Urges police to deploy more technology By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Kano said three priorities of the administration, security, economy and corruption, have received significant attention, with measurable results, following his vision of making Nigeria more peaceful, prosperous and reliable, among nations. At...
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The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, briefing newsmen in Abuja on 16/6/2022 The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has warned politicians and their supporters who are planning to cause trouble during the 2023 general elections to desist. Irabor gave the warning while addressing newsmen...
Troops of Operation of Hadin Kai have in the last two weeks eliminated no fewer than 47 terrorists and rescued Mary Dauda, one of the school girls abducted in 2014 at Chibok in Borno. Maj-Gen Bernard Onyeuko, Director, Defence Media Operations, said this at the Defence Headquarters bi-weekly briefing...
… Says “Owo church, Abuja-Kaduna train attacks remain very painful to the Military” By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has exonerated the Nigerian military from charges of inaction on terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements arrested in the fight against insurgency and...
Paul Pogba says he wants to prove Manchester United wrong after claiming their reported 300,000-a-week pounds (367,000 dollars) offer to keep him at Old Trafford was “nothing”. The 29-year-old France midfielder is expected to return to Juventus when his Manchester United contract expires at the end of this month....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The UN Nigeria Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Matthias Schmale has expressed concern over the recent violence against civilians in the north eastern part of the country. Mr. Schmale made his feelings known in a statement issued on Thursday by Mrs. Christina Powell, The...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘D’, have seized contraband worth N126 million from January to June, 2022. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that Zone ‘D’ comprises of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Benue and Nassarawa States. The...
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has revealed why he chose Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate. Recall that he announced the Delta State Governor as his running mate today. In a long speech at the event, he said that he chose Okowa because he’s someone he...
Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of Labour Party has arrived Egypt to understudy some of their sectors and not to attend the Annual General Meeting of a multinational company as being speculated. M. Obi’s media aide, Valentine Obienyem, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on Thursday, shared photos...
English football league, the Premier League has released the 2022/23 fixtures with Crystal Palace v Arsenal being the first encounter for the new season. Though the new EPL will begin on Friday 5 August at 8 pm Nigerian time, the Premier League said kick-offs are 15:00 for Saturdays and...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate for the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has announced Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate. Atiku made the announcement at a meeting attended by PDP executives at the party’s headquarters in Abuja. PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, said a 17-member committee had been...
The Governor of Delta state, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike have arrived the Peoples Democratic Party’s headquarters in Abuja. Their purpose is to attend the party’s vice presidential screening. More to follow . . .
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that Ukraine must win the war against Russia, as he visited the town of Irpin outside the capital Kyiv. “France has been alongside Ukraine since day one. We stand with the Ukrainians without ambiguity”. “Ukraine must resist and win,” Macron told journalists in...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has been urged to consider Gov. Babagana Zulum as his running mate for 2023 poll. Chief Ekene Enefe, founder, The Southeast Destiny Movement for Bola Ahmed Tinubu (SDMBAT), made the call when he addressed newsmen in Awka on Thursday....
Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has been lambasted on social media after he lashed out at the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi. Mbaka said Obi can never be Nigeria’s President. He made the comment at his Adoration Ministry in Enugu State. According to him, unless God ceases to...
Manchester City will begin the defence of their Premier League title at West Ham while Liverpool travel to Fulham on the opening weekend of the season. The 2022/23 fixtures, published on Thursday, give new Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag an opening test at Old Trafford against Brighton, who...
Two men, Yetunde Awaye, 37, and Mohammed Afisu, 41, who allegedly stole a Rolex chronometer wristwatch worth nine million Naira, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court. The defendants, whose addresses were not given, are standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and receiving stolen goods....
Sen. Stella Oduah (PDP-Anambra) says incursion of the Labour Party into Anambra through former governor Peter Obi as its Presidential Candidate, is not a threat to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Oduah said this at a news conference during the presentation of certificates of return to 30 PDP candidates...
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has counted 100 million people worldwide who have been forced to flee their homes. The figure is the highest number of displaced people recorded since World War II. The UN body said in its Global Trends Report on Thursday that displacement of civilians from...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to disregard reports in some section of the media, purporting that it had dismissed the reported emergence of Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers as its Vice-Presidential Candidate for the 2023 general elections. The party in a statement by its National Publicity...