The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has urged the people of Osun to vote en masse for his party to win the 2023 presidential elections, as they did during the July 16 Osun Governorship election. Abubakar made the plea on Wednesday during his...
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Meta, the parent company for WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, on Wednesday announced its plans to combat misinformation and hate speech ahead of 2023 general elections. Adaora Ikenze, Meta’s Head of Public Policy for Anglophone West Africa, made this known during a media roundtable event in Lagos organised to share...
Nollywood actress, Susan Ganchung Pwajok has disclosed that she doesn’t have a relationship with her father. The actress and media personality revealed this during the “Surviving Lagos” podcast she hosts. During the sit-down with crossdresser, James Brown, Pwajok further disclosed that she has never had a sit-down with him...
Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi says Nigeria is collapsing very fast with the worsening statistics of people living in poverty. He also said only Nigerians can take back their party from the ruling class who have continued to ensure that despite the huge potential of the country,...
Twitter owner and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk briefly lost his title as the world’s richest person on Wednesday, to Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of luxury brand Louis Vuitton’s parent company LVMH, according to Forbes. Bernard Arnault, CEO of the French luxury goods firm LVMH, temporarily topped Musk on...
The Humanitarian Affairs Ministry says it’s working in collaboration with the ICPC to ensure successful investigation of an alleged N-power fraud by Mr. Oladipo Oyebanji AKA D’banj.. Addressing newsmen, Wednesday in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo noted that the Ministry has deployed a well-rounded mechanism for selection...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Popular Nigerian singer, Oladapo Oyebanjo, better known as D’banj has reacted to his purported arrest by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over alleged N-power fraud. D’banj in a statement through his lawyer, Maryam El-yakub Musa, urged the Commission to...
The Federal Government says it has achieved remediation of 635 hectares of contaminated shorelines covering about 2,196 intertidal in Ogoniland, Rivers State. The Minister of Environment, Mr Mohammed Abdullahi, spoke at a “Scorecard, PMB-Administration” event, organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture, on Wednesday in Abuja. Abdullah said...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has promised the people of Ugondo community that his administration will reopen dialogue with the Nigerian Air Force, NAF authorities on the dispute over land between the community and the Air Force. Governor Ortom stated this in Wednesday when...
As precautionary measures to tackle vehicle theft, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has launched a platform for Nigerians to report cases of stolen vehicles Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said the digitalized platform – Central Motor Registry...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Abia State says it will commence an indefinite strike on Thursday to protest the non-payment of salaries by the Abia State Government This is contained in a communique issued by NMA’s Chairman, Dr Abali Isaiah, and Secretary, Dr...
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has in an unusual fashion invited President Muhammadu Buhari to commission two newly constructed cell blocks at the Makurdi medium correctional centre in the wake of jailbreaks across the country. Ortom disclosed this at a meeting with the people of Ugondo, the host...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described as false and malicious, a video circulating on various social media platforms, showing some INEC staff at FESTAC Town, Amuwo Odofin LGA Office, Lagos extracting Voter Identification Numbers (VINs) from Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) and entering...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has recovered a cache of ammunition after raiding a kidnappers’ hideout in Okuru-Ama Waterside in Port Harcourt. Mr Micheal Ogar, the Commandant of NSCDC in Rivers, presented the 53 recovered assorted ammunition to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. He said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – MTN Nigeria Communications Plc has been named the Most Compliant Listed Company at the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) Made of Africa Awards held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos on 6 December 2022 . The award recognises the listed company with the highest...
Ejigbo Satellite Depot of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) to give same window given to Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN) to buy fuel at regulated depot price of N148.17 per litre. The Chairman of IPMAN...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun 1 Area Command, says it has seized goods worth N4.88 billion between Feb. and Dec.6 in the state. The Area Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, made this known during a press conference in Idiroko, Ogun, on Wednesday. Makinde said that the command, during the period under...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has presented on Wednesday an Appropriation Bill of a total sum of N234,831,950,000.00 for the 2023 fiscal year, to the Borno State House of Assembly for assent. The appropriation bill is made up of N144,175,033,000.00 for capital expenditure and...
The Federal Government on Wednesday announced the recovery of over N120 billion, among other currencies, through the Proceeds of Crime (Recovery and Management) Law (POCA), 2022. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this in Abuja at the eighth edition of the President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB)...
Mr Ikechukwu Obiorah, Author of How To Lift Nigeria Out of Poverty, has released a new anti-corruption-specific short book. It is titled “A Treatise On Solving Nigeria’s Endemic Corruption Burden In The Political Space”. The book, which was released in Abuja, is a “Treatise to re-imagine the philosophical basis...