Imo State former governor and senator representing Imo West senatorial district, Rochas Okorocha has reacted to the EndSARS protest against the extrajudicial activities of the now-defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in Nigeria. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja over the weekend, Senator Okorocha said the #EndSARS protests was a reaction to years of bad leadership in the country. Okorocha, who […]
Lee Kun-Hee, the ailing Samsung Electronics chairman who transformed the small television maker into a global giant of consumer electronics is dead at the age of 78. Samsung announced the death but did not specify the cause. Mr. Lee had been incapacitated since a heart attack in 2014. The company said in a statement; “It […]
Former Italy, Juventus, China and World Cup-winning boss Marcello Lippi has retired from coaching. Lippi, 72, has been unemployed since resigning as China head coach in November last year following a 2022 World Cup qualifying defeat to Syria. He lasted just six months in the job, his second time coaching China’s team. After spells with […]
The Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) has said that “diabolical influencers in form of hooliganism, ethno-religious bigots and even political marauders” are bent on pulling the nation down and pushing for regime change. The governors made this claim in a statement released after an emergency meeting they had on Thursday, October 22. According to the […]
All bye-elections in 11 states in the country has been postponed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC spokesman, Festus Okoye who made the announcement said the 15 bye-elections was postponed due to the current state of things in the country. It was further learnt that the elections for six senatorial districts and nine state […]
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities have again disagreed on the payment platform which will be used in disbursing the salary arrears and the N30 billion earned allowance of university lecturers. While the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige offered to pay the salary arrears and the N30 billion Earned Allowances of the university […]
Frontline Labour leader and Vice President, Industrial Global Union, Comrade Issa Aremu, has said that the ongoing #EndSARS protest, is as a result of youths exclusion in the governance of Nigeria. He, however said, that the development offers a timely opportunity for Nigerian governments to integrate the youths back into the socio-economic development of the […]
The scarcity of petroleum products is imminent in Nigeria as some depots have stopped loading-trucks, bluebloodz.com learnt on Wednesday. The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN ) National Vice President, Alhaji Abubakar Maigandi, disclosed this to our Abuja correspondent on phone. He added that the #EndSARS protests and the resultant crises have stopped the […]
The House of Representatives have publicly denounce the low budgetary allocation to Science and Technology in the nation’s annual budget. It assured the nation of its willingness to increase budgetary allocation to the sub-sector to fund research for transforming the economy. The Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology, Beni Lar (PDP, Plateau), […]
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has reportedly ordered the withdrawal of police officers attached to very important persons (VIP) in Nigeria. According to TheCable, the directive was issued via a police wireless message on Wednesday, October 21, and is expected to take effect immediately. This development comes following two weeks of End SARS […]