A northern group, Arewa Youth Alliance for 2023, has won its support from All Progressives Congress, APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, describing it as the best presidential material in 2023. In a statement issued on Thursday, the group’s chairman, Bello Lawan-Bello, called on all political parties to adopt Mr...
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The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Public Works and Housing, Alhaji Babangida Hussaini, says the Federal Government has strengthened private sector collaboration to achieve its goals of affordable mass housing and job creation for Nigerians at national scale. Hussaini said this on Wednesday at the ongoing 10th...
Nigeria has made significant progress in reforming its oil and gas industry in 2021, with the passage of progressive legislation that not only restructures the domestic sector, but provides a more attractive investment destination for international players. In particular, with the adoption of the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA), the...
Hundreds of women in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State have blocked Gusau-Kaduna road to protest against persistent attacks by bandits, despite security measures said to be taken by the state government. Gusau-Kaduna road links the state to several other states both in the North and the South....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The leading pan-African banking group, the Ecobank Group is celebrating its ninth Ecobank Day, which is the Group’s flagship annual corporate and social responsibility event that ‘gives back’ to the local communities across its pan-African footprint. This year’s Ecobank Day will bewill be a...
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been brought to The Federal High Court, Abuja by officials of the Department of State Security (DSS) for his trial. He was brought into the courtroom amid heavy security with journalists denied access to film or...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar Cross River State Government has directed all Permanent Secretaries and workers in the state work force to resume work or be sanctioned in accordance to civil service rules. The Head of state’s Service, Geraldine Akpet-Ekanem, gave the directives in a statement she personally signed with reference...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Some youths in Borno State under the umbrella of Borno All Progressive Congress (APC) Youths Vanguard have reacted to the utterances of Governor Babagana Zulum, in which he described them as miscreants after accusing them for their recent conduct and attitudes as agent of...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Scores of people have been killed while farms and properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed in a communal clash between two border communities in Bauchi and Gombe states. This was disclosed by the member representing Ganjuwa East Constituency in the Bauchi State House of...
Former U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he will launch a new media company with its own social media platform, nine months after he was barred from Twitter and Facebook. The new company, called Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) and chaired by Trump, will become a publicly...
At least three people were killed and over 30 others injured after an explosion Thursday in Shenyang, capital of northeast China’s Liaoning Province, according to local authorities. The blast took place at around 8:20 a.m. Thursday at a restaurant in Taiyuannan Street in Heping District. It caused damages to...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – No fewer than 888 people have been killed in various attacks by armed bandits in various parts of Kaduna State in the last nine months. This is according to a quarterly security report presented by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home...
FIFA will try to find a consensus on controversial plans to stage the World Cup every two years, in time for a December 20 summit, its president Gianni Infantino said Wednesday. The head of world football’s governing body said there had been heated discussions and sharply contrasting opinions on...
A former student pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing 17 people in a shooting rampage at a high school in Parkland, Florida, and apologized in court to relatives of the victims. Nikolas Cruz, who was 19 at the time, took a legally purchased AR-15 assault rifle into Marjory Stoneman...
Chelsea were rocked by injuries to Romelu Lukaku and Timo Werner as the holders got their Champions League campaign back on track with a 4-0 win against Malmo on Wednesday. Thomas Tuchel’s side brushed aside the Swedish minnows at Stamford Bridge thanks to Jorginho’s penalty brace and goals from...
Manchester United needed another Champions League fightback finished off by Cristiano Ronaldo as they came from two goals down to beat Atalanta 3-2 at Old Trafford on Wednesday. Goals from Mario Pasalic and Merih Demiral had Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men on course for a fifth defeat in eight games....
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, has asked the Federal Government to declare bandits threatening the peace of the Northwestern region as “terrorists”. El-Rufai made this call after receiving the third quarter security report from the Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, at the Sir...
Gunmen suspected to bandits have abducted 30 passengers at Garin Gabas in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. It was learnt that the victims were kidnapped on Wednesday in three separate vehicles comprising an eighteen-seater bus and two other vehicles. The bandits in their large number carrying dangerous...
BY OLA MODUPE, Lagos – In line with its adherence to integrity and transparency, The African Union Commission and The International Committee of All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) have appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as the official international auditor of AFRIMA’s voting processes and applications as announced at a joint press...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – President, ECOWAS Court of Justice, Hon. Justice Edward Asante, has warned that the non-enforcement of the decisions of the 20-year old court could imperil its role in the region’s integration In a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, Asante said that it would also affect...