By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Wife of the Vice President, Mrs Dolapo Osinbajo, was in Maiduguri on Monday to visit the North East Children’s Learning Centre, which is a donor-funded school initiated by her husband on the 8th of March, 2017, during his 60th birthday. The school is designed...
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi and his deputy, Eric Igwe, to vacate their seats as the sitting governor and deputy respectively, on grounds that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the election on March 2019 and not its candidate. Having...
Members of the House of Representatives have rescinded their decision on three bills earlier rejected in the process of the 1999 constitution amendment. The bills are on indigenship, citizenship, and 35 % affirmative action for women. The bills will be recommended for consideration and will be part of the...
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he’s not afraid and will not hide from anyone. He made the statement while revealing that he’s in the Ukrainian capital Kiev in spite of the ongoing fighting there. Zelensky, in a video message, said he would not hide and wasn’t afraid of...
A former Ukrainian President, Viktor Yanukovych has told Volodymyr Zelensky to surrender to Russia. The message by Yanukovych, considered to be extremely corrupt and currently living in exile in Russia after being sentenced to 13 years in prison for corruption was circulated by Russian state agency Ria Novosti on...
A legal practitioner, Musa Abdullahi, has dragged the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), demanding a N200 million compensation over allegations bordering on epileptic power supply. Abdullahi, who filed the suit marked: NSHC/SD/27/2022, also prayed the court to give an order, in the alternative, directing a six-month bill-free period for...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was born on March 8, 1957, has clocked 65 years. Osinbajo survived a helicopter crash in Kogi on Feb. 2, 2019, and won re-election on Feb. 23, 2019, for another four-year term with President Muhammadu Buhari. Osinbajo, Nigeria’s 5th vice president, is the Chairman...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Taxpayers who have outstanding foreign currency tax liabilities can now take advantage of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) one-month window to settle these liabilities in Naira, with effect from the 1st of March, 2022, to 31st March, 2022. This is according to a...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured that justice would be served in the death of a 22-year-old fashion designer, Miss Oluwabamise Ayanwola. Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance in a statement on Tuesday, saying that the “life of every resident’’ of the state mattered and...
The Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Natural Gas Pipeline Project (AKKP), has reached 73.3 per cent completion stage, Mr Abdulkadir Ahmad, Group Executive Director, Gas and Power, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, has revealed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the AKKP was approved by the Federal Government, aimed at transporting natural...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has organized a two day training workshop on SDGs for Borno State journalist.. Declaring open the two day training...
The Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of YES INTERNATIONAL! Magazine, Azuh Arinze, will be 50 on Thursday, March 24, 2022 – and to commemorate it, he will be unveiling two new books, A TASTE OF SUCCESS and CONVERSATIONS WITH SHOWBIZ STARS, on that day. The memorable and milestone event is slated for the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, will chair a public lecture to mark the 2022 International Women Day (IWD) in Kano State, in recognition of his tremendous contribution and support towards promoting the...
A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Osun, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, has withdrawn from the party’s primary slated for Tuesday. Addressing a news conference at his campaign office on Monday in Osogbo, Ogunbiyi, said it was difficult for him to come to the conclusion of withdrawing...
The Federal Government has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to advise its affiliate, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to abide by the provisions of the Trade Disputes Act and call off its ongoing strike. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2022 edition of the National...
A federal lawmaker, Rep. Yusuf Gagdi (APC – Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam), has earmarked the sum of N160 million to register his constituents for the 2022 WAEC and NECO examinations. Gagdi made the disclosure while interacting with newsmen at the distribution of his empowerment items to constituents on Monday in Pankshin. The...
Some Nigerian Women, under the name “Women Manifesto’’, on Monday said that they would continue to occupy the National Assembly (NASS) until women aspirations of gender equality in all elective positions are met. The Co-Convener of the group, Dr Akiyode-Afolabi Abiola, made this position known on behalf of the...
The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, has expressed satisfaction with what he described as the high interest of Nigerians in the agricultural sector, expressing the bank’s commitment to boosting local production. According to a statement, Emefiele said this while addressing journalists during an inspection...
Popular Nigerian cross dresser, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, well known as Bobrisky has finally reacted to complains filed by his fans about when he will be setting down with the man of his dreams. According to the controversial socialite, the man he dreams of settling down is currently married to...
Nigerian Celebrities have reacted to the news of the missing lady, identified as Bamise Ayanmole, who was found dead with her private parts missing after her disappearance from a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus at the Chevron area of Lekki in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...