By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its presidential campaign rally scheduled for Tuesday in Ibadan indefinitely. The APC Publicity Secretary in Oyo State, Mr Olawale Sadare, announced the postponement in a statement issued on Monday in Ibadan. Mr. Sadare said the decision was...
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The arraignment of a business mogul, Abdulsalam Abdulkarim-Zaura, before a Kano Federal High Court over alleged 1.3 million dollars fraud was again stalled due to a change in defence counsel. NAN reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed a charge of criminal conspiracy and obtaining money...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A group known as The Sokoto Network for Good Governance has passed vote of confidence on all candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the 2023 general elections. Addressing a world press conference on Sunday in Sokoto, the convener general, Comrade Faruk...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Rosicrucian Order, Amorch Nigeria has called for collective efforts from Nigerians home and abroad to tackle the country’s socio-economic challenges. The Organisation warned against sitting on the fence, calling for emulation of the virtues/ qualities of Nigerian’s founding fathers, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Obafemi Awolowo...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As political parties intensify efforts to woo the electorate in the forthcoming general elections, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has described the APC presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the vanguard of women empowerment above other candidates. The minister spoke...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A House of Representatives candidate for Akwanga, Wamba and Nasarawa Eggon, federal constituency, Patrick Adigizi, has offered free medical services to over 500 persons in Nasarawa. The free medical care took place at the weekend at General Hospital, Akwanga, in Nasarawa State. Adigizi, who...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has urged the National Assembly to launch an investigation into the regulatory activities of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), accusing it of succumbing to the control of an overtly politically partisan Minister of Information to cow broadcasting stations in Nigeria...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has commenced the conduct of a National Employability Benchmarking Programme in Nigerian universities in collaboration with the International Finance Corporation, IFC, and other local partners. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc Sonny Echono, said the move is part of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As the world mark 2023 international day of zero tolerance for female gender mutilation , United Nations Education Fund (UNICEF) and United Nations Sexual and Reproductive Health Agency (UNFPA) have disclosed that 4.3 millions girls are at risk of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in...
The supreme court on Monday affirmed Ahmed Lawan, senate president, as the All Progressives Congress (APC) senatorial candidate for Yobe north. In a majority judgment delivered by Justice Centus Nweze, the apex court allowed the appeal filed by the APC against Bashir Machina’s candidature. The lead majority judgment of...
Nigerian singer Tems won a Grammy Award on Sunday – becoming the first female artist from the country to win the prestigious award. Her compatriot Burna Boy lost in the two categories in which he was nominated. Tems, whose real name is Temilade Openiyi, won the award in the...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the murder of a number Nigerian Muslim pilgrims on their way to Kaolak, Senegal, when the buses conveying them came under gun attack in Burkina Faso. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity), Garba Shehe...
Ihlas News Agency has reported that an explosion hit a gas pipeline in Türkiye’s southern province of Hatay after two strong earthquakes jolted the country early Monday. Türkiye’s state-owned energy company, BOTAS, announced that it had suspended natural gas flow to southern Gaziantep, Hatay and Kahramanmaras provinces. Vice President...
Umunugwu community in Enugu-South local government area of Enugu state, has apologised to Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and the Enugu South Local Government Area Chairman, Mr Chimezie Nkwuo, over its protest on Jan. 17. They appealed to Ugwuanyi and Nkwuo to forgive them and continue the road work in the...
Director-General, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Mr Sola Obadimu says the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) should have introduced N5,000 note rather than redesigning old notes. Mr. Obadimu, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja b- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to protect Nigerians by going after political leaders and saboteurs mopping up the new Naira notes. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, made the call in a statement issued on Sunday in...
The DUMENA Technology Group, a technology education company, said N500,000, N300,000 and N200,000 are up for grabs in AI-Robotics competition for children aged 10 to 18 years within the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) in the Federal Capital Territory. Mr Kingsley Ezejiaku, Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, made...
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested some Yoruba Nation agitators planning to protest in the Alausa area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Sunday on his verified Twitter handle. He said, “Earlier today, a number of Yoruba Nation agitators commenced setting...
Some traders in Sango-Ota, Ogun, on Monday, appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to make concerted efforts to address the lingering cash crunch in Deposit Money banks to prevent total collapse of economic activities. They expressed their views in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Inadequate publicity, Naira re-design and fuel scarcity, have combined to take the shine off the ongoing 44th Kaduna International Trade Fair. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the venue of the fair, report that the popular annual Trade Fair, known for its hosting of national...