The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has boasted that no political party can wrestle power from the ruling APC. He said APC has brought so much development to the country that it will be difficult for any other political party to defeat it...
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Gunmen have reportedly invaded the Celestial Church of Christ, SBJ Oshofa Parish, Wasimi, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun and abducted two worshippers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the victims are; Oluwaseun Ajose, Assistant Shepherd of the parish, and Dagunro Ayobami, a Sunday school teacher. The...
The Speaker, Kwara House of Assembly, Mr Yakubu Danladi, says the assembly is not a rubber stamp legislature. Danladi made the assertion on Tuesday during a Special Plenarycommemorating Third Year Anniversary of Ninth Legislature in the state. According to him, the Kwara ninth legislature is not a rubber stamp...
World Health Organisation (WHO) says it is working with partners on renaming Monkeypox and its variants, and also to put in place a mechanism to help share available vaccines, more equitably, as the need arises. WHO Director General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed this at a news conference on Tuesday...
Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has advised Nigerians to shun religious politics and avoid fanning the embers of ethnicity ahead of the 2023 general elections. The governor gave the advice when he addressed State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the State House,...
Mr Jean-Claude Brou, President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, has said that the community has resumed convergence to launch of the ECOWAS single currency “ECO” in 2027. Brou made this known on Tuesday while delivering reports of the ECOWAS Commission before the ECOWAS Parliament...
The Presidency on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari did not suffer any form of constraints in arriving at decisions leading to the smooth conduct of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) party’s primary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu emerged winner of the party’s...
*** Call for proactive action against terrorists ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, has condemned the tragic attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State on June 5th, 2022, which claimed the lives of many worshipers while many others...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Tuesday, disclosed that its Open Educational Resources (OER) repository established in 2017, currently has over two million OERs in the form of courseware, lecture notes, textbooks, videos, maps, podcast, conference presentations, and journal. Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof...
The Lagos State Police Command has charged three suspects to court for allegedly beating a prostitute, Hannah Saliu, to death and setting her corpse ablaze for keeping the Holy Quran in her room. It was gathered that one of the suspects patronised Saliu and after having sex with her,...
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, has warned that the people of the Southwest would not tolerate another unprovoked attack on the region under any guise. Akeredolu spoke on Tuesday at the Government House in Akure while receiving Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-olu of Lagos...
The President, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Jean-Claude Brou, on Tuesday, enjoined citizens of member States to be vigilant about monkeypox. Brou gave the advice while presenting the commission’s report on the implementation of the Community Work Programme at this year’s First Ordinary Session of the...
Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika on Tuesday in Abuja advised relevant stakeholders to invest at various airports across the country. Sirika made the call in a goodwill message at the maiden edition of FAAN National Aviation Conference (FNAC) with the theme: “Advancing the Frontiers of Possibilities for Safe, Secure...
A Kano High Court fixed July 28 for judgment in the case of a school proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko, charged with alleged murder of five-year-old pupil. The Kano State Government filed five counts of criminal conspiracy, attempt to kidnap, abetment, kidnapping and concealing dead body against Tanko, Hashimu Isyaku, 37,...
The National Assembly workers under the aegis of Parliamentary Association of Nigeria (PASAN) on Tuesday suspended their one-week strike over unpaid salary arrears. Mr Sunday Fabiyi, Chairman, PASAN Abuja chapter, said this when he addressed his colleagues in Abuja. Fabiyi said that the strike was being suspended following an...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, convicted and sentenced Chibunna Umeibe and Emeka Ezenwanne linked to suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) against suspended DCP Abba Kyari over alleged drug deal to two years imprisonment. Delivering judgment, Justice Emeka Nwite, held that having admitted...
Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich are set to make a third offer worth 40 million euros (41.8 million dollars) for Liverpool forward Sadio Mane, a German media report indicated on Tuesday. It said the Munich club’s leadership has approved the offer made up of a transfer fee of 35 million...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has forwarded a list of new State Commissioner nominees to The Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, Alhaji.Abdulkarim Lawan for confirmation. This is according to an official letter dated 14th May, 2022, which was issued by the governor to...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sultan Foundation for Peace and Development with support from EU-UN Spotlight Initiative and UN Women, has flagged off a sensitization workshop on gender and social norms for students of selected schools in Sokoto State. Flagging off the one day workshop at the Government...
No fewer than eight passengers in Yenagoa bound speedboats have been abducted by suspected sea pirates along Brass-Yenagoa waterways in Bayelsa State. About 15 passengers were on board the boat and it was also learnt that they were returning from a burial they had attended over the weekend. Eight...