After weeks of high-level diplomacy, looming thunder clouds and intense global hysteria, Russian troops have since entered deep into Ukraine, an independent, sovereign state. A dismal fait accompli and rather ominous recline for global peace and the progressive consolidation of international law. Day after day, Russia, a world power...
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Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has confirmed the death of the Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III. In a statement on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, the governor declared that the death of the traditional ruler was a huge loss to...
The Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development in collaboration with the World Bank had embarked on an Airborne Geophysical Survey activity to determine the accurate mineral deposits in Ekiti State. The survey is being implemented through the Mineral Sector Support for Economic Diversification Project (MINDIVER), a World-Bank assisted...
The remains of the late Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, the Alaafin of Oyo in Oyo State, will be interred by 4.00 p.m, in accordance with Islamic injunction. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent gathered that the late Alaafin will be buried by 4.00 p.m, being a devout Muslim...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Nigeria Union of Teacher (NUT) has said that the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Harmonised Retirement Age of Teachers’ Bill into law has motivated teachers to deliver more effective service in the classroom. The union, which expressed confidence that the...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – No fewer than three police officers have been killed by unknown gunmen, who launched an attack on Adavi Police Divisional headquarters in the early hours of Saturday. Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Egbuka, confirmed the attack in a statement issued in Lokoja by police...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has congratulated Benue state Governor Dr Samuel Ortom on his 61st birthday . Senator Mark in his goodwill message to the governor urged him to sustain the peace and unity of the people of the state....
The drive to produce a consensus presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for 2023 election has collapsed . This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday night by the Tambuwal Campaign Organization (TCO), the campaign platform of a PDP Presidential Aspirant, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has been commended for its superlative regulatory activities, The commendation came from key members of the top echelon of the Management of ipNX, a licensee, who were at the Commission on Friday for a courtesy visit....
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure- Operatives of The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested eight suspected syndicates who specialize in vandalism of petroleum pipelines and seized 117 kegs containing adulterated diesel products. The NSCDC spokesman in the state, Mr. Daniel Aidamenbor, disclosed this in a statement issued...
Prominent Yoruba monarch, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has died at the age of 83. Alaafin Adeyemi, the third from the Alowodu Ruling House, died in the late hours of Friday at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State in South-West...
An explosion has occurred in Jalingo the Taraba State capital, leaving at least five persons injured. The incident is said to have taken place at the entrance of the district head’s house where local gin (Brukutu) is being sold. Although no life was lost in the explosion, some of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The General Officer Commanding 7 Division and Commander Sector 1 North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), Major General Waidi Shaibu has hosted he newly elected Executive Council Members (EXCO) of the Correspondence Chapel, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Borno State Chapter. In his remark,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As the world commemorates 2022 World Earth Day, the FCT Administration has pledged its commitment to meeting its obligations in preserving the environment and ensuring that mother nature serves all that depend on it for lives and livelihood responsibly. FCT Minister of State, Dr....
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The governorship aspirant of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Kwara state, Mr. Sunday Babalola, has said that votes do count in Nigerian elections just as he urged Nigerians to get their Permanent Voters Card (PVC) to exercise their civic duty. Speaking in Omu-Aran,...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Asaba – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) has inaugurated a state-of-the-art Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, in Delta State. The 100-seater one-storey building was built and equipped...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Attempts by rival aspirants to smear the name of the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, were vigorously refuted by the Osinbajo Support Movement on Friday. Some media had falsely reported that the Vice President shared N250,000 each to delegates of the...
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has announced a donation of N50 million to the Plateau government, to provide relief materials to communities affected by attacks in the state. The chairman of forum, Dr Kayode Fayemi, made the announcement during his visit to Gov. Simon Lalong on Friday in Jos,...
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, says he has garnered enough experience to lead Nigeria as the president come 2023. He made the disclosure on Friday in Ibadan during a parley with Oyo State All Progressives Congress (APC) delegates. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osinbajo had...
The defunct popular TV show, The Village Headmaster, would return to the network service of the Nigerian Television Authority on Sunday by 7 pm after 34 years, its Director-General, Yakubu Mohammed, has said. The programme which was Nigeria’s longest-running television soap opera showed on the NTA between 1968 to...