By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – Gunmen on Wednesday have ambushed a police patrol team, killing two and wounding two other officers in Kogi. It was gathered that the attack on the police patrol team occurred on the Agbaja road, Lokoja where the hoodlums emerged from the bush and attacked...
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The LP Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has said that the country’s biggest challenge is basically that of poor choice of leadership. He said this during the party’s rally in Calabar on Wednesday. Obi, who was received by a large crowd of his supporters at the UJ Esuene Stadium,...
Africa’s longest-running drama series, “Tinsel”, celebrate the 3500th episode milestone Dec. 22, 2022 by releasing a documentary. Dr Busola Tejumola, Executive Head of Content and West Africa Channels, MultiChoice, in a statement on Wednesday said the documentary will be titled “Through The Decades: A Tinsel Story”. Tejumola said that...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidates that he will ensure electoral victory for the party’s presidential and other candidates in the 2023 general elections. President Buhari gave the assurance in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba...
Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi has blamed some Civil Society Organisations as well as some individuals in Rivers of stalling Ogoni clean up through unnecessary litigations. Abdullahi stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s visit to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday in Abuja was not for any political purposes but a friendly one, APC sources have said. APC officials who witnessed the meeting said expectations in some quarters might suggest something different but...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday demolished the Durumi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp and other shanties as part of strategy to address security challenges in the nation’s capital. The Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Alhaji Shehu Ahmad, while inspecting the exercise said that the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the inauguration of Nigeria’s first quality assurance centre for agro-produce by the African Export–Import Bank (Afrixembank) in Ogun State. The President commended the bank for its commitment and contribution to economic and financial development of the country at the inauguration of the African Quality...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Asaba – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended its electioneering campaign in Delta, over Tuesday’s boat mishap involving some of its supporters. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday by Mr Ima Niboro, the Director, Communications and Media Strategy, Delta APC Campaign Council in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned politicians against engaging in buying of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) ahead of the 2023 general elections. An INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, gave the warning on Wednesday at a capacity building workshop for journalists in Ibadan, saying such “is an exercise...
The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi, has directed immediate deployment of personnel to protect Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices nationwide. Audi gave the directive on Wednesday in Abuja during a meeting with senior NSCDC officers. He said that...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concerns over the large number of uncollected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Imo. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo, Prof. Sylvia Agu expressed the worry at a stakeholders’ meeting on Wednesday in Owerri. Agu said the commission had received and...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Wednesday, prayed a Federal High Court, Abuja, to strike out a suit filed by former Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuba, against its presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu. Mr Julius Ishola, counsel to the APC in a suit filed by Nwajuba against...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), announced on Wednesday a review of its policy on cash withdrawal limits, which had attracted outcry from segments of the society. In a circular addressed to all Deposit Money Banks (DMBS) and other Financial Institutions (Payment Service Banks (PSBSs),...
The Bayelsa government on Wednesday confirmed it got N90 billion from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) from the Federal Government as of October 2022. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ECA is a fund warehouses oil revenue in excess of budget benchmark of crude oil prices for...
Nollywood actor Yul Edochie has publicly apologize to his first wife, May, over his decision to marry a second wife. Yul in April revealed fellow actor, Judy Austin, as his second wife and also detailed that they had a son together. Following the disclosure by Yul eight months ago,...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court has ordered the interim forfeiture of $899,900 and N304, 490,160.95 recovered from a former Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) Ahmed Idris, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The court also forfeited 15 properties recovered from Idris in Kano and Abuja....
A Pan-Yoruba group, Yoruba Koya Leadership and Training Foundation (YKLTF), has dragged the governors of Yoruba speaking Southwest States to a Federal High Court the worsening insecurity conditions in the region. The suit filed at the Ibadan division of the Federal High Court is marked: IB/CS/189/22. Besides, the Southwest...
The African Export–Import Bank (Afrixembank) has reiterated its commitment to save Nigeria from over $700 million losses agro-export rejections with the inauguration of the African Quality Assurance Centre (AQAC). The President and Chairman, Board of Trustees, Prof. Benedict Oramah, disclosed at the inauguration of the AQAC on Wednesday in...
The Police in Bauchi have restated readiness to provide adequate security to maintain law and order during the Yuletide in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Ahmad Wakil said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on...