The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called on FCT residents to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the February General elections. The Electoral Officer of Gwagwalada Area Council, Mr Shamsudeen Musa, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gwagwalada...
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The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi has pledged his support and that of Africans to the administration of the new President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. This was made known in a statement issued by the Palace’s Director of Media and Public Affairs, Otunba Moses Olafare...
The Kwara State House of Assembly leader, Abubakar Mogaji Olawoyin, is dead. The Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Mr Abdulquadr Yusuf, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Ilorin. NAN reports that Olawoyin was of the APC and represented Ilorin Central Constituency (Mogajin...
The ancient town of Yola in Adamawa is full of activities as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to arrive the state for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari is expected to arrive the Yola International Airport by 10.30...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked media reports that its Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar was flown to London, over health challenges. The spokesperson and Director, Public Affairs, PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Sen. Dino Melaye, stated this in a statement in Abuja. Dino...
A statement by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11 declaring the lack of wisdom in the atheistic outlook has generated heated debates within the theistic and atheistic communities. Widely reported in the local media, this remark is an invitation to re-examine an allusion that Christians and...
It was glitz and glamour as the premier and leading financial institution in the country, FirstBank thrilled their customer to a memorable “DecemberIssaVybe” at the just concluded Vibe on the Beach, featuring sensational music act, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun widely known as Big Wiz. The timing of the concert was...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has commended the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) over its decision to identify the real owners of all lease and licence holder operators in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. The Chairman of HEDA, Olanrewaju...
On January 26, 1998, I authored an article, entitled ‘Lessons from the Dead’, in one of Nigeria’s foremost newspapers. In the piece, I attempted to eulogize the late Mother Theresa of Calcutta for her avowed commitment to the advancement of global development as well as her giving an everlasting...
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A swan lets out one last croaky cry and wild kick before giving up the ghost. That is the bird’s one last gasp of air and futile attempt to clutch to life. Governor Nyeson Wike and his G5 Governors now cut such a tragic sight. They are either going...
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni has declared Monday and Tuesday as public holidays to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari to the state. President Buhari will be visiting the state to inaugurate projects, including Cargo Airport, Ultra-Modern Market and Maternal and Child Health Care Complex....
The Nigeria Books of Record (NBR) Research Centre has appointed the General Overseer of Omega Power Ministries (OPM), Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere as Fellow of the organisation. NBR was established in 2009 as part of the “Change Begin with Me Campaign” of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture. The...
APC governorship campaign council in Zamfara says reinstating PDP governorship candidate, Dr Dauda Lawal-Dare will not in any way challenge the party’s predicted victory in the March 11 governorship election in the state. The Director, Directorate of Publicity of the council, Alhaji Ibrahim Danmalikin-Gidangoga stated this while speaking with...
President Muhammadu Buhari says he looks forward to peaceful conduct of this year’s general elections, and retirement, since he has satisfied the constitutionally required two terms in office. The president said this at the State House, Abuja, when he hosted the Special Envoy of President Evariste Ndayishimiye of the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – A man identified as Gaddafi Sagir, 20, has been arrested by the police in Kano State for allegedly stabbing his stepmother with screwdriver and strangled his 8-year-old sister to death. The police spokesman in the state, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, confirmed the arrest in a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has seized a consignment of illicit drugs about to be brought into the country by suspected criminals. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, that the suspects used disingenuous modes...
A woman, on Sunday, died on her way to church, after falling off her husband’s motorcycle at Fajol axis of Obantoko area in Abeokuta. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident happened as the husband of the deceased lost control in the process of avoiding a...
The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Datti Baba-Ahmed, says if he and Peter Obi are elected into office in February, their administration will take sports, especially football, seriously. Nigeria’s national team, the Super Eagles, were knocked out of the African Cup of Nations in Cameroon in...
Manchester City piled pressure on Chelsea boss Graham Potter as Riyad Mahrez inspired a 4-0 rout in the FA Cup third round, while Aston Villa crashed to a stunning 2-1 defeat against fourth tier Stevenage on Sunday. After Premier League sides Newcastle, Nottingham Forest and Bournemouth were humiliated by...