Delta Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, has said that the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no written agreement on zoning for the governorship election, come 2023. Aniagwu disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Asaba. He noted that there were capable men...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja- President Muhammadu Buhari has called on nations, institutions and bodies, both private and public, to return Nigeria’s artefacts in their possession. In a statement by the presidential spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, said the Nigerian leader made the appeal in the aftermath of the return of...
The Zamfara House of Assembly on Monday expressed confidence in the witnesses presented at the investigative panel hearing for the impeachment process against the state’s Deputy Governor, Mahadi Aliyu-Gusau. A counsel to the lawmakers/complainant and Director, Legal Matters of Zamfara of the Assembly, Nasiru Jangebe, stated this while speaking...
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has explained why the whole stakeholders of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) in the state endorsed the National Chairmanship aspiration of Sen. Umaru Al-Makura. Sule gave the explanation when he paid a solidarity visit to the office of his predecessor, Al-Makura, on Monday in...
The Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved March 26 for the National Convention of the party. Sen. John Akpankudohede, National Secretary, CECPC, APC said this when he spoke with newsmen shortly after the committee’s closed door meeting in Abuja on...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 575 commercial sex workers in Bauchi State are to be trained and empowered with various skills to make them self-reliant and encourage them to stop prostitution. Speaking at the flag-off of the training which held at Bayangari in Bauchi on Monday, the...
BY NANA AISHA, Jalingo – Some concerned Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) committed to social cohesion and violence prevention, have called on the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and The Muslim Council of Nigeria (MCN) to promote peace and unity in Taraba State. The call followed the recent tirades between...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government says it will meet with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) over the one-month warning strike embarked upon by its members. Mr Charles Akpan, the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour and...
The Federal Government on Monday gave six months deadline to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to come up with innovative solutions in Information Communications Technology (ICT). Prof. Isa Pantami gave the deadline at a maiden Telecommunications Based Research and Prototype Exposition in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The All Progressives Congress on Monday said it had scheduled its Zonal Congresses to hold on March 26. This means its National Convention earlier set for February 26 may now be held at a later date. The announcement was contained in a letter of the party to the Independent...
The suspended DCP, Abba Kyari, says the allegation linking him to an international drug cartel by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is untrue. Kyari disclosed this in an affidavit in support of his motion ex-parte marked: FHC/ANJ/CS/182/22 and filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High...
The Federal Government says it plans to inaugurate a national sensitisation campaign against ritual murders soon. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this on Monday in Abuja when he paid official visit to the headquarters of Daily Trust Newspaper. According to him, the government is...
By SOLOMON YAKUBU, Abuja – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Monday informed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) that the Super Eagles will now take on Ghana’s Black Stars on new dates. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s Director of Communications, disclosed in a statement that the 2022 FIFA World Cup...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, refused to grant an application for bail filed by the suspended DCP Abba Kyari. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who declined to grant the plea in a motion ex-parte brought by Kyari’s Lawyer, C. O. Ikena, ordered that the respondent, National Drug Law Enforcement...
The Kogi Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemi Jones, has said Gov. Yahaya Bello was a futuristic leader with the capacity to bring the needed transformational development to Nigeria. Jones stated this at the ”1st Chief Lecturer Inaugural Lecture Series” of Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa....
Mr Fabian Onah, Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nsukka Local Government Area, Enugu State, said the party is ready for the Feb. 23, Local Government polls in the state. Onah said this in Nsukka on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the...
Detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, has dragged the Federal Government before a Federal High Court in Abuja challenging his continued detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, Kyari who is currently on suspension from the Nigerian Police Force is seeking an...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), South African Chapter, on Monday urged the leadership of the party not to shift the national convention scheduled for Feb. 26. The Chairman of the chapter, Mr Bola Babarinde, in a statement in Lagos said the postponement might spell doom for the ruling party....
The U.S. has warned the United Nations that it has credible information about the possibility of serious human rights violations should Russia invade Ukraine. U.S. ambassador to the UN, Bathsheba Crocker wrote to Michelle Bachelet, the UN high commissioner for human rights, outlining details of “disturbing information”. “We are...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the suit seeking to challenge former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s eligibility to vie for the office of the president. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the plaintiff that instituted the case lacked the locus standi...