By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the entertainment industry in celebrating juju music maestro and multi-instrumentalist, Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, better known as King Sunny Ade, who turns 76 on September 22, 2022. President Buhari’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday...
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Super Eagles captain, Ahmed Musa, and Samuel Chukwueze have been ruled out of Nigeria’s international friendly against Algeria. The pair have been replaced with Godwin Saviour and Ebube Duru. The friendly against Algeria will take place at the Miloud Hadefi Stadium, Oran on Tuesday, September 27. “We’re regrouping again...
Prof. Bolaji Owosanoye, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practice and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has urged traditional rulers, religious leaders and Civil Society Organisations to support government in fighting corruption in Nigeria. Owosanoye made the remarks during a sensitisation dialogue with traditional rulers, religious leaders and civil society organisations on...
Dr Babatunde Omotosho, an alumnus of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has won the 2021 Adam Smith Business School Prize for PhD Excellence in Economics. This is contained in the Unilorin Bulletin Tuesday edition. Omotosho, who is currently an Assistant Director in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), recently...
The Police Command in Katsina State has arrested three suspected armed robbers who specialise in using charms to break houses in Daura Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Gambo Isah, stated this in a statement released to newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina. He said,...
The House of Representatives has summoned the Acting Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Okolieaboh Sylva for failing to lay the 2020 audit reports of Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of Government Rep. Oluwole Oke, Chairman, Committee on Public Accounts, issued the summoned on Tuesday in Abuja at the...
The Jigawa State House of Assembly has commenced investigation into alleged shooting and causing explosion by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Babura Local Government Area of the state. The House on Sept. 5, set up five-member Fact Finding Committee to investigate the cause of the explosion...
There are many reasons as to why five Federal Commissioners of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) have ‘declared war’ against the Bureau’s Chairman, Prof. Mohammed Isah. But some insiders at CCB told PRNigeria that the rift between the Commissioners and Prof. Isah is totally unconnected with issues around...
residential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has been accused of lacking originality by promising to do what the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has already put in place. Making this accusation, the Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju that Obi’s...
The Senate will screen the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on Sept 21. President of Senate,Dr. Ahmad Lawan made the disclosure, while delivering his opening remark at the resumption of plenary on Wednesday. Lawan also said Senate would receive the 2023 budget estimates from President...
Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the most powerful footballer on Instagram who will feature at this year’s World Cup. The Manchester United forward has 481 million followers on the social media platform – more than any other player who will star in Qatar. His individual posts are also worth the most to brands,...
At least 21 people died in India’s eastern state of Bihar in incidents of lightning amid rains over the past 24 hours. An official at the state’s disaster management authority on Tuesday said that those who died were farmers or workers in agriculture fields who were busy sowing crops...
By ORKULA SHAAGEE, Abuja – Katsina State Football Association Chairman, Aminu Balele Kurfi, on Monday visited injured Super Eagles striker, Sadiq Umar in Spain where he is currently recuperating. The renowned football administrator, during the visit, advised Umar to remain focused as he recovers from injury. Kurfi, a former...
A Federal High Court in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital, has sacked the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in the state, Emmanuel Bwacha. Bwacha’s sacking comes after a petition by one of the aspirants, David Sabo Kente. Relying on the evidence before the court that no governorship primary was...
The South-South Vanguard of the Peoples Democratic Party (SSV-PDP) has warned a former Deputy National Chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George, to desist from insulting the person of Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, Delta governor and vice-presidential candidate of the PDP. The SSV-PDP, a coalition of young members of the...
After a one-month break, the #WithChude show is back for a third season. Since its first season in 2020, #WithChude has grown to become one of the most watched and most syndicated weekly talk shows (digital + traditional) in the region, popular for unscripted truth, vulnerability, powerful experiences and...
Supporters of Dr Ifeanyi Odii, the Ebonyi PDP governorship candidate for the 2023 election have hailed the Supreme Court judgment affirming his victory as the validly elected candidate of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Apex court on Wednesday in Abuja in a unanimous...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has responded to Governor Seyi Makinde’s call for the chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu to resign. Speaking at South-West PDP stakeholders meeting on Wednesday, Atiku said Ayu can’t be asked to resign unless the party’s constitution is amended. He said; “I...
Following his declaration as PDP candidate for Ebonyi 2023 governorship election by the Supreme Court, Ifeanyi Odii has called on all the party’s faithful in the state to unite together to win in the state. Odii, who spoke to newsmen in Abuja shortly after the apex court’s judgment, described...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday insisted that Dr Iyorchia Ayu, the National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), must step down to allow Southerners in the top hierarchy of the party. Makinde made the position of South-West leaders of the party known at the zonal stakeholders’...