The 26th United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP26), delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, kicked off on Sunday in Glasgow, Scotland. As the first conference after the five-year review cycle under the Paris Agreement inked in 2015, delegates are expected to review overall...
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The newly elected Enugu State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Mr Adolphus Udeh has mocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its pledge to rescue Nigeria. According to Udeh, before rescuing Nigeria, PDP should first account for the uncountable underdevelopment obstacles the party embedded in the system,...
Dire warnings of the end of the world are as old as civilization itself. But each year as the countdown to United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) begins, they grow in volume and intensity. Recently, senior United Nations officials raised the alarm of “world conflict and chaos” and mass...
By JOSHUA SHINA, Jalingo – A 26-year-old Computer Science student of the Taraba State Polytechnic, identified as Clara Jacob, has been found dead in a swimming pool. The lifeless body of the final year student was discovered at the Suite 11 Hotel swimming pool in Jalingo, Taraba State on...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, on the wedding of his twin daughters, Oluwadahun Taiwo, and Oluwadara Kehinde. The president’s spokesman Femi Adesina, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the president...
The Catholic Bishop of Ekiti, Most Reverend Felix Ajakaye, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use the coming gubernatorial elections in Anambra and Ekiti States to boost its image positively. The Clergy man, gave the charge in Ado Ekiti at the weekend, while delivering a...
Recently, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Mahamat Annadif said that the spate of insecurity afflicting Nigeria and other West African countries is a spillover of the Libyan crisis. As a solution, Annadif called for a regional...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has elected a new set of members from various parts of the country into its National Working Committee (NWC) to take over the leadership of the party. Twenty-one people were elected at the party national convention which began on Saturday and lasted till Sunday...
Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri has commended security agencies for the swift rescue of an expatriate kidnapped by gunmen. Governor Diri gave the commendation in a statement issued on Sunday in Yenagoa by his media aide, Mr Doubara Atasi. The governor said the immediate rescue of the expatriate, an...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has congratulated Barrister Zannah Mustapha for winning CNN Hero Award, after being named as one of 10 men and women that has made huge impacts to humanity, around the world. Zulum, in a statement by his spokesman,...
By PAUL ADAJI, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari “over his failure to probe allegations that over ₦880bn of public funds are missing from 367 ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs), to ensure the prosecution of those suspected to be...
Tanzanian authorities has announced a one-month countrywide special operation aimed at recovering illegal arms owned by unauthorized individuals. The Minister for Home Affairs, George Simbachawene, who announced the operation on Saturday in the capital Dodona, said the operation will start on Nov. 1 through Nov. 30. “Those who will...
Seven Malian soldiers were killed and three wounded in two terrorist attacks in western and central Mali, said the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) on its official website. An army escort was ambushed near the town of Mourdiah in western Mali around Saturday noon, resulting in two deaths and two...
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr Echeng Echeng, has assured officers and men in the command that he will stand by them at all times in the fight against insecurity. CP Echeng made the promise when he visited some police officers who sustained gunshot wounds during the offensive...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has expressed disappointment over the exclusion of federal roads in the state from the list of roads to be reconstructed and rehabilitated under the 2022 federal budget. Gobernor Bello expressed his displeasure while responding to questions during the Media Roundtable at the 29th edition...
Sen. Iyorcha Ayu has been elected the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as Taofeek Arapaja also emerged the National Deputy Chairman (South). Senator Ayu, who was the consensus candidate at the party national convention in Abuja, got 3,426 affirmative votes out of 3,511 accredited voters. However,...
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, Aminu Tambuwal, on Saturday said it is not easy keeping the major opposition party united. Tambuwal, who is the Governor of Sokoto State, disclosed this at the on going PDP national convention in Abuja. He said it was tough...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded an additional 89 new cases of COVID-19 in eight states and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as the battle against the deadly disease continues. In an update via its website on Sunday morning, the NCDC said...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has charged all Nigerians to take the opportunity presented by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to set Nigeria aright. Abubakar gave the charge on Saturday in Abuja, while addressing delegates and party officials at the 2021 PDP National Convention. According to him, there are many...
Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa, the Chairman of the National Convention Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on all Nigerians to join hands with the party to regain power and reposition the country. Fintiri made the call while welcoming delegates and party officials to the PDP...