Former President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress for emerging as 2023 presidential candidates of their parties. Jonathan, in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Ikechukwu Eze, on...
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Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra said that no fewer than 1,000 teachers in the state were relieved of their appointments with the state government because they were employed in a hazy manner. The governor stated that the affected persons thereby remained unqualified for the job. Soludo, who made the...
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, on Thursday suspended the country’s anti-corruption chief Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane with immediate effect. “The Constitution provides that the President may suspend the Public Protector (or any member of a Chapter 9 institution) at any time after the start of proceedings by a committee of...
Says “his sterling contributions to our democracy and its progress stand him out.” By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has congratulated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory yesterday at the ruling All Progressives Congress Presidential Primaries. Below is the full statement signed personally by the...
Super Eagles struggle to a 2-1 win over Leone Stars of Sierra Leone at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja in a Match Day 1 fixture in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualifiers. Alex Iwobi and Victor Osimhen’s first half goals made the difference as the...
Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries has urged Christians to get their Permanent voters card while reacting to the killing of 32 persons by bandits who allegedly used helicopter. The tragic killing happened in Southern Kaduna. Suleman said the alleged use of helicopters by terrorists in Southern Kaduna shows that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday flagged off the maiden flight of the 2022 Hajj exercise, were a total of 43,000 intending Nigerian pilgrims would be airlifted to the Holy Land (Mecca) in Saudi Arabia to perform this year’s Hajj. Recalled the Hajj operation was...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A leading Advocate of Good Governance and anti-corruption Civil Society Organisation – HEDA Resource Center, has condemned the vicious massacre of scores of worshippers at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo state by yet- to-be identified gunmen The group described the act...
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, says Sen. Bola Tinubu, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate, is APC’s project. He said this on Thursday in Abuja while speaking with newsmen at the Abuja residence of Tinubu where he went to congratulate him for emerging as the...
Angry mobs on Thursday in Lagos burnt 25 motorcycles in reaction to alleged killing of a pedestrian by a motorcycle. The burnt motorcycles were abandoned by their riders who flee the accident scene for fear of a mob attack. The pedestrian, whose identity has yet to be ascertained, was...
Retired Maj. Hamza Al Mustapha, former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, has clinched the Action Alliance (AA) presidential ticket for the 2023 general elections. Al Mustapha scored 506 votes to beat his only opponent, Chief Samson Odupitan, who polled 216 votes at...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties that its candidate nomination portal for 2023 general elections would automatically shut down at 6 p.m on June 17 for national elections and 6 p.m on July 15 for state elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has hinted that the new education curriculum being developed will focus on skills and entrepreneurship in a bid to enhance the employability of graduates. This is even as stakeholders decried that schools are not providing students with the required...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has clarified that it is only Peter Obi’s faction of Labour Party that is recognized by the congress. The NLC made the clarification in a statement issued on Thursday. Recall that Obi recently emerged as the presidential candidate of...
The Federal Government has narrowed down the perpetrators of Sunday’s church killings in Owo, Ondo State to terrorists group belonging to the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). This is according to some security reports released by the security chiefs who attended Thursday’s Security Council Meeting at the...
Popular Nigerian singer, D’Banj is celebrating his 42nd birthday with a token of appreciation to his followers. The Koko master took to his Instagram page to appreciate his creator for the journey so far as he announced a cash giveaway to a lucky of his. Sharing a stunning picture,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed the money laundering suit filed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) against Mrs. Ochuko Momoh. Momoh is the wife of a former Managing Director of Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, Haruna. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a...
The Nigerian Navy on Thursday handed over 463 bags of cannabis sativa (marijuana) worth N500 million it intercepted during routine patrol to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Commodore Malami Haruna, handed over the seized drugs to NDLEA’s Commander on Narcotics,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of their Cooperate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes, The BUA Cement Company has donated 10,000 litres capacity solar powered borehole to Dagelawa village of Wajeke District in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State. BUA Cement Company also donated medical consumables worth N10...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The National Institute of Soil Science, North-East Zone, has donated no fewer than 150 soil testing kits to states in the zone to enhance crop production. The Zonal Coordinator of the Institute, Prof. Saminu Abdulrahman Ibrahim, disclosed this on Thursday during a training and capacity...