Nigerian singer, Bankole Wellington, popularly known as Banky W, has expressed his gratitude for the success to contest a seat in the House of Representatives during the 2023 general elections. Bank W will be contesting the legislative seat for the Eti-Osa Federal Constituency in Lagos State, on the platform...
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The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, has extolled the exceptional religious virtues of late Dr Abdulhameed Shuaib Agaka. Sheikh Agaka, the father of PRNigeria’s publisher and Editor-in-Chief, Yushau Shuaib, passed away on Saturday, at 77. The prominent Islamic scholar and Chief Imam of Agaka in Ilorin Emirate...
Amidst renewed calls for gender inclusion, Ichechi Okonkwo, CEO of renowned real estate firm, Victoria Crest (VCH), has supported calls for more female participation in the Nigerian real estate industry, asserting that Nigerian women can excel at anything they do if they have the right resolve and are willing...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday afternoon cleared all doubts about where he stands on the choice of a presidential candidate for the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring before the party’s 14 governors of northern states that he has “no preferred candidate,” and has “anointed...
Boko Haram insurgents on Monday attacked Lawan Mainari village near Mainok along Damaturu-Maiduguri Road in Borno State. According to an eyewitness, the incident happened in a community less than 40 kilometers away from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The terrorists were said to have abducted several passengers while setting...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – The controversy that greeted Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s statement that he made the victory of Muhammadu Buhari in the 2015 presidential election possible, has continued with the Presidency insisting that Buhari won the election through the collective efforts of tens of millions of Nigerians and...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Suleiman, has congratulated Governor Bala Mohammed, over his victory at the gubernatorial primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that the rerun PDP gubernatorial primary election took place...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said that he has no anointed candidate in the presidential primary elections of the All Progressives Congress, APC, slated for June 7, 2022. The President also said he is in agreement with the position of the APC northern governors that power should be shifted...
The northern governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have insisted that they would back a southerner to emerge as the presidential candidate of the ruling party in the 2023 general elections. Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong,...
National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamau, has announced the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, as the consensus presidential candidate of the party for the 2023 elections. DEDTAILS SOON….
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Niger Area Command says it has seized more than 101 units of exotic cars, cloths, rugs and consumables worth N755.3 million in different part of the command. According to the service, the consumables include bottle water, wines, ketchup, spaghetti, basmati rice, tomato paste, foreign...
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has donated N50 million to victims of the attack on Sunday at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Chairman of the NGF and Ekiti State Governor, Dr John Kayode Fayemi, made the donation when he paid...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has inaugurated a 22-man Reconciliatory Committee to reconcile aggrieved individuals within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Speaking on Monday at the Exco Chamber of the Government House, Bauchi, the governor, while inaugurating...
Popular Kannywood actress, Hadiza Gabon, has been dragged before a Shari’a Court in Kaduna by a 48-year-old civil servant, Bala Musa, on Monday, for allegedly refusing to marry him. The complainant told the court that he had been in a relationship with the actress and she promised to marry...
……..Arrived Ondo safely on condolence visit to Owo attack victims By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Senior Special Assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Mr. Laolu Akande, has debunked claims that the Vice-President was involved in a car accident in Abuja earlier today. Akande in a series of tweets...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Social Action Integrated Development Center (SAIDC), a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to expedite action to inaugurate a substantive governing board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) as provided in the NDDC Act 2000 as amended. Miss Comfort...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Ondo State Government has directed that flags should be flown at half-mast in all public buildings, facilities and official residences for seven days in honour of the victims of the Owo terror attack on Sunday. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu gave the directives in a...
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na-Allah, says the institution has gone tough on lecturers sexually harassing students, as two professors had been dismissed for the offence. Na’Allah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in New York that the university had introduced a policy on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) would on Monday present Nigeria Air, the country’s proposed national carrier with Air Transport Licence (ATL). The licence will be presented to the interim management of the airline at the headquarters of the aviation regulatory body in Abuja. The...