Author: TheScrutinyNG

Nigeria’s remaining team in the CAF inter-club completions, Enyimba International of Aba, have drawn two Egyptian opponents and one Mozambican club in Group D of the CAF Confederations Cup. The group phase draw held on Monday threw another Egyptian giants Zamalek and Al Masry into Enyimba’s pool with Black Bulls Maputo of Mozambique completing the lineup in the Group D. Enyimba secured their place in the group stage of the competition after after beating Etoile Filante of Burkina Faso 4-3 on penalties following a 0-0 scoreline in normal time over two legs. Elsewhere, the winners of the 2023 edition of…

The Senior Staff Association Of Statutory Corporations And Government-Owned Companies (SSASCGOC), an affiliate of the Trade Union Congress of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have begun an indefinite strike over failure of the management to address certain issues regarding the welfare of its members. In the communique SSASCGOC/NAFDAC/COMMUNIQUE/VOL.1 issued on October 4, 2024, the aggrieved workers said the move was necessary after several meetings with the management over critical issues that have to do with promotions, salaries, and the general welfare of the staff, failed to yield positive results. The communique listed several issues…

Ayelabola Ololade, a final Computer Science student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has broken the 41-year old Guinness World Record for the longest distance catwalk by a model.  The previous record was held by two Ireland models in September 1983. The event,which took place at the UNILAG indoor sports centre from October 1-5 saw a roaring cheer from family, friends and well-wishers supporting her till she achieved the milestone.   Sharing her feelings on achieving the milestone, Ololade said: “Mixed feelings actually it feels great to be breaking the record but you know beyond feeling seeing everybody around being…

Richard Adamu Tallen, the son of Nigeria’s former Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, is dead. According to PM News on Monday, Richard, the only son of the minister, was admitted to the intensive care unit at Cedar Crest Hospital in Abuja on Friday evening for treatment of an undisclosed illness and was receiving oxygen support before his passing. The deceased graduated from St. Joseph’s College Aka Collegium Sancti Joseph (CSJ) VOM, a premier Catholic missionary school offering comprehensive secondary education to boys in Plateau State. Meanwhile, his Set Coordinator announced in a Sunday post on  Facebook tagged “Obituary” on the…

Expectedly, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have said they would appeal the results of last Saturday’s local government election in Rivers State after the duo rejected the outcome. Consequently, the Rivers PDP loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, described the poll as an exercise in futility, vowing to challenge it in court. The Wike camp said this as the Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, swore in the newly elected council chairmen of the 23 local government areas of the state. The exercise was held on Sunday at the Executive…

The Labour Party, on Sunday, welcomed the offer by the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, to be running mate to LP’s Peter Obi in the 2027 presidential election. Kwankwaso, in a recent viral post, indicated his willingness to serve as running mate to the former Labour Party presidential flag bearer barely two years after talks between both parties went south. The LP and the NNPP, THE PUNCH noted, had considered a merger ahead of the 2023 general elections, but the inability of either Obi or Kwankwaso to concede the leadership collapsed…

Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, the Senate Leader, has revealed how he aligned with his fellow senators from the South West and they reached out to others from other parts of the country to ensure the passage of the South West Development Commission (SWDC)Bill. Bamidele also disclosed that lawmakers from the South-west APC “have been a formidable force, contributing significantly to the progress and stability of the National Assembly.” He spoke at the 2024 South-west Assembly of the All Progressives Congress, APC held at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Saturday. The lawmaker explained how the South-West Caucus worked with…

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the immediate unsealing of secretariats of the 23 local government areas of Rivers State. The order came amidst widespread condemnations that trailed the initial unprovoked sealing of the secretariats and involvement of the police in Saturday’s local government election. A statement issued on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, conveyed the directive. It explained that the newly deployed Commissioner of Police, CP Bala Mustapha, was tasked with ensuring the withdrawal of all police personnel who were initially deployed to seal and safeguard…

The Federal Government has told Julius Berger Nigeria Plc to fast-track the completion of the rehabilitation of the 82-kilometre Section II of the Abuja-Kaduna-Zaria-Kano dual carriageway and the construction of the Bodo-Bonny road with bridges across the Opobo Channel, Route 430 in Rivers State. Works Minister David Umahi said the government could not continually negotiate with the contractor over the same projects. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media, Uchenna Orji, during a meeting with Julius Berger, represented by its Executive Director for Projects, Benjamin Bott, and the Head of Contract Management, Omonigho Brown, the…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has defended his staunch stance on conducting the local government election in the state on Saturday and the subsequent swearing in of the elected 23 chairmen and their deputies, saying his action was aimed at salvaging the local government system in the state. Fubara boldly declared that with the conclusion of the exercise, his administration had salvaged the state’s local government system. He also announced that a new Rivers State had been birthed based on the ‘success’ of the exercise. The inauguration  took place at the  Executive Council Chamber of the Government House in…