By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Governor of Edo, Adams Oshiomhole, who clocked 71 on April 4, 2023. The president, in a congratulatory message by his Spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina on Tuesday, highlighted the boldness of the political leader in advocating reforms and standing...
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The World Health Organisation (WHO), Bauchi Field Office, on Tuesday,launched a medical outreach in Bauchi as part of activities to celebrate its 75 years of existence. At the launch of the outreach at Primary Healthcare Centre, Fada in Bauchi, Dr Mahmood Saidu, the WHO Coordinator in Bauchi State, said the organisation...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the Senate to consider and approve the Nigerian Data Protection Bill sent to it by the Executive. The president’s request is contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Alhaji Ahmad Lawan, and read at plenary on Tuesday. “Pursuant to Section 58, sub...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday told a Federal High Court, Abuja that six aggrieved applicants who challenged the party’s Feb. 7 election to nominate delegates for Kogi governorship primaries were not its members. Counsel to APC, Abdulwahab Mohammed, SAN, who told Justice James Omotosho in a preliminary...
Donald Trump, the ex-president, and front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2024, will appear in court on Tuesday to be fingerprinted, photographed, and formally charged in a watershed moment. This will be coming ahead of next year’s presidential election. Indicted last week, Trump is the first sitting or former...
The Head of Special Investigations and Fact-checking at PRNigeria, Mohammed Dahiru Lawal has been appointed as the Executive Secretary of the Network of Advocates for Digital Reporting (NADIR). His appointment which takes immediate effect was contained in a statement on Monday signed by NADIR’s head of Information and ICT,...
Real losers of 2023 Nigerian general elections are not the electorate who were deprived of their rights to freely choose candidates of their choice nor the first-timer youth who were disappointed by the Nigerian state nor the candidates who lost or won as declared by the Independent National Electoral...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has clarified that the UN Peacekeeping fighting vehicles and equipment sighted recently in Benin, the Edo State capital, were meant for deployment for peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. It would be recalled that a video clip titled, “tension as heavy...
A Magistrates’ Court in Abakaliki on Tuesday refused to grant the bail application filed by Mr Chukwuma John, a politician, who is charged with alleged possession of firearm and attempted murder. John is charged with attempted murder, conspiracy, unlawful possission of firearm and intimidation with weapon. The Prosecuting Counsel,...
The trial of the former Lagos Attorney-General, Olasupo Shasore, charged with alleged 200,000 dollars corrupt offers before an Ikeja Special Offences Court suffered a set back due to discrepancies in the proof of service. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on Oct.21, 2022, arraigned the former Shasore on a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – No fewer than 10 students in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been kIdnapped by armed bandits The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said the...
Gunmen have kidnapped two members of the family of the village head of Nasarawa in Tsanyawa Local Government in Kano State. Those kidnapped are his wife, Halima Kabiru, 38, and Dahiru Kabiru, who is 20 years old. Mr Mamman Dauda, Commissioner of Police in the state, confirmed the abduction...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has expressed profound shock and sadness over the death of Mrs Ifeoma Kalu, wife of a former Governor of Abia State and Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu. Governor Ayade in a statement signed by his Special...
At least one person has been killed after a passenger train derailed in the Netherlands early on Tuesday. About 30 people were injured, some of them seriously, a spokesperson for the security forces said. Nineteen people were taken to hospital, she said. No information was given about their condition....
A Family Court in Iyaganku , Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a 50-year-old man, Isaac Fagbohun, in Abolongo Correctional facility for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl in his neighbourhood. The police charged Fagbohun with defilement. Chief Magistrate P. O. Adetuyibi did not take the plea of Fagbohun for want...
The Idiroko Unit Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has warned motorists against driving with expired drivers licences and worn out tyres to stem unnecessary road crashes during the forthcoming Easter celebrations. Mr Akinwunmi Olaluwoye, the Unit Commander of FRSC in the area, made this known in...
Mr Oyakhilome Bello, APC U.S.A National Youth Leader, has called on the American President, Joe Biden, to defend Nigeria’s democracy from those calling for an Interim National Government or military take over. According to a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, Bello made the call at a rally organised by...
It is no longer news that some of the first-term governors-elect will face many months of unpaid workers’ salaries and mounting pension liabilities, as well as agitation for the implementation of the nationally agreed minimum wage, rising inflation, escalating prices of goods and services, and dwindling purchasing power. These...
Spotify, a global online streaming platform, says Davido’s music is most streamed in United Kingdom, Nigeria, Canada and France. Victor Okpala, Spotify’s Artiste and Label Partnerships Manager for West Africa, in a statement on Tuesday said songs by Davido featured on over 10 million user-generated playlists on Spotify. According...
The Police Command in Kano State has arrested one Philibus Ibrahim for allegedly strangling his pregnant girlfriend, 22-year- old Theresa Yakubu . Ibrahim, who committed the offence in Tudun Wada Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, was arrested alongside his accomplice Gabriel Bila, both of Unguwar Korau Tudun-Wada...