By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The President and Founder of Christian Central Chapel International CCCI, Bishop Dr. Gospel Emmah Isong has charged judges in Cross River State to avoid frivolous injunctions ahead of 2023 general elections. He gave the charge while officiating in a church Service to mark the...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ahead of the 21st National Sports Festival tagged Delta 2022, scheduled to hold between November 2nd and 25, the Cross River State Sports Commission is targeting the number one top spot in the medal table. The Chairman of the Commission, Comrade Emmanuel Elom disclosed...
Russia’s defence ministry on Thursday announced that 55 of its servicemen had been returned to Russia. The ministry said this was the largest prisoner exchange deal with Ukraine since the start of the war. In its daily briefing, the ministry said the fighters from Russia’s armed forces and its...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has flagged off a 4 day Basic Business Training (BBT) for 30 participants on Enviroprenurship Development Scheme (EDS) Addressing the participants at the Shamsudeen Plaza, Sokoto, the Director General, National Directorate of Employment, Malam Abubakar Nuhu Fipko noted...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has cautioned Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Government (MDAs) against the appointment of consultants and concessionaires to collect taxes due to the Federal Government or any of its agencies, as the FIRS is the sole agency of government...
The camp of Governor Nyesom Wike in the Peoples Democratic Party has officially announced its withdrawal from participating in the presidential campaign of the party for the 2023 elections. The group made its position known after a long meeting which started at about 7pm last night and ended by...
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Abuja, Justice John Tsoho, has set aside a consent judgement in favour of Panic Alert Security Systems Limited against the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). Delivering the ruling on Wednesday, Justice Tsoho, held that the said consent judgement was entered without jurisdiction...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has cautioned job seekers against falling into the hands of scammers, as the service has not commenced any recruitment exercise. The NCoS Public Relations Officer, Mr Umar Abubakar made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Mr....
The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had killed 27 fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an air strike in Somalia’s central Hiran region, where the army and allied forces have launched an offensive against the insurgents in the last month. The United States has been carrying...
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Maj.-Gen. Muhammad Fadah, says the NYSC Sports and Cultural Festival has indeed been helping to promote national unity and integration. Fadah, while speaking on Wednesday in Abuja at the festival’s closing ceremony, said he was very excited that the Corps members who...
The South-West Forum of PDP Stakeholders for Justice says Dr Iyorchia Ayu, the party’s National Chairman will become a hero if he voluntarily resigns in the interest of peace and electoral victory for the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the PDP was hit by crisis...
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has confirmed his readiness to keynote the 2022 conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos. His confirmation was conveyed via a letter dated September 19, 2022...
By ORKULA SHAAGGEE, Abuja – The Super Eagles’ camp at the Marriott Constantine hit the hundred per cent mark on Wednesday afternoon with the arrival of goalkeeper Francis Uzoho and defender Ebube Duru. Nigeria champions Rivers’ United left-back Duru was called up following injuries to a number of players...
By ORKULA SHAAGGEE, Abuja – A former president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Abdullahi Sani Lulu, has appealed to delegates to resist the temptation of voting along religion and regional lines, and elect the right person that has the experience and capacity to turn around the dwindling...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday called on African countries and their Arab partners to work hard and be more united to realise common objectives. Speaking at a bilateral meeting with the President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, in New York, President Buhari said the actualisation...
DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has restated the commitment of the Nigerian government towards ensuring that there is a rapid and strategic transition to renewable energy in response to the world-wide efforts for the preservation of the environment. President Buhari spoke on Wednesday in New York at...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan says the biggest threat to democracy is no longer the gun, but propaganda, fake news and disinformation. Jonathan stated this in Abuja at the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation 2022 Peace Conference with the theme, “Nation Building: The Role of Peaceful Elections in a Multi-Ethnic Context’’. Jonathan...
Trading in the Nigeria Stock Exchange market has again ended negative on Wednesday as market capitalisation lost N13 billion or 0.05 per cent to close at N26.657 trillion against N26.670 trillion on Tuesday. Also, the All-Share Index lost 23.40 points or 0.05 per cent to close at 49,421.91 from...
The National Lottery Regulation Commission on Wednesday lauded Dangote Cement Plc for its commitment to giving back to customers through the ‘Bag of Goodies Promo Season 3.’ Principal Administrative Officer of the commission, Mr Afam Ojeh, praised the company in Sagamu, Ogun, in a statement by Mr Anthony Chiejina,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – The management of Ekiti State University (EKSU) has called off the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff of University Union (ASUU) of the institution. The Public Relations Officer of EKSU, Mr. Bode Olofinmuagun, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti,...