Finally, NPC Fixes Dates for 2023 Nationwide Census The National Population Commission (NPC) has fixed the national population and housing census for March 29 to April 1, 2023. Nasir Kwarra, NPC Chairman, disclosed this while speaking with State House reporters after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday. “By March 29 to April 2, our staff will be in the field enumerating people,” he said. Kwarra added that the technological tools to be deployed would be able to code building and landmass, detailing information such as location and landscapes, among others. The NPC chairman, who…
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Ahead of Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) deadline on the acceptance of old Naira note, Many supermarkets, eateries and petty traders have begun to reject the old naira notes. Most of the supermarkets notified their customers via notices and text messages that they won’t accept the old notes few days before the deadline. Meanwhile, the CBN have commenced sensitisation of Nigerians about the new naira notes. A popular clothing outfit, Ruff ‘n’ Tumble has informed its costumes via text messages that it will stop accepting the old naira notes two days before the deadline. Also Spar Market, an Indian-owned supermarket…
Report released today indicated that twenty-eight million nine hundred thousand people living in Nigeria and other West and Central African countries depend on emergency food assistance for survival, World Bank report. This is despite an above-average yield in the 2022/23 agricultural season. The global bank explained that countries in these regions continue to face high levels of food insecurity because of persistent insecurity and macroeconomic challenges. It noted that unless measures are taken, 41.9 million people in Nigeria and these countries could be food insecure between June and August of 2023. The bank stated this in its latest ‘Food Security…
A Nigerian laboratory, the Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL), Lagos, recently attained a World Health Organisation (WHO) full laboratory accreditation status in respect of its contribution to the fight against measles and rubella in the country. The CPHL is one of the laboratories under the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) Measles and Rubella laboratory network. The WHO full accreditated status is the highest accreditation level that can be achieved by any laboratory. The center got the status for serology testing for measles and rubella after an on-site assessment of the facility, for providing a high-quality investigation to support testing and surveillance programme in…
Chelsea have been on a spending spree since Boehly took over, and they have added another player to their ranks Chelsea have signed exciting Nigeria-eligible forward Noni Madueke from PSV Eindhoven in a transfer believed to be around €40 million. The Blues have been on a spending spree since Todd Boehly took over as owner of the club. They have spent over €400million on signings. According to reports from Dutch site ED, Chelsea have captured another star. The Blues have sealed a €40 million transfer for Noni Madueke from PSV Eindhoven. The exciting 20-year-old winger operates generally from the right…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN), yesterday, disclosed that it has received eight brand new power transformers under the World Bank-funded Nigerian Electricity Transmission Project, (NETAP). The company in a statement by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Ndidi Mbah stated that the transformers comprise six number 150/187.5MVA, 330/132/33kV power transformers, and two number 100/125MVA, 132/33kV power transformers are still at the ports as the arrangement is being concluded to move the transformers. She said the transformers would be sent to projects located in Bauchi, Mayo Belwa, Yola, Maiduguri, and Damaturu. In a related development, TCN has also disclosed that…
Kano State Governor, Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, has formed a high-powered committee to organize a conference to examine the contentious issues surrounding the herders/farmers clashes and make recommendations for peace. The conference committee headed by a former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has 26 other top members, including the Pro-Chancellor, Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Prof. Jibrila Dahiru Amin; and former SSG, Niger State and Professor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan; Prof. Muhammad Yahaya Kuta among others. Inaugurating the committee on Thursday in Abuja, Ganduje said their term of reference was to plan and…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Peter Obi, the Labour Party presidential candidate, is better than his co-contestants in Nigeria’s forthcoming presidential election. Obasanjo spoke on Thursday in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, while featuring in an interactive session of the Experiential Leadership in Africa with the theme “Executive Decisions, Indecisions, and Leadership Development in Africa.” While defending his choice of Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, the former president said Obi was his preferred candidate for the presidency. He has said that only an “unpatriotic and bad Nigerian” would vote for a candidate with bad character. While reacting…
In the early hours of Monday, Gunmen stormed the palace of the District Head of Panyam in the Mangu local government area of Plateau State, HRH Aminu Derwan, and kidnapped him. It would be recalled that Chief Derwan was among the contestants who sought to be the Mishkagham Mwaghavul, the Paramount Ruler of the Mwaghavul people, but he lost the contest by a vote to the winner. He was abducted about five days after the contest as the armed men stormed his palace in Panyam shooting sporadically to scare the community members. According to eyewitnesses, who did not want…
Ayodeji Balogun, professionally known as Wizkid, and comedian Freedom Atsepoyi, popularly called Mr Jollof are in exchange of words over the singer’s hint to hold a world tour with his colleague, Davido. Wizkid earlier hinted at a tour collaboration with Davido. he took to Instagram and wrote in his story, “After my ‘MLLE (More Love, Less Ego)’ tour!! Davido and I going on tour! save your coins! I no wan hear pim”. Reacting,to the post, Mr Jollof said it was not the best time for Wizkid to announce such as their fans have expected that over ten years ago. “Na…
Nigerian Afrobeats superstar Davido has reacted to Wizkid’s recent announcement of the duo going on a joint tour. Grammy-award-winning singer Wizkid, who has constantly been said to be at loggerheads with colleague Davido, shocked the fans with the latest news after he took to his Instagram page on January 18, 2022, to make it known that he will be going on a joint tour with Davido after his “More Love, Less Ego” tour. Although Davido nor his management have yet to directly reply to the news, the singer, via his Instagram account, reacted to the announcement by liking the…
Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will retain power in the state in the forthcoming elections. Ortom spoke on Thursday at a political rally in Oju and Obi Local Government Areas of the state. He said that the party had done all that it needed to do to win the forthcoming general elections with clear margins. “As we speak, all the 276 councilors in the state are members of PDP while 26 out of 30 members of the state assembly are also members of our party. “We also have seven House of Representatives members…