Liverpool survived a trademark second-half rally from Tottenham on Sunday to claim a crucial 2-1 win and boost their English Premier League (EPL) top-four hopes. Mo Salah’s first-half double put Jurgen Klopp’s side on course for all three points in London, but Harry Kane reduced the deficit with 20...
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Alhaji Mutiu Are, Director, Contact and Mobilisation Committee for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, says South-West will deliver 95 per cent votes for Bola Tinubu in the presidential election. Alhaji Are gave the assurance at the inauguration of members of his committee on Sunday in Ibadan....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Three Civil Society International and local Groups – ReCommon, Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) and Corner House have jointly written to President Buhari on the recent developments with regards to the various court proceedings relating to the corrupt award in 2011...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has reaffirmed his government ’s determination and commitment as well electioneering campaign promises to the people of Borno to improve on the availability, standard and quality of healthcare delivery services and its facilities across the 27 LGCs in the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) will on Monday commenced the arrest and impounding of unpainted commercial vehicles in the state. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Bolaji Oreagba, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Public Affairs Unit...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), in Sokoto State on Sunday received more defectors ahead of the 2023 General Elections in the state. The latest defection was another set of scores of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members from Dundaye, Gumburawa and Gidan Bubu districts in Wamakko Local Government Area of...
Some villagers and hoodlums at Magaji PE community, under Jabi District in Abuja, on Sunday prevented officials of the FCT Administration’s Department of Development Control from removing illegal buildings under high tension wires in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the villagers, comprising young men,...
Mr Nanzing Bako, the Coordinator of Obi/Datti Campaign Organisation in Plateau, says the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, will unite Nigerians if elected in 2023. Bako, who stated this in an interview with newsmen on Sunday in Jos, also said that Obi was a nationalist and not...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two Pakistani businessmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Lagos with 8 kilograms of cocaine. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, that the drugs were concealed...
Rep. Danjuma Shiddid (APC-Taraba) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene over alleged political persecution against the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Taraba State. He fingered Gov. Darius Ishaku as the arrowhead of the persecution of the major opposition party in the state. The lawmaker, representing Wukari/Ibi Federal...
NDLEA has arrested two businessmen who had been on the run for months over their involvement in drug trafficking. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated in Abuja on Sunday that one of them, Nnebo Christopher had been wanted for his role in the importation of 40 cartons containing 346,800...
The Federal Government is boosting World Bank’s 500 million dollars funding for Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project with 700 million dollars. The Nigerian government boost raises the tally to 1.2 billion dollars. Communications Officer of AGILE, Ms Linda Irabor, stated in Abuja on Sunday that...
Nigerian-born Amanda Azubuike has encouraged Nigerians who have a passion for joining the United States army to contact her, saying that there are many opportunities for which she would help such Nigerians to achieve their dreams. Amanda Azubuike, a senior officer in the US Army, was recently promoted to...
President Muhammadu Buhari said his administration was committed to the development of agriculture to raise agriculture production and its value chain, to ensure food sufficiency in country and exportation of agricultural products The president also said by the end of his administration, he would leave Nigeria more united, prosperous...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has said the 2023 governorship election in the state will be a walk over. The state Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji Yusuf Idris, stated this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. He said:...
Mrs Pauline Tallen, Minister of Women Affairs, has prescribed capital punishment for perpetrators of rape. Tallen made the prescription as a guest at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. She said that only capital punishment and other forms of punishment commensurate with the inhuman crime of...
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), is collaborating with Arise Television to host series of presidential Town hall meetings, ahead of the 2023 General Elections. Director of CDD, Idayat Hassan, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the first of these sessions would hold on Sunday, and...
The African Development Bank (AfDB), has drawn 31 billion dollars in investment interest from African and global investors. In a statement issued by the Communication and External Relations unit of the AfDB, President of the bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina said this at the 2022 Africa Investment Forum (AIF) Market...
A cross section of Abuja residents have raised concerns over couples who live in debt after their wedding ceremonies. They made their observations in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. According to them, many couples go out of their comfort zone to...
Ordinarily, the hidden hands of an ancient Italian devious thinker should have no relevance to Nigeria’s 2023 election. But Machiavelli lived in a bad time and in a treacherous political terrain pretty much like the Nigeria of 2022. Like in the Florentine city state, our politics has been reduced...