The year 2022 witnessed flooding as never seen in recent years in different parts of the country. The damage caused was massive resulting in loss of lives, property and farmlands. The incident also caught the attention of the international media with BBC reporting that “Nigeria is suffering its worst...
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Mr Arinzechukwu Awogu, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for Ogbaru Federal Constituency in Anambra, has said Gov. Chukwuma Soludo’s call for non-kinetic approach to solving the security challenges in the Southeast is in order. Awogu, former chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area, said this in Awka....
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi, has inaugurated a nine-man Commission of Enquiry into the crises in Ekoli and Amoso Edda, Afikpo South Local Government area of the state. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday, in Abakaliki, by Mr Chooks Oko, Special Assistant on media to Umahi. The...
Military Pensions Board (MPB) says the delay in the receipt of payment of Security Debarment Allowance (SDA) by eligible military retirees was due to hitches between the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and disbursing banks. The Chairman of the board, Rear Adm. Saburi Lawal, made this known in a...
Sen. Victor Umeh, candidate of the Labour Party, has described as illegal and unfortunate the removal of his campaign billboards by the Anambra Government. Umeh who spoke at a media briefing in Awka on Tuesday, said the billboards were duly paid for and signage fee paid to the government...
Wife of the APC Presidential Candidate, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has advised women in the South East to shun religious politics and vote for God-fearing candidates. Tinubu made the call at the South-East women rally for Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign in Owerri on Tuesday. “Let’s leave religion aside; I am a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, urged leaders to place a premium on youth development, with more seriousness and actionable ideas in promoting skills acquisitions, while discouraging idleness. Speaking at the African Conference for Peace, 2023, the President said idleness...
Nollywood actress, Ireti Doyle, sits with Chude Jideonwo on the TV show, #WithChude to address speculations about her divorce, dealing with domestic violence in her first relationship, and dealing with her daughter’s customer scandal. Speaking about the customer scandal her daughter had, and why she had to issue a press release to dissociate from the matter. “In...
A 32-year-old vulcaniser has been sentenced to death by hanging for robbing a nurse of N57,000 at Akesan bus stop, near Igando, Lagos. An Ikeja Special Offences Court presided over by Justice Mojisola Dada sentenced Chidozie Onyinchiz on Tuesday, Jan. 17. Justice Dada held that the prosecution had proved...
A Police Inspector from Ndiegoro Police Station was killed on Tuesday by suspected IPOB/ESN members around Ohanku Road-Iheorji junction in Aba, Abia. Two of the attackers were however neutralised by the police in the ensuing gun duel. Confirming the incident, the Abia Police Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has lauded the vision of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governorship candidate in the state, Engr. Titus Uba who has promised to promote agriculture and strengthen security of lives and property when elected as governor. Governor Ortom spoke Tuesday, when...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Allamin Foundation for Peace and Development (ALFOPED), a non governmental organization has trained 30 selected members of Early/ Forced Marriage Women Group and Mothers of invisible children on psycho-social support, entrepreneurship and capacity building. The 2-day training workshop which was held at the Allamin....
The Senate has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ensure that the 2023 general election is free, fair and credible. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said this on Tuesday, in his welcome address on resumption of plenary after Christmas and New Year break. Lawan charged the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says preparations for the 2023 general election are largely being concluded as preliminary deployments are already underway. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this in Chatham House, London, on Tuesday while addressing the world on preparations for the 2023 general election. Yakubu, in...
The 36 state governors have invited the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emiefele, for a virtual meeting on Thursday over issues related to the new naira notes introduced by the apex bank. The Head, Media and Public Affairs, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NFG) Secretariat, Abdulrazaque...
Gov. AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State, says the huge crowd that turned out at the APC Presidential rally in Ilorin on Tuesday, is an indication of victory for the party in the forthcoming general elections. Abdulrazaq made the assertion at the rally held in Ilorin, amidst cheers from hundreds...
INEC in Lagos State has described as untrue, allegations by the PDP that some members of the commission were colluding with the APC to manipulate the ongoing Permanent Voter Cards’ (PVCs) distribution.. Mr Olusegun Agbaje, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lagos state refuted PDP’s claim in a statement on...
The United Nations (UN) said on Tuesday that the killing of journalists worldwide significantly increased by 50 per cent in 2022 following a decline over the previous three years. The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), in its 2021-2022 freedom of expression report, released on Tuesday said 86...
Nitin Gajria, Managing Director, Google Africa, on Tuesday said that the search interest on private browsing increased in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Gajria said at the Africa Ads Privacy immersion for press in Lagos that search in private browsing increased in Kenya by 110 per cent, Nigeria by...
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Kola Abiola, has said that he would deal decisively with secessionists if elected Nigerian president. Abiola stated this at a presidential parley, organised by the South-West Development Stakeholders Forum (SWDSF) on Tuesday in Ibadan. According to him, the actions of...