A Civil Society Organisation, Yiaga Africa, has said that the high rate of insecurity and executive impunity, especially by state governors, may impact on the conduct and outcome of the 2023 general elections. Yiaga, in its pre-election observation report, signed by its Executive Secretary, Sam Itodo, and made available...
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BUA Cement Plc, on Saturday began distributing 1,000 three-seater desks, worth N32 million, to the schools across Sokoto State. Speaking at the event, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Yusuf, Director Administration and Sales, BUA plc, said the gesture is part of the company’s commitment to support its host community. Yusuf said that...
An early morning blaze on Saturday gutted Ose Main Market in Onitsha, Anambra, destroying three shops where drums of chemicals were stored. The incident is contained in a statement signed by the Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, and made available to newsmen in Onitsha. According...
Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya has expressed sadness over the demise of the pioneer Vice Chancellor of Gombe State University (GSU), Prof. Abdullahi Mahadi. Mahadi succumbed on Friday in Gombe at the age of 77 years. This incident is contained in a press statement issued to newsmen in Gombe...
Bishop of Ogoja Catholic Dioceses in Cross River, Most Rev. Donatus Akpan, on Saturday advised politicians against “do-or-die’’ politicking. Akpan gave the advice in his homily at the dedication and inauguration of St. Daniel Catholic Parish in Nsofang near Ikom, in Etung Local Government Area of Cross River. The...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has debunked an allegation of fraud, saying that the commission is ready to open its books for scrutiny because it has nothing to hide. Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar, the Director-General, PenCom, said this in a statement by the commission’s spokesperson,...
Supporters of Alhaji Jamil Gwamna, first runner-up in Gombe State’s Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governorship primary election held on May 25 defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) on Saturday. Alhaji Gwamna had earlier defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), pledging support for Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo, and his wife, Dolapo, have congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on the occasion of his 80th birthday on Saturday. Their congratulatory message was contained in a statement personally signed by the vice-president in Abuja. The statement said: “Happy 80th Birthday, Mr...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has advised traders across the country to desist from selling goods on highways in order to avoid unnecessary loss of lives, especially during the Yuletide. The Acting Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dauda Biu, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of...
Sen. Sandy Onor, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Candidate in Cross River, said that the poor performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration in the state had made the campaign easier for his party. Onor, who currently represents Cross River Central in the Senate, stated this on Saturday...
The Jigawa office of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has inspected 14 Computer Based Training (CBT) Centres in preparation for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) in the state, Mr Mukarram Bello, made this known to the News Agency of...
SBM Intelligence, a research firm that analyses West African geopolitical and economic situation, has released its projection of the forthcoming 2023 presidential election in Nigeria. The firm predicts the states that will be won by the top three candidates in the election, namely: 2023 presidential election set to be the tightest,...
Nigerian actress, Bisola Aiyeola sits with Chude Jideonwo, founder of Joy, Inc., on a recent episode of #WithChude, to discuss her journey to fame, her struggles as a single mum without a university degree. On this recent episode, Bisola shares how her family lost everything and the struggle they had to go through. “I was...
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By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – The Emir of Nasarawa, HRH. Alh. Dr. Ibrahim Usman Jibril says the effects of climate change is a disaster to national economic development . Alh. Jibril stated this during a presentation of first Public Lecture Series organized by the Faculty of Environmental Science, in...
The Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council (LPPCC) in Bayelsa, on Friday visited the Igbo Traders Union leadership at the Swali Mini Market in Yenagoa to mobilise support for the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the 2023 general elections. The state coordinator for the LPPCC, Mr Alagoa Morris, who...
The Federal Government says it has completed the training of over 7,000 N-Knowledge beneficiaries of the N-Power Programme under the National Social Investment Programme across the country. Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, made this known at the closing ceremony of the...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State on Friday inaugurated its 110-member East Senatorial Campaign Committee to mobilise votes for the party, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Inaugurating the committee, Sen. Ganiyu Solomon, the Director General, APC Presidential Campaign Committee (PCC) for Lagos State, said the committee...
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa on Friday urged electorate to vote for All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2023 general elections for the crude oil deposit in the state to be explored. Badaru, while addressing party supporters during the APC governorship rally in Malammadori Local Government Area (LGA), said...
FIFA has reportedly rejected Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky’s request to share a message of world peace which he had planned to broadcast before kickoff at the World Cup final on Sunday, 18th December, 2022. Zelensky offered to appear in a video, speaking to fans in the stadium ahead of the game...