The Brekete Family Programme, a reality radio and television talk show has suspended its proposed N20 billion ASUU Crowd Intervention Fund aimed at resolving the lingering crisis between the union and the Federal Government. Ahmed Isa, Ordinary President of Brekete Family Programme, suspended the intervention fund in Abuja on...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has ordered an immediate investigation into the killing of over 20 scavengers from Dikwa town by suspected insurgents affiliated to the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) in Dikwa LGA of the state. Governor Zulum also said...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic party (PDP) in Cross River State, Professor Sandy Onor has appealed to financial institutions in and outside the country not to grant any loan to Governor Ben Ayade led administration within the remaining days of his regime....
Obumnaeme Akunyili, the son of Mrs. Dora Akunyili and Dr. Chike Akunyili, has spoken about the death of his parents. During an interview with Chude Jideonwo, Obumnaeme, who is the Director-General at the Anambra State Project Monitoring and Management Office, said his mother who was a former Minister of...
Liquorose, a former Big Brother Naija housemate, has revealed that her boyfriend who was also a housemate in the Shine Ya Eye edition, Emmanuel cheated on her. Liquorose who made this known during the reunion show on Friday narrated that she caught Emmanuel and an unknown lady in his...
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State says the Federal Government was “hasty” in blaming the Islamic State’s West African Province (ISWAP) for the Owo church attack. The governor said this in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, on Friday. “The statement is too hasty. I...
The Kogi Police Command has urged the public to ignore a trending video alleging blockade of Abuja – Lokoja highway and the kidnapping of passengers by herdsmen. The Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka, gave the advice on Friday in Lokoja in a statement issued by the command’s image maker,...
History does matter. ‘It has a way of repeating itself’, and has shown clearly that ordinary calculation can be upturned by extra-ordinary personalities. In the case of Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta state, the ancient argument whether circumstance or personality shapes events are settled in...
Nobel Laureate and renowned playwright, Prof . Wole Soyinka, has described the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, where many worshippers were killed, as a message to the entire people of South-West. Soyinka made his view known on Friday while paying a condolence visit to Gov....
Veteran Nigerian actress, Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, has advised celebrities and women generally to desist from skin bleaching in a bid to present themselves beautiful. Ajai-Lycett gave the advice during the maiden edition of the Creative Designers Guild of Nigeria (CDGN) culture and entertainment exhibition, held at Citiheight Luxury Hotel, on...
The new Cabinet in Guinea-Bissau took the constitutional oath in Bissau on Friday with 24 ministers and 12 state secretaries sworn-in as members, according to sources.. Foreign Minister Srkenuzy Carla Barbosa and Interior Minister Botche Cande remained in their posts in the government led by Prime Minister Nuno Gomes...
The Movement for Election of Nigeria President of Igbo Extraction has urged Nigerians to elect someone from the South-East as President in 2023 in the spirit of democracy, justice and fairness. The National Convener of the group, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, made the call in Enugu while speaking with the...
Some students of Nigerian public universities have expressed frustration over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU). Some of the students in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Friday appealed to Federal Government to meet at least 50 per...
The UN Chef de Cabinet, Courtenay Rattray, has said to end AIDS, beat COVID-19 and “stop the pandemics of the future”, the world needs to ensure global access to lifesaving health technologies. Rattray said this on Friday at UN headquarters in New York at a meeting of the General...
As was always expected, the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest in the 2023 governorship race in Delta state. His emergence sets the stage for what would likely become one of the most keenly contested races in...
Researchers have successfully mapped the genome of African cassava, using the TME 204 variety resistant to Cassava Mosaic Disease-2 (CMD2). This breakthrough is a significant milestone and it will help advance the breeding of new cassava varieties at speed with greater accuracy. “The genome has a very high quality...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said it would comply with the directives of The Federal High Court Abuja to inaugurate the newly elected chairmen of the various area councils in FCT on Tuesday. This is according to a statement issued on Friday...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Hundreds of sympathizers, family and friends gathered on Friday to pay their last respect to the founding and pioneer Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bauchi State Chapter, Rev. Engr. Nathaniel Odekunle, as his remains were laid to rest. The deceased who...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has decorated his Aide de Camp (ADC) Ashigar Baba Kulubu, with the new rank of Deputy Superintendant of Police. The governor, who was assisted by Borno State Police Commissioner, Abdu Umar, described the ADC as a dedicated officer....
Nigerian presidential candidates; Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi are among dignitaries invited to grace an event to pay tributes to the late MKO Abiola on June 12. Anthony Kila, chairman of the event’s organising committee, announced this in a statement on Friday. On June 12, 1993, Abiola...