EFCC Football Club on Wednesday in Abuja defeated Mailantarki Care Football Academy 2-1 to win the 2022 FCT FA Cup. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in the final match played at the Area 3 pitch, EFCC FC struggled hard to emerge winners of the trophy. The...
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Candidates in the Ekiti State governorship election on Wednesday signed a Peace Accord ahead of the poll billed for Saturday. They signed the Peace Accord at an event held in Ado-Ekiti under the auspices of the National Peace Committee (NPC) led by a former Head of State General Abdulsalami...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Leading aspirant on the ticket of the APC for the 2023 governorship of Benue State Prof. Terhemba Shija has raised his voice against the spate of attacks being unleashed by armed bandits and other criminal elements on settlements in Benue State. Prof. Shija spoke...
I have become very familiar with Nigerian politics to the point that nothing, in this era of a divided Nigeria, excites me anymore. But the emergence of Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the APC’s primary last week excites me with perfunctory relish. My excitement resonated from two dialectically opposing standpoints....
Mr Sanusi Garba, Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), says Nigerians will witness improved power supply from July 1 following renewed efforts by industry stakeholders. Garba gave the assurance at an interactive session with newsmen after the Second Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) meeting on Wednesday in Lagos. The...
A former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in Osun, Mr Kolapo Alimi, on Wednesday, defected to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alimi, one of staunch the supporters of the Minister of Interior and former governor of the state, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, announced his defection at the PDP secretariat...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) says it will begin the second phase (Phase One) of the National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) in August 2022. The electricity sector regulator also said it received bids from 45 local meter manufacturers to participate in the programme and was currently reviewing them....
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Anambra State Police Command has rescued 35 teenagers aged between 14 years and 17 years who were allegedly being used as sex slaves. The command’s spokesman, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, who said this in a statement issued in Awka on Wednesday, said four of...
Mr Kola Abiola, presidential candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) said on Wednesday in Abuja that the party would win the 2023 presidential election. Kola, scion of deceased Chief MKO Abiola said PRP’s victory would be synonymous with that of his deceased father on June 12, 1993. He...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Properties worth several millions of Naira have been destroyed following a fire incident that gutted 42 shops at the Student Center at the Yelwa Campus of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi on Wednesday. The shops on block D which were destroyed included –...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has began the presentation of mini buses to private individuals and corporate organisations to enhance entrepreneurial development and empowerment in the state. The mini buses are to be converted into an electric/solar powered vehicle with full support of the...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Wednesday in Abuja began the vaccination and treatment of two million livestock across the Six Area Councils of the territory. The Mandate Secretary for the FCTA Agriculture and Rural Development Secretariat, Malam Abubakar Ibrahim, who inaugurated the vaccination at Nyanya Veterinary Clinic,...
Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has declared a turnover of N276 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2021, translating to a 29 per cent increase against the N214 billion recorded in 2020. Its Chairman, Mr Aliko Dangote, said this at the company’s 16th Annual General Meeting (AGM) on...
Senate Chief Whip Orji Kalu says he will work for the success of All Progressives Congress (APC), Presidential Candidate, Chief Bola Tinubu in the 2023 elections. Kalu told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday that he would make for Tinubu, the same level of efforts he devoted to the Senate...
FC Barcelona are planning a new offer for Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski, a German newspaper report indicated on Wednesday. It said the Spanish clubside’s latest attempt to land the 33-year-old Bundesliga top goalscorer could be tabled before the end of the week. Barca reportedly submitted a first offer...
A group, Think Tinubu Movement, says the 2023 presidential cap fits Sen. Bola Tinubu. Its National Coordinator, Chief Sesan Afolorunikan, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, congratulating Tinubu on his emergence as the APC presidential flag bearer for the 2023 general elections. According to Afolorunikan, Tinubu’s...
The Department of State Security (DSS) on Wednesday arraigned Mr Bara Ogidi, at Federal High Court Yenagoa over an alleged false report against the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr Simbi Wabote. Ogidi, a Bayelsa based publisher of an online new media, Tracknews, is...
By SAM ADZEGEH, Makurdi – Even as the controversy over the gubernatorial elections in the Benue All Progressives Congress (APC( shifts to the Federal High Court, a similar crisis is currently brewing in the state’s Labour Party (LP) and is likely to also end up in the law courts....
The House of Representatives has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), to extend the voter registration by 60 days. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise is scheduled to end on June 30. This followed the adoption of a motion by...
Rep. Ben Igbakpa (PDP-Delta) has moved a constitutional point of order, urging the House to over ride President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto over delay in signing section 84 (8) of the 2022 Electoral Amendment Act into law. Igbakpa moved the motion during plenary on Wednesday in Abuja under matter of...