By MICHAEL IWHIKO, Ph.D – In the absence of 11th hour miracle, when an assessment of performance of the Executive arm of government will be carried out on May 29 next year, using the economy, security and corruption as index, President Muhammadu Buhari may likely go down as a...
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The Speaker Imo House of Assembly, Mr Kennedy Ibeh, has emerged “Most Proactive Speaker” of the year 2022 at the just concluded online “Achievers Award”. The award was organised by a Non Governmental Organisation, (NGO) Arise Africa Network of Nigeria. In a letter to the speaker dated June 29...
By KEMI BUKOLA , Abuja – A global streaming platform, Spotify, says Nigerian singer and songwriter, Simi Ogunleye, popularly known as “Simi”, has been selected as Spotify EQUAL Africa music programme ambassador for July. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s head of music for sub-Saharan Africa, disclosed this in a statement on...
Paris Saint-Germain, Mauricio Pochettino, on Tuesday ended his role as coach at the Club. Pochettino had won the Ligue 1 but failed to secure the Champions League trophy for the club despite boasting of an all-star line-up featuring Neymar, Lionel Messi and Mbappe. In a statement on its official Twitter...
Gunmen have kidnapped an Abuja-based officer of the Naval Headquarters in Abuja, Musa Lawal. The victim, with enlistment no. X12775 ABRP3, was whisked away by his abductors in Kogi State. It was gathered that some heavily armed men numbering five invaded his residence located behind Post Flood Housing Estate, Lokoja...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed the nation’s gratitude to the outgoing Secretary-General of Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Mohammed Barkindo, describing him as a worthy ambassador of the country. Receiving Barkindo at State House in Abuja, the President said on Tuesday that posterity...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the Federal Government cannot, at the moment, remove subsidies on the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol. Mohammed, who spoke during an exclusive interview to Reuters in London, said many other nations were introducing measures to help...
The global community is presently in agreement that just as an unchained torrent of water submerges whole country sides and devastates crops, even so, lack of strong will, unclear policy direction as well as government’s inability to create substantial innovative fiscal space serves but to destroy the nation’s education...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Operatives from The Ondo State Police Command have re-arrested a convict identified as Ikuemelo Tosin, who escaped during the jailbreak in Owo Correctional Centre in March. The convict, popularly know as 4G Network, was arrested and arraigned in court for alleged cultism and murder,...
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has listed N250 billion Sovereign Sukuk on the Nigerian Exchange (NSE) Limited and the FMDQ Securities Exchange. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the N250 billion Sovereign Sukuk was issued in December 2021. Proceeds from the Sovereign Sukuk, which was heavily oversubscribed,...
By LEONARD KARSHIMA SHILGBA – If you are one of the people who seek to govern Nigerians, you must first understand them in order not to suffer DISAPPOINTMENT and, probably, a HEART ATTACK. 1. It takes trivialities to excite Nigerians, and so do not waste time on the serious...
Hundreds of German police have carried out multiple raids early on Tuesday as part of an international operation targeting people-smuggling gangs. Police in the city of Osnabrück in north-western Germany said the raids focused on the area around the city, as well as Bremen and Stuttgart. Police in Britain,...
The Federal Government says the British authority has taken care of its looted artefacts for so long and it is time for the cultural and historical works of art to return home. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this in London during a working visit...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Germany Government is to support Federal Government of Nigeria with about 10 million Euros for the repatriation of Borno State citizens on refuge in the three countries of Niger, Chad and Cameroon Republics and Management of Repentant Boko Haram Insurgents. The fund is also...
Randy Waldrum, Head Coach of the Super Falcons of Nigeria, says his team is unfazed, in spite of their 1-2 loss to South Africa at the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that It was bad day at the office for...
Coach Desiree Ellis of South Africa, says the win against Nigeria had set the tone for her team as they seek to win the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) title. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that South Africa got off to a flying start following...
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have adopted the recommendations of its mediator for Mali and Nigeria’s former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, concerning the lifting of economic sanctions on the country. in a document obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja, Jonathan’s...
The State Working Committee (SWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi has suspended its Chairman, Mr Tochukwu Okorie, over alleged gross misconduct. The party’s Deputy State Chairman, Mr Emmanuel Nworie, told newsmen after the committee’s emergency meeting on Monday in Abakaliki that the suspension was for a...
The first FIFA Women’s World Cup Playoff Tournament will take place in the cities of Hamilton and Auckland in New Zealand from Feb. 17 to Feb. 23. World football governing body FIFA said on Monday that the Playoff Tournament would consist of 10 teams competing for the last three...