PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has reconstituted the Cross River State Electoral Commission(CROSIEC) ahead of next year Local Government election. Governor Ayade in a memo by issued by The Attorney General and Honourable Commissioner for Justice, Tanko Ashang appointed Prof Mike Ushie as chairman...
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The Federal Government says that the country is safe to host the first Global Conference on Cultural Tourism and Creative Industry scheduled for Nov. 14 to Nov. 17 in Lagos. The Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this when he featured on a phone-in programme of...
Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola. Photo: Facebook/Rauf Aregbesola The Federal Government has declared Monday and Tuesday, May 2 and 3 as public holidays to mark this year’s Workers Day and Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations. Mr Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior, made the declaration on Thursday on behalf of the Federal Government....
A presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday wooed members of the party’s National Working Committee, saying he already has 11 million votes. Addressing the PDP NWC in Abuja, the former vice president said he is the best candidate to win the 2023 presidential...
By AUSTIN-FAIR NWAULU, Lagos – Legendary entertainer and one of Nigeria’s top hitters, Innocent Idibia a.k.a Tuface, has joined his kinsmen from Benue State especially those of Idoma extraction to demand for a governorship candidate from the area. In an Instagram message just released, Tu Baba as he is...
By AUSTIN-FAIR NWAULU, Lagos – It is no longer news that Nollywood star, Rita Dominic Nwaturuocha finally quit spinsterhood when she bowed onto the waiting hands of lover Fidelis Anosike before family, colleagues and well wishers last Tuesday in Mbaise, Imo State. Of course the colourful atmosphere that was...
By AUSTIN-FAIR NWAULU, Lagos – Players of the Nigerian showbiz industry did not let down one of their own, high-flying music-comedian, Julius Agwu during his recent birthday even as it coincided with the reported crash of his marriage. His wife was alleged to have walked away with another man...
Even when it is a known fact that right from 1967, the nation Nigeria suffered acute leadership challenge; yet, each passing day brings to mind reasons as to why the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration should apologize to Nigerians. This present assertion is predicated on the fact that if...
By YEMI ITODO, Markudi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has sworn in two new advisers. They are Terver Akase, the immediate past Chief Press Secretary who had resigned in 2021 to contest in the 2023 governorship election and Andrew Kputu. The Governor at a ceremony in the Benue...
Justice Minister Abubakar Malami, SAN, says only the Court of Appeal can restore Section 84(12) into the Electoral Act, 2022. Malami told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, in a counter affidavit filed on his behalf by his counsel, Oladipupo Okpeseyi, SAN. The counter affidavit,...
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba Ewuare II, says co-contestants for the position of the President of Nigeria are shivering because of the intimidating dossier of the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo. The traditional ruler expressed this view on Thursday when he received the vice president on a courtesy visit...
Minister of Transportation and 2023 presidential aspirant, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, met with the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday in Lagos to seek its support. Amaechi said he was in Lagos to seek support though he knew that the state is the base of APC...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja advised those planning to rig the 2023 general elections to perish the thought. He vowed to use every legitimate means to protect the votes of Nigerians. The president gave the advice at a dinner he had with members of the diplomatic corps...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has threatened to embark on a three-day nationwide warning strike, in solidarity with affiliate unions in the universities and Nigerian students. The union’s threat is contained in a communique jointly signed by its President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, and its General Secretary, Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja,...
Cristiano Ronaldo scored an excellent equaliser to spare Manchester United a third successive English Premier League defeat as they drew 1-1 at home to Chelsea on Thursday. Ralf Rangnick’s side lost their previous two games to Liverpool and Arsenal by an aggregate score of 7-1. But while the performance...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of steps to enhance security measures in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and to assess the condition of inmates at the holding facility, the Theatre Commander Joint Taskforce ( JTF ) Northeast Operation HADIN KAI ( OPHK ) Major General Christopher Gwabin Musa, had...
Ortom describes murder of NYSC member Terungwa unacceptable, tasks Police on diligent investigations
Ortom describes murder of NYSC member Terungwa unacceptable, tasks Police on diligent investigations
By YEMI ITODO, Markudi – Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has described as intolerable, murder of the Benue born Youth Corps member, Stephanie Se-Ember Terungwa, who was posted to Abuja by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for her one year mandatory national service. Terungwa, a graduate of...
The Federal Government says Nigeria’s relationships with Russia and with Ukraine remain intact, the war between the two EU countries notwithstanding. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Alhaji Zubairu Dada, stated this in Abuja on Thursday while fielding questions from newsmen at the weekly ministerial briefing organised by the...
An apparently emboldened Elon Musk has decided to flex his buying muscles further by joking about buying multinational beverage company, Coca-Cola on Thursday. According to Forbes, the soft drink giant is valued at $286 billion, while boasting of assets worth $94.35 billion as compared to Musk’s net worth of...