local time (01:00 GMT) from the Korean Peninsula hundreds of kilometers into…
A total of N1.5 billion has been spent by the Kano State government on payment of National Examination Council (NECO) registration fees of 57,000 students at various secondary school in the state. In a statement released by Alhaji Ibrahim Shuaibu, the Chief Press Secretary to the state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Aminu Gwarzo, in Kano, said…
Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the national chairman, All Progressives Congress, APC, said the rulling party is willing to receive the immediate past Rivers state Governor Nyesom Wike-led G-5 into its party. Adamu disclosed this while speaking in an interview with Arise Television on Tuesday, saying the G-5 will be most welcome whenever they decide to opt…
Mohammed Umaru Bago, the Niger State Governor, has ordered that all buildings housing illicit drugs in the state be demolished. Bago, while making this known after donating 20 operational vehicles to security operatives as part of efforts to curb crime in the Minna metropolis, reiterated that the state government will not permit criminality in the…
….as Kanu Nwankwo appointed Chairman Enyimba International Dr. Alex Otti, the Abia State Governor, has approved the appointment of Mr. Ugochukwu Okoroafor, a former director of corporate communication of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, as his Special Adviser on Monitoring and Evaluation. Otti, in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Kazie…
On Tuesday, the closing rate of the Nigerian naira to the US dollar in the investors’ and exporters’ window of the official market was N788.42/$1. According to the FMDQ Exchange, the official rate aggregator, this rate surpassed the previous day’s rate of N744.07/$1. This indicates that authorized dealers raised their asking price by N44.35 kobo…
Acting comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Wale Adeniyi, has clarified that not all borders in the country have been reopened. Adeniyi, who made the clarification on Tuesday, while speaking to state house correspondents after a meeting with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Aso Villa, said while selected strategic borders were reopened in…
Senator representing Ondo south, Jimoh Ibrahim has expressed his surprise at the rate at which governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s health status has continued to top public discourses around the country. reacted to rumours surrounding the health status of Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of the state. Ibrahim, while reacting on Tuesday, to rumours surrounding the health status of…
Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the security agencies to fish out the perpetrators of the recent killings in Plateau state. It could be recalled that the gunmen on Saturday, attacked Sabon Gari community located in Mangu LGA of the state, killing nine persons and also razed six houses. One of the leaders…
Ambassador AbdulFatai Yahaya Seriki, MFR, has been named the Chairman, ZETSI Africa, a Pan-African organization seeking to promote leadership and combat social vices, for their upcoming Leadership Training and Book Launch event. The event, a collaborative effort of ZETSI Africa and NANS, was set to take place on July 27, 2023, at the National Merit…
No fewer than 12 suspected internet fraudsters on Tuesday, arrested by the Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The suspects, including two brothers, Maxwell Nwanno and Kingsley Nwanno, were arrested at different estates in Gwarimpa, Katampe and Karu, axes of Abuja, following credible intelligence on their alleged criminal activities. The other…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday, at plenary, directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend its directive on the addition of social media handles as part of the requirement for bank customers. The directive was followed by the adoption of a motion by Rep. Kingsley Chinda (PDP-Rivers) and a few others, saying as…
Kashim Shettima, the Vice-President, Federal Republic of Nigeria is currently meeting with Hon Tajudeen Abbas-led principal officers of the National Assembly, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Informant247 gathered that Also, high-ranking members of the House of Representatives, including the Deputy Speaker, Hon Benjamin Kalu, are also present at the meeting. The meeting will be…
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Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the Anambra State Governor, has awarded a scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh, an authentic best performing candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, saying the gesture followed the recent JAMB declaration of Umeh from Anambra State as the highest scorer with a cumulative mark of 360 in the examination. The governor…
Julius Abure, the National Chairman of the Labour Party, on Monday, urged the memebers of the party to be alerted as he claimed that the All Progressives Congress was already preparing for a possible re-run of the 2023 presidential election. Abure, who state this during an online meeting held with Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and…
Enugu State Governor, Peter Mbah on Tuesday, prayed a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja to dismiss the preliminary objection filed by the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) against his N20 billion suit over alleged certificate forgery. Christopher Oshomegie, SAN, counsel to governor Mbah, urged Justice Inyang Ekwo to dismiss the objection, saying that the…
