The Senate has announced Senator Philip Aduda (PDP-FCT), as Senate Minority Leader. It also announced Sen. Chukwuka Utazi (PDP-Enugu) as Minority Whip of the Senate. The announcement is contained in a letter by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, to the President of the Senate,...
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A Bolt driver, Mr Sunday-Francis Adedokun, has explained why he returned 4,050 dollars (about N1.6 million) belonging to a passenger. Adedokun in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja said the passenger, Mrs Tajuden Toyin-Oke, was involved in a traffic accident and offered...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – The campaign organization of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kaduna state, Hon Isa Ashiru has condemned the recent sacking of over two thousand teachers in the state by Governor Nasir el-Rufai. Tge PDP also challenged the governorship candidate of the ruling...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has debunked a media report published by Sun Newspaper, which alleged that about N110 billion unutilized intervention funds accessed from the commission by states in 2021 was left in its coffers. UBEC in a statement issued on Tuesday...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A former Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Alhaji Sani Toro, former Assistant Coach of the Nigeria Super Eagles, Garba Yila and one of their friends, Alhaji Isa Jah, who were kidnapped last Saturday, have been released by their captors. NATIONAL ACCORD had...
A video has captured the adorable moment, the President of Liberia, George Weah, took part in the trending Kizz Daniel’s Buga challenge. Kizz Daniel launched the challenge after releasing his new single. The Liberian President decided to participate in the challenge at a public function. Citizens of the country...
Popular Nigerian singer, Davido has spent a fortune on customized 30BG diamond pendants to impress his DMW crew members. The star in a recent video on his social media platform showed off the diamond pendants he plans to gift his crew. In the video, he announced his intention to gift the...
Ned Nwoko, billionaire businessman and husband of actress, Regina Daniels has disclosed why Labour Party Presidential candidate, Peter Obi cannot become Nigeria’s president in the 2023 elections. In an interview with BBC, Ned Nwoko avowed that Peter Obi is a good man and an economic strategist who has the...
Vodafone Germany on Tuesday said it would recycle more than one million old mobile phones from Africa. The Dutch firm’s Closing the Loop would help in the endeavour to gather old phones primarily from Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon and transport them to Europe for recycling there. The project is...
The grandson of India’s independence leader Mahatma Gandhi has dropped out of the race to become president after his name was proposed by an alliance of opposition parties. Gopalkrishna Gandhi, 77, a diplomat turned politician said he had declined the request of the 17-party alliance to be their nominee...
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of seven ministerial nominees. The nominees are: Henry Ikechukwu – Abia State, Umana Okon Umana – Akwa-Ibom State; Ekuma Joseph – Ebonyi State; Goodluck Nana Obia – Imo State; Umar Ibrahim Yakub – Kano State; Ademola Adewole Adegorioye...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN). Justice Tanko Mohammad says the country’s Apex Court has to a larger extent, been living up to its constitutional responsibility. Muhammad said this in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media Ahuraka Isah, with the tittle Re: State Of Affairs...
At least, 3,478 people were killed while 2,256 others were abducted across the country from December 2021 to June 15, 2022, a tally collated by The Punch has shown. The figures were obtained from the daily incidents recorded by the Nigeria Security Tracker, a project of the Council on...
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdulahi Adamu, has dismissed the allegation of vote-buying leveled against the party during the Saturday’s Gubernatorial election in Ekiti. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC candidate, Biodun Oyebanji, polled 187, 057 votes to win the...
Ericsson, a Swedish multinational telecommunications company predicted that the 5G would reach 4.4 billion by 2027 globally. Ericsson made this known in the latest edition of its mobility report released on Tuesday. It also predicted that with current global trends, 5G subscription would pass the one billion milestone by...
There is tension in Kubwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja as residents on Monday found the butchered body of a yet-to-be-identified lady by a river in PW area, near Deeper Life Church. It was believed to have been dumped there by suspected ritualists The incident...
The Network of Advocates for Digital Reporting (NADIR) has lauded the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for drafting a ‘Code of Practice for Interactive Computer Service Platforms/Internet Internet Intermediaries’. NADIR, at a press conference in Kano State, said that the Code of Practice formulated by NITDA will not...
One of the two luxury cars Cristiano Ronaldo had shipped to Majorca for his family summer holiday has been involved in an accident. The Man United striker’s £1.7million 900 horsepower Bugatti Veyron is said to have crashed in the east coast resort of Sa Coma. An employee of the...
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo said his government was equipping the youth, building infrastructure, and diversifying the economy to ensure a prosperous and progressive state that could compete favourably with other sub nationals globally. Obaseki said this when he received a trade delegation from Miami Dade County, Florida, the...
Police in Oyo State have arrested six suspected members of a gang of bank robbers. Police spokesman, DSP Adewale Osifeso, stated in Ibadan on Monday that among the suspects is a 29-year-old contract staff and marketer at a new generation bank. He added that the suspects were nabbed at...