Why Constitution Amendment May Not Be Completed Before End Of Ninth Assembly – Gbajabiamila
The National Assembly recently alleged that state governors were using state assemblies to stall the process of amending the constitution carried out by the federal legislature. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said…
Politicians Buying PVCs From Registered Voters, INEC Raises Alarm
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said Nigerian politicians are buying Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from registered voters to harvest their Voter Identification Numbers (VIN) ahead of the 2023 general elections. INEC, while warning…
JAMB Begins Automation To Ease Admission Process, Trains Tertiary Institutions
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has trained over 300 participants in the North West on its newly introduced online platforms to improve communication and ease the admission process at tertiary institutions. Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the…
Heavy Snow Forces UK Schools To Close
Several schools across the United Kingdom have been forced to shut down for a second consecutive day following a snow and ice chaos. Thousands of classrooms were reportedly closed Monday as an Arctic freeze engulfed Britain, according to a report by…
US Scientists Set To Announce Fusion Energy Breakthrough
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was set to announce a “major scientific breakthrough” Tuesday in the decades-long quest to harness fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars. Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in…
Tinubu Not Lagos Indigene — Bode George
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has said that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is not an indigene of Lagos State. According to Hobnob News Nigeria,George spoke on a TV’s Morning…
Live updates: FTX founder Sam-Bankman Fried arrested; U.S. prosecutors unseal indictment
This is CNBC’s live blog covering Tuesday’s hearing on the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX before the House Financial Services Committee. The House Financial Services Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday morning on the collapse of…
Obasanjo In Washington DC, Sells Peter Obi To world Leaders
Hobnob News Nigeria has reliably gathered that just few days after Chief Olusegun Obasanjo registered strong backing to the 2023 presidential aspiration of former Anambra State governor, Peter Obi in Enugu at the occasion of the 70th birthday of Chief…
Federal Govt Cancels COVID-19 Test For All Travellers
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), yesterday, said pre-departure and post-arrival COVID-19 PCR tests are no longer required for all passengers coming into the country, irrespective of vaccination status. In a memo to all aviation service…
Nigeria rated sixth among African countries in ‘visa openness’
Nigeria has ranked sixth in the Africa Visa Openness Report released by the African Union and the African Development Bank. The report, which is the seventh edition, was released at the 2022 African Economic Conference being held in Balaclava, Mauritius…