The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has more work to do for ordinary Nigerians and to ensure an ideal society. The declaration was made in Lagos on Sunday by Pastor Cornelius Ojelabi, the APC Chairman in Lagos State. He was welcoming the party’s presidential election standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola...
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The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has described OKowa as an asset to all Nigerians. Abubakar in his message to Nigerians on Sunday in Abuja said that the office of the president in particular required that the holder of that office to...
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday said the 2022 edition of its Awards will return on July 21 in Morocco. The continental football governing body, in a statement on its website, said the Awards would be held ahead of the final match of Africa’s flagship women competition....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Governor Babagana Zulum led administration is currently constructing 13.34 kilometers of road and drainage network that comprises of ten roads within maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The 10 roads under construction are; dualising of Ahmadu Bello Way to Bama road junction, Shehu Sanda Kura...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – Labaran Shuaibu Magaji, a senatorial aspirant in the just concluded primary election for Nasarawa West Senatorial District on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who left for a brief holiday to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has returned to Nigeria. Magaji, who...
Bobrisky has shown off the gigantic cake and beautiful decorations set up for his housewarming. The crossdresser is hosting a housewarming party after he was accused of falsely claiming that he bought the house. For weeks, Bob has been insisting he didn’t rent the house as alleged but he bought it, and...
A Former Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Titus Okunrounmu, has called on the Federal Government to redoubt its efforts towards building new refineries in order to meet domestic demands for petroleum products. Okunrounmu made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has advised electricity consumers on estimated billing to track their bills to avoid discrepancies by electricity distribution companies. The Commission in its official Twitter handle on Sunday advised electricity consumers to always check their monthly bills for tariff band (expected hours...
The Delta State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 51 suspected cult members belonging to the Eiye confraternity. The state police spokesman, Bright Edafe, said the suspects were apprehended while carrying out an initiation of new members and also celebrating their anniversary within the premises of a hotel...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Senator representing, Sokoto North Senatorial District, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has again sponsored additional 60 students of Sokoto indigene to study various courses in the Maryam Abacha American University, Maradi, Republic of Niger. While other students are to study at the Al-qalam University Katsina,...
Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tunis on Sunday in a second day of protest against a constitutional referendum called by President Kais Saied that his opponents say would cement his hold on power. The demonstration was organised by the Salvation Front, a coalition including the moderate Islamist Ennahda, the...
Mr Joseph Edgar, Executive Chairman, Duke of Shomolu Productions, has decried the sharp disconnect between Nigeria’s youths and country’s past. Edgar, whose firm specialises in producing and staging historically-backed plays, particularly lamented that most youths had no idea of what happened “even few years ago”. “We have interacted with...
Thousands of APC supporters and leaders on Sunday, stormed the Presidential Wing of the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, to welcome Sen. Bola Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, is returning to his home...
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has congratulated Mr Biodun Oyebanji,the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti, on his victory at Saturday’s governorship election in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Ismail Omipidan, on Sunday in Osogbo...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 10 cartons of tramadol 225mg with an estimated street value of N200 million has been intercepted by The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos State. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the average price of refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) increased to N3,921.35 in May 2022. This is contained in the NBS Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Cooking Gas) Price Watch for May 2022 released in Abuja on Sunday. The...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny Echono has again made history as he bagged the first and most prestigious Medal of Honour Award by the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). Echono received the award in Accra, Ghana, at...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a former Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football Association (NFA), Ahmed Sani Toro. Toro was abducted on Saturday night, June 18, on Abuja-Jos road alongside a former Golden Eaglets assistant coach, Garba Iliya. It was gathered that the the victims were said to be travelling...
The Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the Saturday governorship election in Ekiti state, Otunba Olabisi Kolawole, has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Biodun Oyebanji on his victory at the poll. Kolawole in a congratulatory letter he personally signed, was addressed to the APC candidate, Oyebanji and...
Bitcoin plunged below $20,000 on Saturday, shedding nine percent from the previous day to fall to $18,740, its lowest level since December 13, 2020. With investors increasingly wary of risk, the world’s most popular crypto asset has lost more than 72 percent of its value since reaching a high...