The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has denied allegations that the Federal Government is putting pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop electronic transmission of election results in 2023. Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, Director of Special Media Project, Operations and New Media of the...
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Airtel Africa, a leading provider of telecommunications in partnership with UNICEF on Wednesday said it was set to roll out a digital learning initiative to connect 100,000 children in Nigeria. Airtel Africa’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Segun Ogunsanya, said in a statement that the 100,000 children would be...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) says it is delaying the take-off its Presidential Campaign for 2023 poll, to ensure that all necessary ingredients associated with such campaigns are captured. Mr Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson for the Presidential Campaign Council said this when he spoke with...
Spokesperson for Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign, Kola Ologbondiyan, says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has the capacity to address the challenges facing Nigeria. Ologbondiyan stated this when he interacted with some PDP youths in Abuja on Wednesday. He said the PDP and its Presidential candidate, Abubakar, were very concerned about the...
Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, says the creation of state police will help address insecurity in Nigeria. Okowa this in his remarks at the annual conference of Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that there had been...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government says it has no plan to privatise the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). The Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu made the clarification in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Malam Isa Sanusi on Wednesday in Abuja. Aliyu...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Wednesday announced commencement of his campaign for a second term in office in the 2023 elections. Sanwo-Olu announced this at the closing of the ninth Edition of Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit at Victoria Island, as he rolled out his achievements and plans...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari has conferred the national honour award of Commander of Order of Niger (CON) on Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum CON,. Zulum was conferred the award on Tuesday at the International Conference Center, Abuja among other hundreds of awardees spread...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – 24 hours after receiving the national honour of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) from President Muhammadu Buhari, the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust fund (TETFund), Arc Sonny Echono has been awarded a fellow of the Nigerian Association for Educational Administration...
Lagos, October 12, 2022 – A foremost Pan-African business magnate and social entreprenuer, Ichie (Dr) Nnaeto Orazulike has been conferred with a national honour in the rank of Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) by the president, Muhammadu Buhari at the 2022 National Honours Award investiture ceremony...
The Court of Appeal on Wednesday fixed March 7, 2023 to hear an application filed by the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Kani is seeking to be joined in the appeal challenging the proscription of the group by the Federal Government. Kanu had...
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd. (SPDC) says it will resume crude oil exports from the Forcados Oil Terminal by October end when on-going repairs would have been completed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that SPDC declared a “Force Majeure’’ on oil exports from the terminal...
Gov.Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Wednesday, approved the sum of N1 billion for emergency relief for flood victims in the state. Wike announced this in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kelvin Ebiri, in Port Harcourt. He said that the amount was to enable the...
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading the 2023 appropriation Bill, as members kicked against the continuous payment of fuel subsidy and high debt profile in the country The House also said that the two issues were the major factors crippling the nation’s economy. Rep. Abubakar Fulata,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Prof Cornelius S. S Bello was recently inducted as a Fellow of the Nigerian Academy of Medicine. He was elected alongside 19 other eminent scholars after fulfilling stringent criteria for the various specialties. The academy serves as an independent, dynamic and innovative national resource...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The African Democratic Congress (ADC), Presidential Candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, has advised members of the public to discountenance any statement emanating from the discredited former chairman of the party, Ralph Nwosu and his team. Kachikwu said this in reaction to an illegal convention conducted by...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed Oct. 21 for judgment in an appeal filed by Mr David Edevbie, Delta governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship election. Edevbie is urging the Supreme Court to uphold the judgment of the Federal High Court which declared...
The Lagos State PDP Governorship Candidate , Dr Abdul-Azeez Adediran (popularly called ‘Jandor’), on Wednesday unveiled a seven-point programme of action for the state if elected governor in 2023. The programme tagged: ‘WEALTHY’ comprised: Works, Housing & Road Infrastructure; Education; Aquaculture & Ease of Doing Business; Law, Order &...
Health ministers from 11 African countries are meeting in Uganda on Wednesday over the recent outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in the East African country. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Uganda, the ministers are discussing cross-border collaboration for preparedness and response to the...
Cristiano Ronaldo will not accept the charge against him by the Football Association (FA) in England for throwing an Everton supporter’s phone, Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said on Wednesday. A video emerged on social media of Manchester United forward Ronaldo appearing to smash a fan’s phone as...