A former PDP Board of Trustees (BOT) member, Chief Aduke Maina, has urged Lagos State residents to vote massively for the party’s Governorship Candidate, Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran, because of his great plans for them. Maina, who was in Adediran and Mrs Funke Akindele’s campaign train on tour of 12...
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No fewer than 10 persons were confirmed dead on Saturday in an accident involving a Mack truck and a Toyota Hiace bus at Oniworo area on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has allocated 30 hectares of land for the establishment of an Industrial Equipment and Machinery Development Institute (IEMDI) and a Skill Acquisition Institute, both approved by President Muhammadu Buhari, for siting in Borno State. Governor Zulum gave the directive...
The two-day presidential election in the Czech Republic comes to an end on Saturday. Citizens of the EU and NATO member state can still cast their votes until 2 pm (1300 GMT). Three favourites are fighting for entry into the probable run-off: ex-NATO general Petr Pavel, billionaire and populist...
Police Command in Kwara has arrested 23-year-old Nigerian internet fraudster (Yahoo boy), Awoleye Oluwatofunmi, who allegedly defrauded an American national, Vonapolouis Moss, of US$ 1,000. The state Commissioner of Police, CP. Paul Odama, disclosed this while parading the suspect before reporters at the police headquarters, Ilorin, on Friday. He...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo have disagreed over Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s scorecard within three years in office. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Uzodimma assumed office on Jan. 14, 2020, following a judgment of the Supreme Court...
Chief Seipkowei Aperaman, the National Coordinator, Sagbama/Ekeremor Progressive Vanguard, on Friday said zoning formulate should be respected within the Senatorial District. He stated this at a gathering in Yenagoa where the stakeholders urged the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Sen. Seriake Dickson, who had shown interest to return for the...
The Force Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Maj.-Gen. Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim, has called for sustained efforts to end the activities of terrorist groups in the Lake Chad Basin region. MNJTF Spokesman, Lt.-Col. Kamarudeen Adegoke, in a statement on Saturday, said Ibrahim made the call during a ceremony to usher...
The Osun Election Petitions Tribunal on Friday adjourned for judgment, the petition filed by former Gov Gboyega Oyetola, challenging the victory of Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the July 16 governorship election. The Chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Tertsea Kume, reserved the judgment...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Katsina State has berated Sen. Ahmed Babba-Kaita (PDP-Katsina North) for alleging that the state government plans to use N1.1billion of state funds to campaign for the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Kaita was elected on the platform of APC...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Alhaji Rabi’u Kwankwaso, says both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have failed Nigerians for the past 24 years of ruling the country. Alhaji Kwankwaso, who said the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The First Lady and wife of Nasarawa State Governor, Hajiya Sulifat Sule, has called on women in the state to come out and participate actively in the forthcoming general elections. Hajia Sulifat, made the call during the statewide “Meet the women tour”, at the...
What does a free trade zone mean? A free trade zone is an area within which goods may be landed, handled, manufactured, reconfigured, and re-exported without the intervention of customs authorities. It is a region where a group of countries has agreed to reduce or eliminate trade barriers, the...
Mother of singer, Sina Rambo’s estranged wife, Korth, has called out Davido over alleged threats made to her daughter, who has been accused of mentioning Davido’s wife, Chioma’s name, during her recent rant against Sina. Queen who claimed that Korth has received many threat messages, stated that Davido should be held responsible...
The Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kaduna Command, Mr Idris Adah, paid last respect to personnel killed by bandits in Kaduna state . The Command Public Relations Officer, DSC Habeeb Badamasi, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna. Seven personnel...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Imo State Command, says it arrested 21 suspected human traffickers and five illegal migrants in 2022. Commandant of the NSCDC in Imo, Mr Matthew Ovye, disclosed this while presenting his scorecard for year 2022 at an expanded management meeting held at...
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court, on Friday, sentenced a 21-year-old man, Abeeb Magaji, to 14 years imprisonment for attempting to steal from the court’s premises in Isabo. Magaji, whose address was not provided, pleaded guilty to the three-count charge of intent to commit felony, unlawful damage and causing breach of...
The Oyo State Chief Judge, Munta Abimbola, on Friday officially disengaged from active service in the state’s judiciary after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 65 for High Court Judges. At the Valedictory court session in his honour at the state’s High Court Ibadan, the Commissioner for Justice, Prof....
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has expressed gratitude to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for selecting him as the party’s Vice-Presidential candidate. Okowa stated this while addressing PDP supporters during the party’s campaign on Friday, in Ika South and...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appealed to political parties to allow for healthy competition in the coming general elections. Dr Mutiu Agboke, Osun INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), made the appeal in Osogbo on Friday, at a meeting between INEC and candidates of various political parties’ with...