Alhaji Hashimu-Shehu Gazura, a Commissioner in the Zamfara Independent Electoral Commission (ZASIEC), is dead. He died in a ghastly accident on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gazura was also a former member, Zamfara House of Assembly, who represented Gummi 2 Constituency. His death is contained...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Against the backdrop of incessant iNsecurity in Cross River State, a governorship aspirant and National Assembly Caucus Chairman, Senator Gershom Bassey has promised to establish a “Cross River State Security Trust Fund” in 2023, if he becomes the next governor of the state. According...
First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) says it is determine to support Nigerian musical talents to advance the growth of the entertainment industry. Ms Folake Ani-Mumuney, Group Head, Marketing and Corporate Communications, FBN, said this at the inauguration of “The Voice Nigeria Season 4 Musical Contest“ on Friday in Lagos....
Modern societies do not seem to really have evolved from the classical period of witch hunt between the 1450s and 1750s. This era saw the summary executions of an estimated 50,000 persons accused of sorcery, voodoo, or having extra-terrestrial powers in Europe and America. There were evidence of witch...
Calls for collaboration in addressing COVID-19 effects By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Brussels, Belgium, welcomed the designation of Nigeria as one of the six countries in Africa designated as manufacturing bases for the COVID-19 vaccine, while also calling for collaboration to address the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Mr. Nathaniel Ikyur, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS), to Benue State Governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom, has declared that his principal does not hate President Muhammad Buhari. According to Ikyur, Ortom’s statements on the state of the nation should not be misconstrued for demeaning the...
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi K. Wabote has urged the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) to help the nation in weeding out bad eggs in the journalism profession. Speaking at a breakfast meeting with GOCOP members at Lagos Sheraton, Ikeja, Engr. Wabote...
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, on Friday reaffirmed his love for his first child, Danielle, as the latter matriculated into university on Friday. The actor took to his Instagram page to share pictures of himself, his wife, Mary, and the celebrant, whom he showered prayers on. Sharing a picture of...
The Nigerian’s version of democracy shares common features with the human brain and immune system. The two in my views had something important in common. First, medical professionals believe that neither the brain nor immune system is fully formed at birth, but continues to develop rapidly during infancy. Humans...
Award-winning Nigerian-Canadian music superstar, Tome has released a love-indebted first single in 2022 titled ‘Nobody Else’ This is coming on the heels of a successful music year which peaked at the 2021 JUNO Awards where her single, “I Pray’’ (featuring Jamaican superstar Sean Kingston) clinched the JUNO Award for...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government has said it is willing to partner with investors in the power sector to improve power supply in the country. The Minister of Power, Mr Abubakar Aliyu, made this known while receiving the Ambassador of Turkey to Nigeria, Mr Hidayet Bayratar,...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – A humanitarian group, known as The Victims Support Fund (VSF) on Friday launched the distribution of food items to victims of boko Haram insurgency in Yobe State. The Chairman of VSF, General Theophilus Y Danjuma (retired), who was represented by the Executive Director of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – After organizing one month intensive practical training on entrepreneurship, Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has presented N100m to 152 reformed youths who were prominent members of a violent political thuggery group code named ‘ECOMOG’ in Maiduguri. Governor Zulum made the presentation at the Ramat...
The consequences of colonialism are “still being felt to this day”, the UN Chef de Cabinet, Courtenay Rattray, told the Special Committee on Decolonisation on Friday. Speaking on behalf of Secretary-General António Guterres, he also reminded the participants of the challenges which face the so-called Non-Self-Governing Territories which remain...
The two factions of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) in the Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki have issued conflicting directives to their members over the union’s current nationwide warning strike. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that while the Dr Godfrey Nwambeke-led Caretaker Committee declared...
Efforts by the South-East to produce the next president may hit the rock as some of the aspirants from the region have vowed not to step down for one another. This is as the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, warned that any presidential aspirant from the South-East who...
An uneasy calm has settled over Osun State as the All Progressives Congress holds its governorship primary on Saturday (today). The tension is a result of a fierce battle for the sole ticket of the party between the Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola and a former Secretary to...
The Director, Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Dr Sam Amadi, has advised political parties to micro-zone their 2023 presidential ticket or leave it open for all to contest. Amadi in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday, said that the school was of the view that...
Alhaji Moshood Adeoti, a factional Governorship aspirant in the Saturday’s All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship primary in Osun said he would not boycott the exercise. Adeoti, who is enjoying the backing of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, also the immediate past Governor in the state, made this known...
Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Friday defeated the Lady Elephants of Cote D’Ivoire 2-0, with debutant Ifeoma Onumonu scoring twice to give her team a good head start in the pairing. The win was in the first leg match of their final round fixture in the 2022 Africa Women’s Cup...