Non-Governmental group, Igbos for Progressive Nigeria (IPAN), has called on eligible voters for the November 6 Governorship election in Anambra to be vigilant to perform its civic responsibility by voting right. IPAN advised Anambra electorate to evaluate all the candidates based on their pedigree either in private or public...
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The history of zoning the presidency in Nigeria to a particular region of the country began as the country prepared to ditch the western parliamentary system and adopt the American presidential system of government. The National Party of Nigeria as it prepared for its primaries in 1978 announced that...
The Super Falcons of Nigeria fought a tough battle to edge out Ghana’s Black Queens and reach the final round of the qualification series for next year’s Women Africa Cup of Nations to be hosted by Morocco. Despite losing by a lone goal in Accra on Sunday evening, the...
2021/2022 CAF Confederations Cup: Enyimba cruise to next round after resounding victory over Senegal’s Diambars FC Enyimba International Football Club of Aba on Sunday cruised to the next round of the 2021/2022 CAF Confederation Cup in style, beating Senegal’s Diambars 3-0 in Aba and winning 4-0 on aggregate. The...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Liyel Imoke, a former Governor of Cross River State on Sunday regreted and apologized to the people of Northern Senatorial District for making Governor Ben Ayade a Governor in 2015. Imoke said this in Ogoja Local Government Area of the state during a thanksgiving Mass...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of the FCT, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has pledged the support of the FCT Administration to the National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) to enable it fulfil its mandate of caring for the 31.5 million Nigerians living with disabilities. The minister made...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – For the first time in the history of higher education in Nigeria, the Federal Government is set to implement the Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) Project for the production of experts in procurement, environmental and social standards in the country. To...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Sunday assessed five capital multi-billion naira projects in Maiduguri and neighboring Jere Local Government Area of the state. The five projects include: new trailer park, flyover at the customs roundabout, a dual carriage way from custom to Muna, Kwanan Yobe road and...
Liverpool inflicted a historic hammering on Manchester United as Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 win at Old Trafford on Sunday, leaving Ole Gunnar Solskjaer clinging to his job. For the first time in Premier League history, United trailed 4-0 at half-time and failed to score in...
Mr Ahmed Raji, (SAN), an Abuja based legal practitioner has called on the Federal government to introduce a Wealth Tax Policy that will make very rich Nigerians pay the deserved tax that would be used to cater for the downtrodden citizens in the country. Raji made the call on...
Eleven civilians have been killed by jihadist fighters from the notorious ADF group over the past two days in eastern DR Congo, officials said Sunday. “We have just lost another seven people, including a woman, massacred in the Gala district” overnight Saturday, Lewis Thembo, president of the local civil...
River State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said the state is not fighting the Federal Government or any of its agencies over collection of Value Added Tax (VAT) as being insinuated in some quarters. Speaking on Sunday in Abuja at a public lecture entitled: “Taxing Powers in a Federal System”...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has ordered that Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras be installed in all the correctional facilities in the state. Makinde gave the order on Sunday when he visited the Abolongo Correctional Centre, Oyo, that was attacked on Friday night by unknown gunmen, where majority of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it will provide brailled ballot papers for visually impaired voters in the Nov. 6 governorship election in Anambra. Dr Nwachuku Orji, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Anambra, stated this during a voter sensitisation programme for visually impaired person on Sunday, in Awka....
BY BABARA KALU, Abakaliki – The Ebonyi State Police Command on Sunday repelled an attack by suspected gunmen on its divisional headquarters in Unwana, Afikpo North Local Government area of the state. The Police Public Relation Officer of the command, DSP Loveth Odah, disclosed this in a statement in...
Special Adviser to Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Solomon Bonu, on Sunday gave out N6 million as tuition fees to over 200 newly admitted Badagry indigenes in tertiary institutions in Lagos States The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that 25 other students who performed excellently also...
The Abia State Anti-Corruption Network (ASACN) has written to President Muhammadu Buhari asking him to order the publication of forensic audit report on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to enable the correction of its past mistakes. The network of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in Abia released copies of the...
It was a busy week for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) as the Group Managing Director (GMD) Malam Mele Kyari, addressed the 17th All Nigerian Editors’ Conference in Abuja, as Special Guest of Honour. The conference was an opportunity for the NNPC to spread the message of...