The Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) says it will hold the commemoration of the Festival of Black Arts and Culture of 1977 at 45 (FESTAC ’77 @ 45) by using culture to revamp the nation’s economy. The Director-General of CBAAC, Mrs Oluwabunmi Amao, said this...
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Kebbi Governor Atiku Bagudu says President Muhammadu Buhari has made tremendous investments in security and welfare of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the country. Governor Bagudu stated this on Sunday in Ribah, Danko Wasagu Local Government, at the the distribution of relief materials to IDPs by the National Commission...
Nigerians, especially politicians who engage in campaigns likely to undermine national interest will spend 20 years in jail without an option of fine, the proposed Electoral Offences Commission Bill has said. The bill currently being considered by the House of Representatives after its passage by the Senate also provides...
Bismark Kobby-Mensah, the Assistant Coach of Ghana’s Black Galaxies, on Saturday said his team did not have it easy beating Nigeria to qualify for the 2022 African Nations Championship (CHAN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nigeria’s Super Eagles team B failed to qualify for the 2022...
The Nigerian team on Saturday recorded their second consecutive defeat at the ongoing 2022 Under-19 Girls African Nations Volleyball Championship in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in their second match of the championship played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium the Nigerian team lost 0-3...
Bayelsa Queens Football Club of Yenagoa have booked a place at the 2022 CAF Women’s Champions League in Morocco in October. The Nigerian clubside beat Ghana’s Ampem Darkoa Ladies 3-0 in the final of the WAFU Zone B qualifiers at Yamoussoukro in Côte d’Ivoire on Saturday evening to qualify....
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Most. Rev. Matthew Kukah, has distributed tricycles as youths empowerment to mark his 70th birthday anniversary. Kuka launched the exercise at a dinner and special mass service organised in his honour in Sokoto. He said that a scholarship bursary scheme, along with other...
Emergency responders have recovered two dead bodies from the rubbles of a building that collapsed in the early hours of Sunday in Lekki, Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator South West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said this to newsmen on Sunday in Lagos. Farinloye sad the seven-storey...
Six persons are reportedly trapped as a seven-storey building collapses at Lekki, Lagos State. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, Zonal Coordinator South West, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. Farinloye said that the building located at Oba Idowu...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has appointed a former gubernatorial aspirant in the last primary election of the All Progressive Congress in the state, Farouk Mustapha as the Director General of his campaign organization. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Mustapha contested the APC primary but...
The race for the 2023 presidency is looking more like a tripartite sprint among unequal parties. In that race, the advantage of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) should ordinarily have been defined by two factors: age and a minus sign. It is the oldest of the three...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Command on Saturday warned motorists against excessive speeding and night travelling, to stem road crashes during the Ember Months. The FRSC sector commander, Mr Ahmed Umar, gave the warning while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, Umar...
The Nigerian Army says it will not succumb to intimidation by the International Society for Civil Liberty and Rule of Law (INTERSOCIETY) in its effort to rubbish army’s image and reputation. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Nwachukwu...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has ordered the investigation of an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) over alleged sexual assault of a teenager in custody. The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmed Ammani, gave the directives in a statement issued on Saturday...
Nigeria recorded 48 additional cases of monkeypox between Aug. 8 and Aug. 14. The 48 cases were recorded in 16 states, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated on its website on Saturday. It stated that Lagos State topped the list of new infections with 15 cases, while...
Munkaila Ahmadu, the man who killed his parents in Jigawa state, has told the police that he committed the crime as a form of Jihad. The suspect, who is a resident of Zarada-Sabuwa village of Gagarawa LGA in Jigawa state, used a wooden pestle to attack his father, Ahmad...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – At least 10 people escaped death in a lone accident on Saturday at Omotosho Step Down Power Plant on Ijebu-Ode-Ore Expressway in Odigbo LGA of Ondo State. Mr Sikiru Alonge, the Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ore, who confirmed the incident,...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says his team has the foresight to identify Nigeria’s problems and solve them headlong. Tinubu stated this at the inauguration of campaign logo and vehicles of the “APC Northern Door-to-Door for Tinubu/Shettima 2023’’ by the Northern APC Speakers Forum...
Big Brother Naija Season 7 housemates, Chomzy, Bryann and Deji, have emerged winners of the Pepsi task held on the show on Saturday. Biggie, the coordinator of the show, disclosed this upon completion of the task. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that all the 19 housemates were...
Dumebi Kachikwu, embattled African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, says he remain the party’s candidate for 2023 election, in spite of his purported suspension by the National Working Committee (NWC). Kachikwu said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...