President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday night expressed appreciation to Portugal for the deployment of weapons and training of military personnel in ensuring peace in Africa. The President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement on Friday, said Buhari gave the commendation at a State Dinner held in the National...
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FIFA says it will use semi-automatic offside technology at the November to December World Cup to make video assistant decisions faster and more reliable. Football’s world governing body said on Friday that the system would be used in all 64 matches in Qatar. The new offside technology was tested...
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Jackson Ude, has tasked all aggrieved members of the party to sheath their swords and accept as an act of God, the emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as presidential and vice-presidential candidates respectively. Ude who is...
A retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Kumai Akaahs has urged Nigerians to obey the rule of law for democracy to thrive in the country. Akaahs gave the admonition in Jos at a discourse of a book; The Akaahs: The Conscience of a Man’, written in his honour....
The Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Sen. Baba Tela, says reports on his purported resignation only exists in the writer’s imagination. This is contained in a issued by Tella’s Press Secretary, Malam Sani Ilelah, on Thursday in Bauchi. ”Reports on my purported resignation is not only fake, but also the...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has restated the commitment of his administration to prioritizing the welfare of traditional rulers in the State. Governor Ortom spoke on Thursday during the coronation and installation of the new Och’Idoma 5th, His Royal Majesty, John Elaigwu Odogbo held...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended indefinitely the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise nationwide. INEC also directed all the Resident Electoral Commissioners and Electoral Officers to continue with the exercise pending further directives from the commission. The National Commissioner and Chairman Information...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Thursday received 98 Nigerians stranded from Agadez in Niger Republic. The NEMA Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office, Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, said this while receiving the returnees in Kano. Abdullahi said that the returnees were brought back to Kano in three luxury buses under...
The Minister of State for Transportation, Sen. Gbemisola Saraki, says the Onitsha river port is positioned to generate over N23billion to the Federal Government in 30 years. Saraki, during the signing of the concession of the port on Thursday in Abuja, said the port had lots of economic benefits...
The President, Igbo Movie Producers Association of Nigeria (IMPAN), JohnPaul Nwanganga, on Thursday said Igbo Art, Culture and Film Festival would promote the beauty of Igbo culture. Nwanganga said this at the Nollywood filmmakers Unveiling of Igbo Biggest Art, Culture and Film Festival in Enugu. He said the festival...
INTERPOL, in collaboration with the US Secret Service, South African Police and other agencies, has arrested an alleged Nigerian cybercrime kingpin, James Aliyu, in connection with $12m romance scam and business email compromise fraud. Aliyu was arrested in a luxury Sandton estate in South Africa on Wednesday, June 29 and...
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in as the first black female Supreme Court justice. She was sworn in on Thursday by Justice Stephen Breyer, whose seat she is taking with his retirement from the bench. Brown recited the Judicial Oath back to Jackson as he officially became a retired...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), says it will embark on a one-day nationwide protest to compel the Federal Government find immediate resolutions to contending issues with education sector unions. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba said this during the opening of the Congress’ Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting on...
Sterling Bank was on Thursday named Best Participating Financial Institution for 2021 at the Agriculture Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (ACGSF). The ACGSF, in an event in Abuja, also rewarded three Agriculture entrepreneurs who took loans and repaid under the scheme. According to the ACGSF board, the participation of Sterling...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Thursday that it registered 1,955,657 voters for the July 16 Osun governorship poll. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Prof. Abdulganiyu Raji, disclosed this at the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room Dialogue (NCSSRD) on Osun Governorship and Review of the...
Bayelsa State Governor Douye Dire has appealed to Nigerians in diaspora to continue to support their homeland in spite of security challenges, pleading ”don’t allow your country to die’’. Diri, who made the appeal at a dinner in his honour, organised by the Consulate General of Nigeria in New...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reminded political parties that the deadline for uploading list and particulars of the their nominees remains July 15. The commission made the disclosure in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Thursday...
Residents of the communities in Bashar District in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau have cried out against the incessant attacks by kidnappers and bandits in the area. They complained that the criminal elements were terrorising their communities and giving them sleepless nights. The people made the complaint on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has confirmed that its troops deployed in Shiroro area of Niger were ambushed while on a mission to deal with bandits’ attack on miners in the area. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Thursday said...
Abdullahi Maikano, the President of Organisation of Military Sports in Africa (OSMA), on Thursday said Nigeria would host the second edition of the Armed Forces Games in 2024. Maikano told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the Games is to foster the culture of peace needed...