Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Monday visited Ogun State to seek the support of delegates ahead of the May 28 Presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Saraki met with PDP leaders, including governorship aspirant, Ladi Adebutu, and the state party vice- chairman, Mr Leye Odunjo, at...
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Dr Mufutau Raji, a chartered banker, has identified insecurity and high porous borders as some of the factors responsible for the slow growth of industralisation in Nigeria. Raji said this while delivering a lecture to mark the 76th birthday of Alhaji Khamis Olatunde-Badmus, the Asiwaju Muslim Yorubaland, Edo and...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says some 1,607,975 candidates have been registered for the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates, set to begin on May 16. The Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, disclosed this at a news conference on Monday...
The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan has joined the race for the 2023 Presidency on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Lawan made the formal declaration on Monday in Abuja when a group of concerned Nigerians, ‘National Stability Project’ presented the Expression of Interest and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) on Monday in Abuja began the disbursement of allocation papers for direct intervention funds approved by the presidency to public tertiary institutions in the country. The latest interventions which runs into billions of naira, saw each beneficiary institutions,...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) started its week with high optimism that its plan for gas development would turn around the fortune of the country economically. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, shared this view at the 2022 Annual Public Lecture of...
BY RICHARD ABU, Abuja – A group of APC stalwarts and stakeholders from Abia State has purchased the All Progressives Congress (APC) nomination and expression of interest for one of their illustrious sons, Mr. Theophilu Ubani, who is seeking to represent Bende Federal Constituency at the green chamber of...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) through its Women Employment Branch (WEB) on Monday flagged off a 5 day training workshop forDirector General of NDE, Malam Nuhu Fipko, National Directorate of Employment (NDE), sokoto State, . 130 women in Sokoto on diverse skills. According...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – A South West APC Elders meeting with presidential, gubernatorial and National Assembly aspirants from the zone ended tonight on a convivial note, as sources confirm that the leaders resolved that every aspirants has a right to contest. Besides, the meeting, though behind closed doors...
Femi Gbajabiamila, the speaker of the House of Representatives, on Monday, walked out Kingsley Obiora, the representative of Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor in a meeting. Emefiele had shunned the invitation of the leadership of the House over the crisis in the aviation sector. Instead, the CBN governor sent...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National leader and presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has advised the party’s delegates to the forthcoming National Congress not to compromise competence and experience in electing the party’s presidential flag bearer. Tinubu made the call during the...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele’s request to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Abubakar Malami preventing him from his Presidential Ambition. The CBN Governor on Monday...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Professor Stephen Ochang, a lecturer at Cross River State University of Technology and leader of Peter Obi Candidacy Movement has urged Nigerians and PDP delegates to ensure that he emerge the candidate of the party. Addressing journalists at the Ernest Etime Bassey Press Centre...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday after its National Executive Council meeting at the Comrade Festus Iyayi National Secretariat, University of Abuja. Prof. Osodeke said the...
Ibrahim Ahmed, an investigator with the EFCC on Monday said Aliyu Abubakar, the 2nd defendant in the trial of former former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mohammed Adoke, voluntarily made statements to the anti-graft Agency. Ahmed, who was the 1st prosecution witness (PW1) in the trial-within-trial of the money...
Nigerian superstar singer, Wizkid won the Best African Artiste of the Year at the 23rd Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. Wizkid beat out other Nigerian artists such as Tems, Ckay, Joeboy, and Fireboy Dml to win ‘Artiste of the Year.’ See Full Winners List Below; Traditional Artiste of the Year...
A video has surfaced showing how drugs are packed in canned drinks. The revelation was made by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) who discovered the drugs conveniently hidden in canned drinks. The agency warned Nigerians to be very careful when collecting such materials...
Canadian-based singer, Stephanie Otobo has again taken to Twitter to accuse the General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman of sleeping with her. This time around, she shared what she claimed is the apostle’s private photos. Recall that Otobo had in 2017 accused the cleric...
Ebonyi soccer fans have hailed the Flying Eagles’ 2-0 defeat of Black Satellites of Ghana in the ongoing West African Football Union (WAFU) Zone B, U-20 competition in Niamey. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Eagles beat defending champions Ghana on Sunday, in its first match...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says sudden appearance of fuel queues in parts of Abuja is due to low load-outs at depots. The NNPC Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Department, Mallam Garba Muhammed said in a statement on Monday that...