The Kano State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Muhammad Sadiq-Wali says his main target is to restore the lost glory of the state, known as the centre for commerce. Sadiq-Wali said this when he spoke with newsmen in Kano on Monday. He said: “Why I decided...
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The Minister of Transportation, Alhaji Mu’azu Sambo, has commended the management of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for its capacity development initiatives in the Nigerian maritime sector. Sambo gave the commendation in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Monday and signed by the Assistant...
The youth under the aegis of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Youth and Stakeholders have called on the PDP, the South-South, National Vice -Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, to resign. The group Chairman, Palson Arusuayine, who led the protest on Monday at the PDP state secretariat in Asaba, Delta, said Orbih’s...
The Russian lower house of parliament ratified the incorporation of four occupied Ukrainian regions on Monday and fast-tracked the relevant legislation as the West rallied further to Kiev’s aid. More than 400 deputies in the Russian Duma, in a move unrecognised by most of the international community, voted unanimously...
The National Emergency Management Agency(NEMA)has appealed to local government authorities of flood affected communities in South-South to relocate the residents to safe higher ground. Mr Godwin Tepikor, the Zonal Coordinator, NEMA South-South Zone, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in...
A political group, 40Million Ballots Movement on Monday unveiled ‘Fund40MB Donation Campaign’, to support the Labour Party (LP) presidential hopeful and his running mate. The campaign is a donor fundraising for the LP Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, and his running mate, Sen. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, ahead of the...
The Federal Government has said that the second Niger Bridge will be ready for use by Christmas this year. Ag Controller of Works in Anambra, Mr Seyi Martins said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Monday. Martins said that the first...
Enugu Diocese of the Catholic Church says Rev Fr Ejike Mbaka proposed that Rev Fr Anthony Amadi to serve as interim administrator for the Adoration Ministry, in the state. Director of Communications, Enugu Diocese, Rev. Fr. Benjamin Achi, made the disclosure in Enugu on Monday while reacting to media...
Five young people were killed in the Slovak capital Bratislava when a car crashed into a group of university students at a bus stop, police said on Monday. The 60-year-old driver has been arrested following the incident late on Sunday. “Four people died immediately on the spot, another young...
Nine people, including senior regional officials, were killed in twin car bombings claimed by Al-Shabaab in central Somalia on Monday, police said, as the government escalates an offensive against the Islamists. Two cars packed with explosives were detonated minutes apart outside local government offices in Beledweyne, a city at...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, an apex Igbo social-cultural organisation, says the body is against violent agitation in any form because the group believes in the continued corporate existence of the country. The group stated this at a news conference on Monday in Abakaliki as part of activities marking the 62 anniversary...
Prof. Moyosore Ajao, the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin (Unilorin) Chapter, has called on stakeholders, particularly parents, to prevail on the Federal Government to resolve the ongoing strike by the union. Making the appeal while speaking with newsmen in Ilorin on Monday, Ajao observed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A prominent anti-corruption group, Transparency Advocacy for Development Initiative (TADI), says it will withdraw all petitions written against Registrar of Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede. Director of Media and Advocacy of TADI, Comrade Adamu Kabir Matazu, who made this known at...
Producer and director, Kunle Afolayan has reacted to his movie Anikulapo snub by the Oscar selection committee. The movie centres on a stranger who strikes an illicit affair with one of the King’s young wives, which eventually gets him sentenced to death after the affair was discovered. Last month,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressive Union (BEPU) has given more insight regarding the mob action by aggrieved youths in Birnin-Gwari on Sunday 2nd October, 2022 where two alleged “herdsmen” were killed in a cruel and gruesome manner. BEPU said the alleged lynched persons are not herdsmen...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, says Nigeria needs leaders with capacity to manage rapid domestic and global changes to achieve prosperity, peace, and security. Gbajabiamila said this at the opening of Legislative Mentorship Initiative (LMI) workshop titled: ‘’Building the Next Generation of Nigeria’s Public...
A London conference on Monday told the Nigerian government to upscale its investment in education to pull the West African country out of endemic poverty. Speaking at a colloquium, marking Nigeria’s 62nd Independence, the keynote speaker, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, said that Nigeria could only turn the corner if adequate...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Newton Bassey, the senatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) for the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State has vowed to restored the lost glory of the state if elected in 2023 election. He said his quest to serve humanity has influenced...
A three-year-old golf prodigy in 2016, Lewis Dandyson, who entered the annual Awa Ibraheem Junior Golf Open Championships as the youngest ever, says he wants to be the champion of the 2022 tournament. Dandyson, now nine years, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday,...
Belief in the efficacy of a locally-prepared charm that could stave off gunshots has led to the death of a 12-year-old child in Kaiama in Kwara. His elder brother shot him dead while testing the efficacy of the charm with which the two of them had just “fortified’’ themselves....