By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) in the nineteen northern states including Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday announced the commencement of 3-day withdrawal of services as warning strike by their members. It also declared the withdrawal of their long heavy duty vehicles...
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he Supreme Court of Kenya on Monday dismissed a petition challenging William Ruto as president-elect, paving the way for his swearing-in next week in line with the country’s constitution. A seven-judge bench unanimously agreed that Ruto met the constitutional threshold to be declared the east African nation’s fifth president,...
The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Enugu State, Uchenna Nnaji, has said that the current crisis rocking the party was predicated on the campaign money for the state. Nnaji revealed this on Sunday at an emergency stakeholders meeting held at the South-East zonal office of the party. He...
Kenya’s Supreme Court is set to decide on whether to uphold or nullify the result of last month’s presidential election. A ruling anxiously awaited in a country scarred by previous bouts of poll-related violence. The seven-member court said it would deliver its ruling at 12 p.m. local time (0900...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Former Special Special Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo on National Assembly Matters Senator Florence Ita Giwa on Sunday insisted that it’s the turn of Cross River South Senatorial District to produce the next governor in 2023. Senator Ita Giwa stated this on Sunday while...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday rejoiced with Prof. Godini Darah on the conferment of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) on him by Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, Agbara-Otor, Delta. The conferment holds on Tuesday, Sept. 6 in recognition of Darah’s contributions to advancement of knowledge within and outside Nigeria....
Rainstorms have destroyed 3,813 houses in 13 local government areas of Katsina State this year, the State’s Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has said. SEMA’s spokesperson, Mr Umar Muhammad, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Katsina that the storms also killed five persons in the affected...
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) on Monday said it was investigating a report of an oil spill from its asset at Ogboinbiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an operational mishap on Aug. 24 at Diebu...
Death toll at the seven-storey building that collapsed at Oba Idowu Oniru Street, Lekki, Lagos State on Sunday has risen to four. Excavators of emergency response agencies in search of corpses at the site retrieved two more bodies from the rubble on Monday. Two corpses had earlier been taken...
A Labour Party chieftain, Pat Utomi, has said Peter Obi’s presidential campaign team will set up donation portals which will be made public by next week. “It is those young people who will give from their allowances, what they earn working here; $10 but these portals are not up...
Some private universities in Northwest say the prolonged strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) , has resulted in increase in their admission figure. The institutions, based in Kano, Kaduna and Katsina, said although the ASUU strike was not something to celebrate because of its negative impact on...
Major stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State have said that the party is not ready for the 2023 general elections in the state. Arising from a stakeholders meeting on Sunday in Enugu, the party chieftains reiterated their resolve to institute a caretaker committee to oversee...
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has donated N25,000 each to 400 participating national handball competition players and other officials as an encouragement to sports development. Tambuwal announced the donations at the closing ceremony of 2022 National Under 12 and 15 Boys and Girls Handball Championship at Giginya Memorial...
The 15th Headies Awards held in Atlanta, USA, on September 4, 2022. The show was hosted by Emmy-nominated American actor Anthony Anderson and Nigerian actress Osas Ighodoro. At the 2022 Headies Awards, Patoranking won 2 awards. Other winners include BNXN who won the Next Rated Award and Ayra Starr...
The Police Command in Katsina State says it has intercepted 185 sealed parcels of cannabis sativa, known as Indian hemp, and arrested a 58-year old man suspected to be in possession of the exhibit. The police spokesperson in the state, SP Gambo Isah who disclosed this in a statement...
The Labour Party flag-bearer for the 2023 Nigeria presidential election, Mr Peter Obi has pledged to increase electricity generation, address brain drain, and implement Diaspora voting, among others if elected. Obi made the pledge on Sunday at Columbia University, New York while having conversation on economic and government policy...
From all indications, 2023 promises to be a major turning point for Nigeria and its 220+ million people. It is a year that should decide so many issues in this crudely welded entity of so unlike minds. 2023 will prove beyond a doubt if the British in fact made...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Government has ordered for the arrest of the developer and building professionals working on the seventh-floor structure that collapsed in the early hours on Sunday. The collapsed building, which is under construction, is located at Oba Abiodun Oniru road, Iru/Victoria Island...
The Cross River State’s capital, Calabar has been thrown into darkness as one of the transformers servicing the capital city at the 132/33 KV Sub-Station in Tinapa, Adiabo area was gutted by fire. Following the incident, the whole of Atimbo in Calabar Municipality, State Housing Estate and IBB Way...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government will be reaping billions of dollars in debt relief from some creditors if the Debt-for-Climate (DFC) swap deal is accepted. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the swap deal was proposed recently in the U.S....