About 2,500 Islamic clerics have offered prayers for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in Kano as speculations continue to mount over the former Lagos State Governor’s plan to run for President in 2023. The Director-General of Tinubu Support Groups Management Council, Hon. Abdulmumin Jubrin, said on Saturday that Tinubu was the...
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A ban on the use of plastic to package a range of fruit and vegetables came into force in France on Saturday, to the dismay of the sector’s packaging industry. Environmentalists have long campaigned against single-use plastics as pollution worsens globally while President Emmanuel Macron has backed the move...
Liverpool Manager, Jurgen Klopp will miss his side’s crucial Premier League clash at Chelsea on Sunday after a suspected positive coronavirus test. Klopp’s assistant Pep Lijnders will take charge for the fixture at Stamford Bridge as third-placed Liverpool try to keep pace with leaders Manchester City. As well as...
The Director-General, Tinubu Support Groups Mgt. Council, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has confirmed that former Governor of Lagos State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will indeed be contesting in the forthcoming 2023 Presidential election. “Sometimes I find it a bit funny when I hear people...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the N30bn Revitalisation Fund and N22.5bn Earned Academic Allowance totalling N52.5bn released by the Federal Government is not enough to deal with the challenges facing the university system. The ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, noted in an interview with Sunday PUNCH...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Inspector General of Police Usman Baba to use Nigeria‘s new post at the International Criminal Police Organization, ICPO, popularly called INTERPOL, to more aggressively address the nation’s security challenges. The president gave the charge when he received in audience the Minister of Police Affairs,...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command have set up a panel to investigate civil unrest in the Bogoro Local Government Area of the state. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that the 21st memorial anniversary in honour of a late leader and crusader of the Sayawa people...
The police have rescued 21 schoolchildren kidnapped on December 31 by bandits at Kucheri Village, along Gusau-Funtua Road in Zamfara State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the development during a press conference on Saturday. Their freedom, he stated, followed efforts by police...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Senior Special Assistant, Publicity to the Governor of Borno State, Hon. Lanre Obadiah has been conferred with the traditional title of Bobadamoran in his home town in Kwara State. The royal coronation which took place on Monday 27th December 2021, was performed by...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has described his Bauchi State counterpart, Bala Mohammed, as being more than qualified to be the next President of Nigeria. Governor Wike noted that the antecedents and qualifications of Governor Mohammed, and his achievements in just over two years in...
Rodri scored a 93rd-minute winner as Manchester City took another huge step towards retaining the Premier League title with a 2-1 win over 10-man Arsenal. Pep Guardiola’s men are now 11 points clear at the top thanks to an 11-game winning run, but were made to toil until deep...
Pope Francis urged the world to “roll up our sleeves” for peace in a New Year’s message Saturday, while calling violence against women an affront to God. Marking the 55th World Day of Peace, the head of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics devoted his Angelus address to encouraging a...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Bishop Emma Gospel Isong, General Overseer of Christian Central Chapel International (CCCI), Calabar, Cross River State have predicted that in 2023, there would be a disease in some parts of East Africa. According to the clergy man, Nigerian should pray so that the pandemic would...
Big Brother Naija star, Shola Oburoh aka Omashola is now engaged. This comes after he proposed to his girlfriend underwater and she said YES. Sharing a video from the proposal, the reality show star noted that “2021 had a lot of secrets” but his biggest highlight was...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The police authority in South Africa have arrested a Nigerian man in possession of fake US dollars. The suspect was arrested at the Harrismith taxi rank on Thursday, after two people lodged complaints against him, Free State Police said in a statement on Friday....
Nigerian naira on Friday crashed to a new low against the dollar at the official market. According to TheCable, the currency exchanged N435 against the dollar at the official market. his is coming as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) adjusted the country’s exchange rate on its website...
Pastor Adewale Giwa has revealed that God is going to destroy all those politicians oppressing Nigerians. According to him, God has promised to crush them all in 2022. Pastor Giwa, who is the Senior Pastor of the Awaiting the Second Coming of Jesus Christ Ministry, Akure, Ondo...
Operatives of The Kaduna State Police Command have rescued nine kidnap victims in Sabon Birnin, Birnin village of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The police spokesman, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who confirmed this to newsmen on Saturday, said the operation was conducted by operatives of the command in...
Nollywood actress, Kemi Afolabi, has revealed how she prepared for death after being diagnosed with incurable disease. In a statement via her Instagram page on Friday, the actress stated that she wrote her Will and booked a space with a funeral ground after her diagnosis. She wrote, “I wrote...
At least 12 people died and 13 were injured in a stampede at a religious shrine in India in the early hours of Saturday as thousands of pilgrims massed to offer prayers, officials said. The disaster happened around 3:00 am (2130 GMT) while it was still dark on the...