A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa, Alhaji Umar Mustapha, said the party will conduct a successful and acceptable national convention on Saturday. Mustapha, popularly known as “Otunba of Ekiti” and Muqaddas of Adamawa Emirate”, gave the assurance while fielding questions from Journalists on Sunday in...
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PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has blamed the governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the controversial Electoral Act into law. Governor Wike alleged that “the APC governors are afraid of the idea of electronic transmission...
By JACOB KUBEKA, Abuja – The Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), has given Mr. Godwin Emefiele a 14-day ultimatum to resign from his position as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),and pursue his political ambition (if he is interested) or disassociate himself publicly from...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi says the commission has concluded plans to conduct an internationally accepted national assessment. The Executive Secretary disclosed this at a 5 day workshop for the development of test items for 2022 National Assessment...
By JOHN ONAH Abuja – The FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello has expressed the FCT Administration’s readiness to partner with the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) for the deployment of 5G broadband in the territory. Malam Bello stated this when he received a delegation of the NCC led by its...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad has said that the Judiciary is open to initiatives aimed at improving and strengthening the capacity of its officers in the handling of cases on emerging crime trends in the country. Mr Ahakura Isah, the Senior Special Assistant on Media,...
Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have foiled an attempt by a syndicate to push into circulation fake $4.7 million or about N2.7 billion. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – As the fight against criminality intensifies in Benue State, troops from Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, on Saturday made a huge breakthrough when they rescued 8 persons from kidnappers den. Mr Nathaniel Ikyur, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, said in a statement on Sunday,...
Nigerian Military Airstrikes have eliminated Amir Buba Danfulani and four other notorious ISWAP Commanders in Tumbuns and Sambisa axes of the North-East. PRNigeria gathered that Amir Buba Danfulani was a senior ISWAP Commander saddled with indoctrinating Fulanis and herdsmen in joining a terrorist group. He also coordinated activities of...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Government has declared Wednesday, Feb. 23, as public holiday to facilitate residents’ “fully and active’’ participation in the state’s local government elections. The Special Adviser to the governor on Information, Mr Steve Oruruo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Lagos – It has been revealed that prior to the adoption of local content by the Obasanjo Administration, the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry was characterized by massive capital flights of over $380 Billion and an estimated two million job losses over a 50-year period. Also,...
Central Banks across the world have the mandate to control the circulation and supply of currencies, and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is not an exception. But the phenomenal rise in popularity of all forms of digital currencies, like crypto in recent times posed a threat to that...
A group of northern youths from the 19 states in the region, under the aegis of “North-4-Osinbajo”, has thrown its weight behind the presidential ambition of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Coordinator of the group, Sani Mohammed, said this at the maiden rally it organised on Saturday in Jos. Mohammed,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the 36 state governors to “immediately redirect public funds budgeted to pay ex-governors undeserved pensions and other retirement benefits, and for ‘security votes’, and to use some of the savings to pay the counterpart funds that...
BY EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General LEO Irabor, has solicited sustainable collaboration among all stakeholders in the value chain of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. CDS Irabor made this remark in Abuja on Friday during a meeting with the Governors of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has directed the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to submit details of the number of households affected in IDP camp fire incident for proper intervention by the state government. Governor Babagana Zulum gave the directives when he visited Muna Elbadawy IDP...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Alliance for Indigenous Rights (PAIR), has dismissed a newspaper report by Daily Trust that the Minister of State, FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijani Aliyu, was heckled at the presentation of Certificates of Return to newly elected Area Council Chairmen on Friday in Abuja....
A Professor of Industrial and Commercial Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) , Joe Abugu, has lashed out at the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), over its stance on the conferment of professorial status on the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, by the...
Unknown gunmen have killed Mr. Sule Mathew, a first-class graduate of Communication and former intern with PRNigeria while travelling to Anambra State with other passengers. Mathew, who studied Information and Media Studies, graduated with first-class from the Faculty of Communication, Bayero University Kano (BUK), recently. He was killed with...
The Bayelsa Traditional Rulers Council says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has the potential to be a good president. King Malla Sasime, Vice Chairman, Bayelsa Traditional Rulers Council, expressed this view while receiving Osinbajo who paid a courtesy call on traditional rulers at the Bayelsa Traditional Rulers Council Secretariat on...