BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111 has urged Nigerians to call a spade a spade by appropriately calling bandits their right name which is simply terrorists. The Sultan, who spoke on Tuesday...
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By Cynthia Agbo – It is quiet common to end up in a Controlling relationship and not even see the signs. Being in a relationship, either dating or marriage is hard enough, more or less having a control freak as a partner. Below are nine signs of a Controlling...
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has advised his party – the All Progressives Congress (APC) to avoid self-inflicted crises ahead of the 2023 elections. With about 10 months to the general polls, he said it would be dishonest for anyone to argue against rotation at this period. Akeredolu, a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that ongoing investigation of a suspected drug baron, (name withheld) has led to the discovery of more than N22billion worth of tramadol. The NDLEA spokesman,, Mr Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement issued to...
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday described journalists as the oxygen of democracy, agents of change and development. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Mr Tony Ojukwu, SAN, said this in a statement in Abuja in celebration of the World Press Freedom Day. The News Agency of...
President Muhammadu Buhari has downplayed claims that he has a favoured candidate for the 2023 elections, saying he will hand over to whoever Nigerians elect. The President made the remark on Monday while answering questions from journalists after observing the Eid-el-Fitr prayers at the Mambilla Barracks parade ground in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A Niger Delta group, known as the Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) has urged former President Goodluck Jonathan, to join the 2023 presidential race under the platform of APC. The National Secretary, Amb. Amain Cottrell, who...
Senator Kola Balogun, representing Oyo South Senatorial District, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This is contained in a statement signed by his Media Aide, Dapo Falade on Monday evening in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Balogun, a younger brother of the...
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Setonji David, says if APC and Nigerians give Sen. Bola Tinubu opportunity to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023, he will change Nigeria’s story for good. David, the Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Publicity, Strategy and Security made this remarks in...
No fewer than 50 passengers were rescued when fire gutted the tyres of an aircraft operated by Dana Airlines Limited in Port Harcourt. The incident occurred on Monday evening at the Port Harcourt airport, our correspondent learnt. It was also gathered that no life was lost and no passenger...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has commended the courage and resilience of the Nigerian Press in the sustenance and promotion of the tenets of democracy in the country. Governor Ortom in a goodwill message to commemorate this year’s World Press Freedom day, said credit...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has accused former Senate President Bukola Saraki of rewriting history in a bid to claim credit for the United States of America’s deal with Nigeria on the purchase of the Super Tucano light-attack aircraft for the ongoing war against insurgency. This is in the...
Some stakeholders in the country’s economic sector have advised the Federal Government to take steps to halt the rising national debt stock as it is fast becoming unsustainable. The stakeholders spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday. They advised the Federal...
Popular Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim has revealed that she was raped by one of her ex-lovers. The beautiful actress, who didn’t name the ex in an interview with Nigerian media personality Chude Jideonwo, disclosed that she was pinned down by the ex lover and raped even though she never...
Introduction The London Underground Victoria Line trains run from Walthamstow in the north of the city to Brixton in the south departing every 2 minutes at 16 stations covering 21km. That’s an average of 60 trains per hour for 19 hours daily and 24 hours during the weekends. 200...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for more resources to fight terror attacks in Africa’s Sahel as the number of attacks in the region continues to increase. Guterres, who made the call in the capital of Niger, Niamey, on Monday said that the international community should realise that terrorism...
More details have emerged showing why some unknown gunmen killed a Nigeria Army couple in Imo State. The couple were on their way to their wedding when the unknown gunmen killed them on Saturday. The man has been identified as A.M Linus, a sergeant first class in the army....
Senator Margery Chuba-Okadigbo, Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd., on Monday commended Nigerian delegation at the 2022 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), in Houston, Texas, United States. Chuba-Okadigbo gave the commendation while declaring open the OTC Nigerian exhibition pavilion at the conference. She expressed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has shifted it National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting earlier scheduled for May 5 to Tuesday, May 10. The PDP National Secretary, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday night in Abuja Senator Anyanwu said the...
….As COAS, CAS organise Sallah luncheon for military troops By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has appreciated President Muhammadu Buhari for his immense support to the Nigerian troops and other security agents in the fight against the Boko Haram insurgency. Governor Zulum also thanked the...