Spokesperson of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, says former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, won’t affect his principal. Obasanjo formally endorsed Obi for the February 25 election, saying that the former Anambra State Governor has an edge over other candidates....
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council has reacted to former president Olusegun Obasanjo’s endorsement of Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. The Director, Media & Publicity of the Council Bayo Onanuga, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the endorsement is actually...
A couple – Kehinde Fatinoye and Bukola – has been killed in a mysterious fire incident shortly after returning from a New Year/Crossover service in Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to the police, a suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of the duo who reside in the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) in Bauchi State has confirmed that seven were killed and 14 others injured in a fatal crash that occurred on new year eve about one kilometer to Badaromo village along the ever busy Bauchi – Maiduguri federal highway...
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has called on all Nigerians to unite their efforts in the journey of taking back the nation. “We should arise to take back our country from the cold hands of corruption, insecurity and unproductivity,” Obi said in his New...
Search engine giant Google is wishing everyone a Happy New Year 2023 and it is celebrating it with a special animated doodle on its website. To celebrate the new year, upon visiting Google website, the doodle shows 2022 turning into 2023 as firecrackers burst around Google’s logo. Upon clicking...
The Police in Ebonyi said hoodlums have shot and killed the wife of the Commander of Ebubeagu Security Outfit in Afikpo-South local government area of the state. The command spokesperson, SP Chris Anyanwu told reporters in Abakaliki that the hoodlums also set the commander’s house ablaze. “A report filed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted a Brazil returnee, Prosper Agbasi with 105 parcels of cocaine concealed in candies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos on Christmas Day. The Director Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three traffickers with a total of 256 kilogrammes of illicit substances seized from them during interdiction operations in Kwara, Kogi and Niger. The Director Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja....
A wanted terrorist kingpin, Gwoska Dankarami, on New Year eve, escaped death by the whiskers when air strikes of the Nigerian military targeted his hideout, along Kaura Namoda Road in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. PRNigeria however gathered that several of his footsoldiers were not so lucky,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the oil producing states in Nigeria over “their failure to account for the spending of the oil derivation refunds of N625bn recently paid to them by the Federal Government, including details and locations...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Deputy Corps Marshal Dauda Biu, as the substantive Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). The Corps Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem, announced this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. According to the...
Claim : There is a claim circulating on social media that FIFA would keep Pele’s feet in the Museum. Full text: The post reads, “BREAKING: FIFA Will Keep Pele’s Feet in the Museum. Pele’s Family has given the permission.” FIFA is the international governing body of association football founded...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than four people have been reportedly killed in a fatal crash that occurred at a junction along Kurum – Bogoro junction in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. It was gathered that two others were injured in the crash involving two...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, has called on the residents of the territory to participate in the 2023 General Elections in peace, unity and togetherness. Bello, who made the call in his new year message to the residents on Sunday in Abuja, also...
Alhaji Nura Kangiwa, Director-General, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (NIHOTOUR), has emerged the President of the Nigeria Polo Federation (NPF). Kangiwa, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, said this was announced after the statutory biennial election of executive members of NPF held in Jos. ” I...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Dauda Biu, has urged the motoring public to sustain collective vigilance against the menace of road traffic crashes in the country. Mr. Biu, who disclosed this in his 2023 new year message in which he...
The United States Government, through its Embassy in Nigeria, has thrown its weight behind Vote023 Initiative to curb voter apathy in the 2023 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Vote023 Initiative is a non-partisan incentive-driven voice call campaign to drive Nigerians consciousness of civic responsibility,...
Nigerians are a very impatient people. Our hunger for instant outcomes should have made us the nation that invented the microwave oven. But our impatience is directed at other ends. We can at least content ourselves with the many unusual things that we have reinvented and perfected our instincts...
My Fellow Countrymen and Women. I wish all of you a very happy and prosperous New Year. First, I would like to thank and honour the Almighty who saw us through the year 2022 and has given us the opportunity to see another year. Each New Year is an...