I believe that when plundering and debilitating hands of the military are removed from governance and the country’s infrastructure, educational and health systems are reconstructed, Nigeria will enjoy a boom of creativity and productivity – Mr. Ola Vincent, Former CBN Governor, . Prior to May 1999, when democracy re-emerged...
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Engr. Ahmed Dikko, Managing Director, Port Harcourt Refining Company (PHRC), has been honoured with the “The Swift Reporters Man of The Year Award”. The award is the biggest recognition by Swift Publishing Company Ltd, publishers of Swift Reporters. In a statement on Thursday, Adewole Kehinde, the Publisher of Swift...
If there are a few politicians in the north of Nigeria who know how to stoop to accomplish audacious political goals, a former two-term governor of Nasarawa State and current senator representing Nasarawa West senatorial zone, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, is one of them. Ordinarily calm, he is politically firm....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has congratulated Nigerians on President Muhammadu Buhari’s assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, who stated this in a statement on Friday, also saluted the courage of the PDP and other opposition...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he expects the Russian army will storm Kiev overnight, and called on the public to defend the capital. “The fate of the country is being decided right now,” he said in a video message on his Telegram channel. “The enemy will use all its...
O fewer than 400 people were arrested on Friday during renewed demonstrations in Russia against the invasion of Ukraine, according to civil rights activists. The civil rights portal OVD-Info registered protests in 17 Russian cities by the evening. Photos and videos mainly from St Petersburg published on the social...
The APC has described the signing into law of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022, by President Muhammadu Buhari as a big win for the country’s democracy. Sen. John Akpanudodehe,National Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. While...
The Police command in Edo on Friday confirmed that some monies suspected to be carted away by robbers during Thursday’s armed robbery attacks on some banks in Uromi, have been recovered. Mr Phillip Ogbadu, the State Commissioner of Police confirmed this in a phone interview with the News Agency...
By DAVID IORJA , Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Friday applauded the BUA Group for its strides in narrowing the gap between demand and supply of cement in the country. The President spoke at State House, Abuja, while receiving a top delegation from BUA Group, led by the Chairman,...
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By OLALEKAN ADIGUN – The Progressives Governors’ Forum (PGF) – an umbrella body of state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) – met with President Muhammadu Buhari after the party’s much-awaited National Convention was again postponed by the Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River State has rejected the use of force to intimidate ordinary voters ahead of the Saturday’s byelections for Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo State Constituency. The State Chairman of the party, Venatius Ikem made this know in Calabar on...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja –The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said today that the new Electoral Act contains many progressive provisions that will facilitate the conduct of free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier in the morning signed the Electoral Bill 2022 into law....
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Friday that the commission is ready for Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo State Constituency by-elections scheduled for Saturday. Speaking during the movement of sensitive materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Calabar to the Local...
An Ikeja High Court on Friday sentenced kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike alias Evans, to life imprisonment for the kidnap of Mr Donatius Dunu, the Chief Executive Officer of Maydon Pharmaceuticals Ltd. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Hakeem Oshodi also sentenced Evans’s two co-defendants; Uche Amadi...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has observed that the Saturday by-election in two constituencies in Plateau will be a litmus test for 2023 general elections. Mohammed, a co-chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Council for the by-elections, told journalists in Jos on Friday that the outcome would significantly...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Airtel Nigeria, a telecommunications company, says it has been rated the fastest network provider in Nigeria according to Crowdsourcing firm, SpeedChecker. Airtel Nigeria made this known in a statement on Friday. It said that in SpeedChecker’s report in 2021 for Africa’s Mobile Network Champions,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will on Saturday make public its position on the 2022 Electoral Amendment Bill singed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. The commission disclosed this in a statement by National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye,...
Manchester United have ended their sponsorship deal with Aeroflot following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Red Devils have had a partnership with the Russian airline since 2013, and have regularly flown to European matches on the company’s aircrafts. However, Vladimir Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine has led Manchester United...
As Senator Anyim Pius Anyim unveiled his Greater Nigeria plan at his 61st birthday bash, the grand event transcended from a birthday celebration to a call for a higher level of leadership in Nigeria. Anyim’s indication of interest in the 2023 Nigerian presidency has garnered immense support. He, therefore,...