The UN and partners are ramping up support for Malawi in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which killed 190 people this week and injured dozens more, prompting the government to declare a state of disaster. The storm – which has been raging since Feb. 6 – made landfall...
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Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe has appealed to the Abia electorate to vote for the Governorship Candidate of APGA, Prof. Gregory Ibe, in honour of its founder, late Dim Odimegwu Ojukwu. Abaribe made the appeal while speaking on the chances of APGA to win the governorship election on Saturday. He spoke...
Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen scored twice on Wednesday to help steer Napoli FC of Italy to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt. The win ensured they moved into the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals for the first time. The 24-year-old who scored in each half of the game...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Nigeria and Israel have commenced collaborative moves to deepen partnership in innovation, entrepreneurship and production with the aim of harnessing Nigeria’s huge potentials for its technological development. This was disclosed when the Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Mr. Michael Freeman paid a working...
Mr. Sunday Olajide, member representing Akure South Constituency II at the Ondo state House of Assembly, has urged Lagos residents to vote for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Olajide, in a statement on Wednesday in Akure, pleaded with various groups and interest...
A commercial motorcyclist and his passenger, on Wednesday, lost their lives after colliding with a truck at Bible College area on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Ogun, Mr Ahmed Umar, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed Dr Patrick Dakum as the Plateau State Labour Party (LP) candidate for the Saturday Governorship election. The 5-man panel of Justices led by Justice Inyang Okoro dismissed an appeal brought before it by Amb. Yohanna Margif, a LP aspirant in the state, challenging...
Dr MacDonald Ebere, the Imo Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lauded Gov. Hope Uzodimma infrastructure strides in the state, saying he has constructed more than 28 urban roads in Owerri. Ebere said this at a news conference to showcase the achievements of Uzodimma’s administration in the...
Sir Siminlalayi Fubara, Rivers Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s governorship candidate and his deputy, Dr Ngozi Odu, in the Saturday’s election has sued the party and its national executive members over alleged planned to suspend them. The duo, alongside other PDP’s candidates in the Feb 25 National Assembly and the...
Former Senate President, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim, on Wednesday declared his support for the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi, Chief Francis Nwifuru. The stalwart of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) declared his support for the APC candidate at Ishiagu, his hometown in Ivo Local...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) says the Federal Government will demand a full investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a Nigerian, Chizoba Favour Eze, in an Ethiopian prison. This is contained in a statement by Mr Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and...
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the 2023 population and housing census earlier scheduled for March 29 has been shifted to May 2023. Mohammed confirmed this when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council presided over by...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has called on Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), to transit from fossil fuel to renewable energy to reduce costs of telecom services. The Executive Vice-Chairman (EVC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, said on Wednesday at the 2023 World Consumer Rights Day (WCRD) in Abuja, that doing so...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun, Ladi Adebutu, has accused All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state of planning to rig Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly elections with thugs. Adebutu made the allegation while addressing hundreds of PDP supporters at a mega rally in Abeokuta...
Chude Jideonwo, host of #WithChude, sit with social media commentator, Daniel Regha and popular gossip blogger, Tosin Silverdam to talk about their careers and the public perception of them. On how he got into gossip blogging, Tosin shared, ‘I was into blogging online back then, but then I stopped. I got a job at a pharmacy as a...
Some traders in various markets in the satellite towns of the FCT are still skeptical about collecting the old Naira notes in spite of Central Bank Nigeria’s (CBN) directive. Some of the traders who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Karu, Nyanya, and Mararaba Markets on...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in seven members of the Board of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the inauguration took place at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. The affected members include...
An Ikeja Sexual offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday,sentenced a man, Stephen Francis to life imprisonment for defiling an 11-year-old primary four pupil in his room. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that, Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had sufficiently proved the three essential ingredients...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Justice of the Supreme Court, Emmanuel Ogwuegbu, on his 90th birthday on March 16. In a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja, Buhari joined family and friends to celebrate God’s grace of...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday sought revocation of bail granted a former Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, facing N338.8 million money laundering charges. Ikuforiji and his former Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi, are facing a 54-count charge before a Federal High Court...