The Federal Government on Tuesday assured Nigerians that the 2023 general elections will hold as planned. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the assurance in Abuja at the 17th edition of the “President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023)”. Mohammed was reacting to a...
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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will monitoring commercial banks to ensure that they comply with the directive of loading the redesigned Naira notes in their Automated Teller Machines (ATMs). CBN Director, Currency Operations, Mr Ahmed Umar, made this known in Abuja on Monday at the Training Session for...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A group, New Forum for Development has offered N200,000 reward for anyone with information that will lead to the rescue of Lt. Phebe Johnson, a female soldier abducted in December 2022. It would be recalled that Lt. Phebe Johnson was kidnapped while visiting her...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Veteran Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw has been elected unopposed as National Public Relations Officer of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN). The National Secretary of AGN, Abubakar Yakubu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lagos. Yakubu said that Kate was elected...
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of First Bank Nigeria Limited, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, in this interview with THISDAY reviewed the performance of the global economy in 2022 and advised businesses and their bankers to approach 2023 with a partnership mindset to ensure that a win-win outcome is achieved despite...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says nobody can blackmail him on inexplicable wealth and illicit enrichment while in office, saying ‘‘I do not have one square-inch outside Nigeria.’’ Speaking at a State banquet, Monday night, organised in his honour in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, the...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has confirmed that seven of its personnel alongside five other persons were ambushed and killed at Kuriga mining site, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The NSCDC Director of Public Relations, Mr Olusola Odumosu told the News Agency of...
Ogba Ijaiye Football Club has won the 2022/23 Elephant Cup, a five-a-side grassroots soccer tournament, organised for teams in Agege area of Lagos State. The team defeated Mago FC 3-0 in the final of the tournament ,played at the Ashade Ogba Playing Ground on Monday,to emerge winner. Ogba Ijaiye...
Spotify, an online streaming platform, has announced Nigerian Afro Pop artiste, Yemi Alade as its ‘EQUAL Africa Artiste’ for January. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, in Lagos. She said the Spotify EQUAL Africa programme seeks to provide female artistes...
Barely three days to the eighth edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) tagged “Teranga Edition”, Senegalese-French actor and comedian, Ahmed Sylla, has been announced as the host for the award night. Chinonso Ihekire, AFRIMA Communications Manager, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. Ihekire said...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of the governing councils of Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER) and the Centre for Management Development (CMD). The announcement of the presidential approval was contained in a press release issued by the Director of...
A video of a young man giving his giving his little daughter marijuana to smoke has led to an outcry on social media. The young man who held his daughter in his arms, pushed the lit joint into her mouth intermittently after grabbing a puff. A female was heard...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has on Monday approved the sum of N4,736,782,352.21 for the award of 219 research grants to successful participants under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund (NRF) programme for the 2021 grant cycle. A statement issued by the Acting...
The governorship candidate of the People’s Redemption Party, PRP, Comrade Chris Agu, has condemned what he described as the piling of humongous foreign and local debts of N89. 89 billion local and $123.02 million foreign debts respectively saying that generations of Enugu people yet unborn would not complete repayment...
Airtel Africa says its Nigerian subsidiary, Airtel Networks Ltd., has acquired 4G and 5G Spectrum from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). The spectrum, it said, was worth 316.7 million dollars, payable in Naira. The communication provider disclosed this in a corporate disclosure made available to the Nigerian Exchange Ltd....
WIkki Tourists Football Club’s Chief Coach, Abdullahi Adamu, says he is confident his players will win their Match Day 1 fixture in the 2022/2023 Nigeria Professional Football league (NPFL). Adamu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bauchi that his team would beat visiting Niger Tornadoes...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday inaugurated the Yobe Cargo Airport named after him. The President, who is on an official visit to the state, expressed joy over the gesture. “It is my singular honour and privilege to commission this project which is named after me,” Buhari said. The News...
The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has said it will screen passengers coming into the country, using Rapid Diagnostic Test (RTD). Dr Geoffrey Okatubo, Director, Port Health Services, said this on Monday in Abuja, during the Ministerial bi-weekly meeting on the update of COVID-19 response and developments in the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested five suspects for vandalising bridges in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NSCDC’s Director of Public Relations, Mr Olusola Odumosu, stated this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Mr. Odumosu said items...