The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says his government will further re-activate the multi-billion dollars Gas Revolution Industrial Park Project. Tinubu gave the assurance on Saturday at the APC rally held at the Warri Township Stadium, Delta. Addressing the mammoth crowd, Tinubu said: “Our...
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Mr Kayode Alabi, the Kwara Deputy Governor, on Saturday in Ilorin asserted that Agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty in the country. According to a statement issued on Saturday by Mrs Modupe Joel, his Chief Press Secretary, Alabi made the assertion in...
A joint police and army security team has neutralised two assailants involved in the killing of a former Commissioner and Council Chairman in Enugu State, Chief Gabriel Onuzulike, and his brother. It would be recalled that Onuzulike and his brother were attacked and shot dead by the assailants in...
Nigeria has launched a campaign, “Clean Nigeria: use the Toilet”, to end open defecation by year 2025 and has marked three years of implementing the campaign. Nigeria’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. George Edokpa, disclosed this at an event in New York to mark the 2022...
Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North) has appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) supporters in Sokoto State to sustain rancour free politics ahead of the 2023 general elections in the state. Wamakko in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Sokoto by Malam Bashar Abubakar, his Special Assistant...
Gunmen have abducted two medical doctors in Cross River State, and are currently demanding for N100 million as ransom to secure their release, the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Calabar branch Dr. Felix Archibong has said. Dr Felix Archibong, confirmed this in an interview with the News...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Abuja Headquarters Football Club have emerged winner of the 41st edition of the CBN Governor’s Cup competition in Uyo. The final match of the tournament, which was played on Saturday at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, saw CBN Abuja FC beating...
The immediate past Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has graduated from the Baze University, Abuja, with a second class upper degree in Law. Amaechi, in a statement issued by his Media Office on Saturday in Abuja, was admitted to the Bachelor of Law Degree Programme when serving as a...
Police operatives are on the trail of a middle-aged man, Hassan Azeez, popularly known as Saudi, for allegedly setting his wife, Olayinka, ablaze in the early hours of yesterday. According to sources, Azeez had an altercation with Olayinka, a mother of one, accusing her of delaying his breakfast in...
Bola Tinubu has accused Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of fighting his boss when he served as Nigeria’s vice president. Atiku, the PDP presidential candidate, was vice president under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration between 1999 and 2007. But speaking during the flag-off of the Delta APC...
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Saturday that World Cup fans can survive for three hours a day without beer after sales were banned around stadiums. “I think personally if for three hours a day you cannot drink a beer, you will survive,” he told his opening press conference in...
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), on Saturday, called for punishment for perpetrators of reported infractions in the voter register by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). CDD Director, Idayat Hassan, made the call in a statement in Abuja. “Technological advancements in the electoral process, such as the Bimodal...
The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing has said that the government of the United Kingdom is supporting Nigeria to ensure credible elections in 2023. Laing, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja., said the UK would monitor...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Transport were among five personalities honoured with Fellows at the combined convocation of Federal Polytechnic Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the combined convocation is for the pending graduating...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan on his 65th birthday, Nov. 20, 2022. The President, in a congratulatory message by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina on Saturday in Abuja, noted the unique position of the former president in the growth...
U.S men’s basketball team have been knocked off the top of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) world rankings for the first time in over 12 years, with Spain taking over. Spain, who have enjoyed success in recent years including winning the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 and FIBA EuroBasket...
The moment of truth for Qatar’s ability to organise the FIFA World Cup after years of failed overtures and criticism over labour rights and strict laws has come. Predicaments began mounting as early as December 2010 when it was announced that Qatar would host the finals amid a storm...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) stakeholders in Southwest on Saturday reiterated their commitment to the victory of Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, in 2023 presidential election. They spoke at the inauguration of meeting of Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) Grassroots Engagement and Civic Orientation (Southwest), on...
Dr Patrick Dele Cole, Dan Agbese, Lade Bonuola, Mohammed Haruna and Kabiru Yusuf are among the chieftains of the Nigerian media who will gather on Saturday, November 19, to proffer suggestions and solutions to enable the media to do a more focused job of holding the political class accountable...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, has given reasons he stopped paying attention on articles, stories and trending issues on social media. Watch video below👇