By Aluta News Oct. 17, 2023 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its results viewing portal is to enhance election transparency and not a result collation or transmission system. The INEC Director of ICT, Paul Omokore, gave the clarification in his presentation titled: “The role of BVAS, IReV forContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 17, 2023 The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate increased to 26.72 per cent in September 2023. The NBS disclosed this in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report for September, released in Abuja on Monday. According to the report, theContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 17, 2023 Israel has asked the United States for $10 billion in emergency aid amid the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the New York Times newspaper reported. The White House is reportedly preparing an assistance package for Israel, which also contains aid to Ukraine, funding toContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 15, 2023 Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met for the first time with representatives of the relatives of the hostages taken last wekend by the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas, Israeli media reported on Sunday. There were no details about the meeting at first. On Oct.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 15, 2023 The Federal Government has reinstated Mr Sunday Adepoju as the Postmaster General (PMG) and CEO of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST). NIPOST took to its official X handle on Saturday to make this announcement in a statement which was monitored by the News AgencyContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 14, 2023 The Commander 1 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen. Sani Ahmed, has called on journalists to put national interest above others in their news reportage. The call was made in a statement by the Acting Assistant Director Army Public Relations Headquarters 1 Brigade, Yahayya Ibrahim, andContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 14, 2023 A faulty power line of the Jos Electricity Distribution Plc. (JED) electrocuted eight persons at Kabong community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau on Saturday, killing six of them. The faulty line emitted sparks and electrocuted the victims in the various homesContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 14, 2023 The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr Akinwuni Adesina, says corruption is not an African issue. Adesina said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Saturday. According to him, what is important is to continueContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 14, 2023 UN humanitarians expressed deep concern on Friday for all civilians in the Gaza Strip following Israel’s order for the entire population there to leave the north, amid ongoing airstrikes and a deepening humanitarian crisis. The UN representatives in Gaza on Thursday was informed byContinue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 14, 2023 Dr Ahmed Audi, the Commandant General (CG) of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC), has ordered the immediate deployment of undercover agents to schools and host communities to enhance security in schools nationwide. The CG gave the order on Friday in Kaduna at theContinue Reading
