Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, on Thursday said that former President Goodluck Jonathan cannot run for the 2023 presidential race. In a statement, Falana said Jonathan cannot contest the 2023 presidential election by virtue of Section 137 (3) of the Constitution of the Federal...
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The Federal Government has emphasised the need for Africa to establish an African Energy Bank (AEB) to address its peculiar energy related crisis. The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the 2022 Annual Public Lecture of the Nigerian Society of...
Guinness Nigeria Plc, a member of the Diageo family, on Thursday opened its new £6.2 million ultra-modern headquarters located at Cocoa Industries Road, Ogba, Lagos. In her speech, Guinness Nigeria’s Board Chair, Dr Omobola Johnson, said the ceremony also doubled as a celebration of the 72nd Anniversary of Guinness...
The Minister of Justice and Attorney -General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, sAys he has accepted calls from Kebbi people to run for the state governorship. Malami will be running on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He made the acceptance in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday,...
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Aspirant, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has said he is neither too young nor too old to run for Nigeria’s presidency by 2023. Tambuwal, speaking during his meeting with PDP former Ministers Forum, in Abuja on Thursday, described himself as the perfect...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged communities in the state to always be ready to protect government infrastructures in their domain. The Governor gave the charge on Thursday when a delegation from Ugondo Mega Layout community in Makurdi paid him a courtesy visit...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos- The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) which was founded by Late TB Joshua has confirmed a fire outbreak that occurred at its old site in Agodo area of Egbe, in Ikotun-Egbe axis of Lagos State, on Wednesday. The SCOAN also urged members and friends...
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday granted bail in the sum of N20 million to Philips Fatuyi, the Chairman of Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria (NOGASA), charged with N43 million oil fraud. Justice Mojisola Dada granted the bail following a prayer by defence counsel, Mr...
A Federal High Court in Abuja granted the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)’s application to review facts of the two defendants who pleaded guilty in the ongoing trial of suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others on alleged cocaine deal. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling, dismissed the objection...
The Defence Headquarters said the troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have eliminated over 62 terrorists, arrested 79 others and rescued 179 kidnapped victims across the North West Region of the country within three weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, stated this on Thursday in Abuja while...
A soldier who was nabbed for collaborating with ISWAP terrorists has killed himself while being escorted to the barrack. PRNigeria gathered that the soldier with one the Battalions of the Nigerian Army in the North-East was discovered by military intelligence operatives for his involvements in recent attacks on brothels...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – A total of 1,158 terrorists and their families surrendered in the last 3 weeks as troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Nigeria Police and other security agencies carried out series of operations on land, maritime and air operations across the various theatres of...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – No fewer than thirty-eight newly promoted police inspectors were decorated with their new ranks at the Conference hall of the Zone 6 Headquarters, Calabar. The Assistant Commissioners of Police ACP Ngozi Ezeabata (DFA) and ACP Ogunjide Joseph psc (ZDOPS) who decorated the officers on behalf...
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to visit South Korea and Japan in late May, the White House has announced. The visit, set for May 20, to 24, would further deepen ties between our governments, economies, and people, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said in a statement. Biden...
MTN Nigeria and Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) today announced the launch of the MTN Media Innovation Programme (MTN MIP), which will be run by PAU’s School of Media and Communication (SMC). The six-month, fully funded fellowship for Nigerian media practitioners is designed to support the sustainable development of the nation’s changing media scene. It is...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay, SAN, has condemned supporters of a former governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for describing the Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, as a traitor and betrayer for declaring to run for...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Management of Kaduna State University (KASU) on Wednesday said the state government has nothing to do with its decision to pull out of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Management of the University stated this in a...
The Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted contraband which Duty Paid Value was put at N31. 4 from April 1 to date. Alhaji Wada Cedi, Comptroller in charge of Katsina, made this known while displaying the goods before newsmen in Katsina. He said that the goods...
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has called for international partnerships to tackle the rising levels of insecurity in Nigeria, maintaining that the situation is beyond President Muhammadu Buhari. The governor said this on Thursday, explaining that insecurity is not peculiar to the country. “It is because people...
The Federal Government of NIgeria has extradited a wire fraud suspect popularly known as ‘Yahoo Yahoo’ to the United States over an alleged $148,000 fraud. The suspect, Adedunmola Gbadegesin is wanted in the US on a case of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, the spokesman for...