The family of 18-year-old Chinonso Osondu born with a kidney condition that resulted in kidney failure in February 2022 has appealed to Nigerians to help save his life. Mrs Joy Osondu, the mother of the boy told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that he was receiving...
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The personalities and qualities of political pioneers are known to completely influence political sentiment and leadership. Nyesom Wike, Rivers Governor and one of the political leaders of recent times, exemplifies three qualities voters should expect in leaders: competence, fairness, and legitimacy. A political leader must be seen as someone...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four civilians for fighting with some serving officers of the command in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this in a tweet on Saturday, shared a video of the four...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami) is excited over the remarkable contribution of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the second quarter of 2022 (Q2 2022). The National Bureau of Statistics...
Supporters of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday held a rally in Rivers and Benue State. In Port Harcourt, Obi supporters trooped out in their numbers for what they tagged a ‘two-million-man march’ to rally support for their candidate. The ‘Obi-dients’, as they are called, defied...
At least 75 secondary schools in Zamfara are still shut because of rising security challenges bedeviling different part of the state. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Kabiru Attahiru, made this known in Gusau on Saturday. He was reading a goodwill message during a two-day meeting to...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Multichoice says it has launched a new DSTV channel, “Movie Room”. Dr Busola Tejumola, Executive Head, Content and Channels, West Africa, MultiChoice Nigeria, disclosed this in statement on Saturday in Lagos. Tejumola said the new 24-hour channel, which would cater to cinema buffs, action...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector had contributed 18.44 per cent to the ‘Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product Report’ for Q2 2022. Dr Femi Adeluyi, Technical Assistant Research and Development to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, made this known in a...
As Delta marks 31 years of its creation, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation in the state has said the party will kick the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) out of power come 2023. In a statement in Abuja on Saturday by Mr Ima Niboro, Director, Communications and...
BBNaija housemates, Adekunle and Chomzy, have emerged winners of the “Supa Komando” challenge in the ongoing reality TV show. Biggie, Coordinator of the show, announced the winners upon completion of the challenge on Saturday. He said the winners had become “Supa Komando Man and Woman” , while their reward...
Club manager Jürgen Klopp has called it the “perfect football afternoon” after Liverpool recorded their first win of the season with a record-equalling 9-0 Premier League victory against promoted Bournemouth. They were just pipped to the title last term. But the Reds have struggled in the opening weeks of...
The Director of Trade and Exchange Department, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Ozoemena Nnaji, says there is urgent need to diversify the Nigerian economy to spur growth. Nnaji made the call on Saturday, at the 33rd Seminar for Finance Correspondents and Business Editors in Abuja. She said that...
Nigeria’s national men’s basketball team, D’Tigers, on Saturday in Abidjan defeated Guinea 89-70 in their second match of the FIBA Basketball World Cup African Qualifiers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match played at the 3,500 capacity Palais des Sports Treichville saw D’Tigers bounce back after...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia has described the Federal Government’s Consolidated Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) as “unilateral”, hence unacceptable. The group’s position is contained in a statement jointly issued by the Chairman and Secretary of the union, Michael Ugwuene...
Dr Abiodun Adedipe, Chief Consultant B. Adedipe Associates Ltd., has called for a deliberate alignment of policies across fiscal, monetary, commercial and industrial planks, to stop the country’s dependence on crude oil. Adedipe made the call at the 33rd Seminar organised by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for...
Yiaga Africa, a Civic Society and Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), on Saturday advocated the use of People’s Assembly to improve democratic practice in Nigeria. Mr Ibrahim Faruk, Programme Manager, Governance and Development, Yiaga Africa, spoke at a two-day retreat on the ‘Concept of People’s Assembly as a Form of Deliberative...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has extended sympathies for the sea-like flooding of Pakistan, the worst natural disaster in the country’s history. Floods have damaged half-a-million homes, affecting about 30 million people, killing above 1,000. The floods have washed away hundreds of roads, bridges and other...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigeria’s iconic football star, sports administrator and broadcaster, Chief Olusegun Odegbami as he turns 70, August 27, 2022. The president in a statement on Saturday, congratulated the former national team player and his family for many years of service...
Kenyan Police Force has launched manhunt for a police officer who allegedly killed a man he found in bed with his wife. The Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in a statement on Friday said the suspect arrived home unannounced in the middle of the night and found the...
Liverpool equalled the Premier League’s record win with a 9-0 demolition of Bournemouth, while Erling Haaland’s hat-trick inspired Manchester City’s comeback 4-2 victory against Crystal Palace on Saturday. On a remarkable day in the top-flight, 10-man Chelsea beat Leicester 2-1, while Manchester United’s revival continued with a 1-0 win...