A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Tinubu, has met with some governors of the ruling party at the Kebbi State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja on Monday. The meeting was held hours after Vice President Yemi Osinbajo officially declared his intention to vie for the presidential seat...
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Claimants have prayed a Federal Competition and Consumer Protection (FCCPC) Tribunal to commit the Managing Director of MultiChoice Nigeria Ltd, John Ugbe, to prison for alleged disregard to its order. The claimants filed a suit filed against MultiChoice Nigeria Limited over its recent decision to increase its tariffs and...
The Federal Government has spent about N12 billion on the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programmes (NHGSFP) monthly under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (MHADMSD). Dr Umar Bindir, National Coordinator, National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) of the Ministry stated this on Monday. Bindir disclosed this...
By BENJAMIN ORISEMEKE, Abuja – The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed on Monday revealed that corporates, individuals, Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are indebted to the federal government to the tune of N5.2 trillion. Nigeria is expected to borrow over N5 trillion to finance its...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has informed telecoms consumers, whose Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards are barred from making calls, that affected SIMs will not be unbarred by the service providers until they are linked with the National Identification Numbers (NINs) of the SIM...
It is another election era and merchants of falsehood and political fallacies have crawled out of their holes to stink up the air with their toxic tales. One of such noxious fallacies is that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa is Chief James Ibori’s political godson. How rancid and insipid can some...
MTN Nigeria, one of the leading Telecommunication firms in Nigeria, is set to begin a payment service bank. This comes after it got approval from Nigerian regulators to run a payment service bank, the wireless carrier said in a regulatory filing on Monday. “The date of commencement will be...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday said it would begin the enforcement of the ban on open grazing which has since been pronounced by South East Governors and passed into law by many States in Biafran land. A statement issued by IPOB...
Bandits who attacked the Kaduna-Abuja bound train on March 28 have paraded their victims in an unidentified location suspected to be a forest. The gunmen were seen in the video putting on military camouflage and uniforms. The bandits made their captives call on the government to come to their...
Amb. Bianca Ojukwu has provided a clearer video of what really happened on the day Prof. Soludo was sworn in as Governor of Anambra State. Watch and see for yourself. According to Bianca, Mrs Obiano should be kept very far from any public office. “What manner of barbarism is...
Gunmen suspected to be hired assassins have killed the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Atakumosa East Central Local Government Area of Osun state. Chief Gbenga Ogbara was shot dead in his sitting room in the early hours of Monday in Igangan, his hometown. The Police Public...
The Federal High Court (FHC)’s vacation has stalled the judgment in suit seeking for the declaration of the seat of Rep Yakubu Dogara vacant on account of his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) had, on March 23, reported that the judgment,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will, on May 30, re-arraign former National Publicity Secretary of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, on allegations bordering on N400 million fraud. Metuh is expected to be re-arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite of a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja. The...
Osun State Police Command on Monday said it is investigating alleged extra-judicial killing of one Afolabi Abiola in Osogbo. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Yemisi Opalola, stated on Monday in Osogbo that Mr Olawale Olokode, Commissioner of Police in Osun directed the investigation to unravel circumstances leading to...
By AMB. BOLADEI. G. IGALI On Saturday, 12th March, 2022, elder statesman and moralist, Ambassador Ignatius Olisemeka attained the transcendental age of 90. Better known as Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary, Principal Envoy, Head of Mission, High Commissioner, Chef de Mission Diplomatique (CMD), he remains Nigeria’s surviving ace of diamonds...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has faced a storm of criticisms and this has been entirely one-sided. The mainstream media and several foreign policy experts have described it as imperialistic and a danger to the sovereignty of states. There are, no doubt, factors that are Symptomatic of hegemonic designs. A...
Manchester United forward, Cristiano Ronaldo has tendered an apology after he was filmed smashing an Everton fan’s phone in anger following his club’s loss. As he made his way down the tunnel at Goodison Park after Everton defeated Manchester United, he is seen knocking a phone out of the...
Dear Nigerians, for the past seven years, I have served as Vice President under a true Nigerian patriot, a servant of the nation in war and peace, and a man of integrity, President Muhammadu Buhari. We have, together, worked through some of the most difficult times in the history...
A support group, Emefiele Mobilization Team (EMT) says the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Godwin Emefiele remain focused on delivering on his mandate as governor of the apex bank. The group stated this in statement by its spokesperson, Bashir Mohammed, in Abuja while reacting to...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A frontline governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Cross River State, Senator John Owan Enoh has appealed to the state working committee of the party to consider everyone aspiring to the office of position of the governor in 2023....