Barring last-minute changes, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has decided to appoint two prominent northern journalists to his media team. One of the senior journalists (Name Withheld) is a celebrated columnist and former editor at different times with the two biggest newspaper groups in...
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Parents of the 11 remaining abducted female students of the Federal Government College (FGC), Yauri, in Kebbi State, have appealed to Nigerians to come to their aid financially in order to rescue their children from their abductors. In a letter addressed to all Nigerians, which PRNigeria obtained, a group...
“Look for 3 things in a person – intelligence, energy and integrity. If they don’t have the last one, don’t bother with the first two”. The above quotation comes from Warren Edward Buffet, an American business magnet, investor, speaker and philanthropist who is reputed to be the fourth richest...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A leading Anti-Corruption Organization in Nigeria, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has filled a petition to the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) against the former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential Candidate of...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to “promptly cut the outrageous National Assembly budget of N228.1bn, including the N30.17bn severance payments and inauguration costs for members (the highest ever).”...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday led Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, members of National Assembly, service chiefs and the diplomatic corps to honour the nation’s fallen and living heroes. The event, which involved laying of wreath at the National Arcade in Abuja, was the climax of activities for the 2023...
Stunt Director @MrNollywoodNG also known as David Patrick on saturday called on the Federal Government and Lagos State Government to support the Stunt Industry in Nigeria. The stunt director who disclosed this via his social media handle noted that the stunt industry would open doors to export Nigerian movies...
In recent weeks, President Muhammadu Buhari has been unusually busy. In addition to his normal routines in the line of duty, the president has been making the most of the last lap of his rather unflattering tenure. Through a series of farewell utterances and gestures that will last from...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has killed four persons, arrested four suspected kidnappers and rescued 6 victims in the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Bauchi. SP Wakil said the command recorded unprecedented successes...
Zimbabwean police on Saturday fired teargas at an opposition party gathering in Harare and arrested 25 of its members, including two members of parliament, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) said. The arrests come after a wave of politically motivated violence against opposition supporters in rural Zimbabwe, raising fears...
Nigerian Singer and Songwriter, Tiwa Savage, sensational singers, P Square and other African artistes on Saturday set Dakar on fire as they performed to the excitement of their fans. During a white party organised to herald the 8th edition of the All-Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), Savage appraised the Senegalese...
Mr Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the February election, has called on the electorate not to vote for tribe but look out for for character. Obi said this on Saturday in Akure at the town hall meeting to seek the support of the people of...
No fewer than 20,350 members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) have dumped the party for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State. The Special Assistant, Political Matters to Gov. Bala Mohammed said this while receiving the decampees at an event held on Saturday in Bauchi. According to...
A truck conveying over 70 supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has crashed in Plateau, leaving many people dead. The accident occurred on Saturday at Jwak village in Panyam District of Mangu Local Government Area of the state after the zonal rally of the party held in Pankshin....
Popular Nollywood actor, Femi Ogunrombi, popularly known as Papa Ajasco, is dead. His death was confirmed by a theatre practitioner, Husseini Shaibu, via his Twitter handle on Sunday. He wrote, “I have just been reliably informed that the ethnomusicologist, former Music Instructor with #NATIONALTROUPE and one time stand in...
Governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, on Saturday, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari for the release of the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. The governor also offered to act as a surety for the IPOB leader who remains in the custody of...
Enyimba International Football Club of Aba on Saturday in Jos beat hosts Nasarawa United FC of Lafia 2-1 in a 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) fixture. The Group A Match Day 1 fixture saw the winners scoring their first goal in the 33rd minute through Elijah Akanidomo, after...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC), Bauchi State, Yusuf Andullahi, has confirmed that five people were killed in a multiple fatal crash that occurred on Saturday morning. He said 12 others sustained various degrees of bruises in the crash that occurred at...
Chief Adebayo Adelabu, the Accord governorship candidate in Oyo State, says the alleged unsolicited telephone calls by Gov. Seyi Makinde’s campaign team to prospective voters in the state would not stop his defeat. This is contained in a statement issued by the Bayo Adelabu Campaign Organisation (BACO) on Saturday...
Two NGOs, African Bridge Initiative and Initiative of Change Nigeria have begged voter card registrants to go pick up their permanent voters card. The two NGO’s urged the public to take advantage of the deadline extension for the collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) by the electoral body...