South Africa’s parliament has postponed a vote on impeachment proceedings against President Cyril Ramaphosa by one week. The vote had been scheduled for Tuesday. A few hours earlier, the 70-year-old leader filed an application with the country’s Constitutional Court to have serious corruption allegations against him investigated. The ruling...
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The Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project (NMGP) has attained another milestone following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the project by Nigeria, Morocco and five West African Countries. The Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Morocco’s ONHYM and the National Oil Companies and commercial entities of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Commuters in Cross River State have expressed worry over the worsening insecurity along Calabar-Ikom Highway following an attack on the former Cross River SUBEB boss, Hon Omaga Odo along the Uyanga axis at the weekend. Park operators, mangers, drivers as well as commuters expressed...
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President, African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, says that Africans in the diaspora are critical to Africa’s economic development. Adesina said this at the Global Community of Practice (G-COP) policy dialogue being hosted by the bank in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The dialogue is tagged “Development without...
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his commitment to handing over leadership to an elected president on May 29, 2023, saying that his term in office will end on that day in line with constitution. The president stated this at a brief remark when he hosted the Special Envoy of...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has challenged the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar to point at any meaningful legacy project initiated and completed by his party in 16 years in office. The group said this in response to claims by the former Vice President...
They come to you like saints from Heaven’s most treasured haven. They dance around like free radicals, wearing toga of piety. They move from door to door searching for recognition and relevance with jaw-breaking nuances. They gallivant about from house to house, busybodying but indeed pursuing their own selfish...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Sokoto directed the Nigerian Armed Forces to remain apolitical and continue to operate within the framework of the constitution to ensure the successful conduct of the 2023 general elections. Declaring open the Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is willing and ready to offer any support required by the National Blood Service Commission (NBSC) to enable the latter to achieve its mandate of regulating, coordinating, and ensuring “the provision of safe, quality blood and...
Top military officers at the Defence Headquarters, DHQ, and some commanders of various ongoing military operations in the country have sought the understanding of troops over non-payments of their two-month operational allowances, PRNigeria can authoritatively report. The troops, who are those prosecuting the military operations across the country, namely:...
Nigerian military fighter jets have eliminated seven wanted Zamfara terrorists’ kingpins. The notorious bandits were eliminated in Kaduna State by airstrikes of two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack jets. PRNigeria gathered that those killed included Jibrin Gurgu, Isah Jauro and Tambowal from Zamfara State. Other kingpins eliminated are Noti,...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has called on the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, to engage Nigerians through media debates and town hall meetings organised by some relevant institutions in the country. Its National Chairman, Prof. Rufai Alkali, gave the advice on Monday...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday implored residents of Lagos State to take their destiny in their own hands by voting the party in the 2023 general elections. Abubakar, who made this remark at the flag off of the PDP Presidential Rally...
The Federal Government has restated its shoot on sight order to the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) against intruders and invaders at the centres following threats of attack on the facilities nationwide. The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, gave the directive at the unveiling of the new service logo...
The Federal Government on Monday berated the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for accusing the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of non-performance. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said it was absurd for Atiku to make such accusation when his party PDP...
Mr Tunji Oyebanji, Managing Director 11 Plc, says the huge amount being spent on fuel subsidy by the Federal Government is preventing investments in critical areas of the economy and worsening the unemployment situation in the country. Oyebanji said this at the yearly programme of the Institute of Change...
Vice President Yemi Osibanjo has urged Nigerians to shun ethnic and religious sentiments by allowing a man after God’s heart to emerge as president in 2023. Osinbajo, represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, made the plea in Abuja during the 2022...
The debate on climate change is among the most presently discussed topics on the surface of the earth. All these years, I have, going by the commentaries from the Western world believed that Africa’s non commitment to the call for global action on climate change was responsible for the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As part of efforts to restore agriculture to its enviable status, the FCT Minister of State, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has inaugurated a 12-man agricultural development programme executive committee to drive the process. While inaugurating the committee on Monday in Abuja, the minister said:...