The Plateau chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has vowed to continue to challenge its exclusion from the Oct.9 local government elections at the Court of Appeal. The PDP Public Secretary in the state, Mr. John Akans, stated this on Monday in Jos while addressing newsmen. It would...
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A 42-year-old man, Livinus Peprah was on Monday docked for for allegedly importing 600g of Heroine. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) charged Peprah with one count of drug trafficking. He pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecutor, Mrs Juliana Iroabuchi, told the court that the defendant...
Russian energy giant Gazprom’s revenue from gas export doubled to 28.4 billion dollars from January to August, while the export price for gas increased by 15.2 per cent. The gas increased by 15.2 per cent month-on-month in August to 282.4 dollars for 1,000 cubic meters, the Russian Federal Customs...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja assured Nigerians that the 11.9km Second Niger Bridge, 120 km Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and other key projects under the Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund (PIDF) will be completed within the second term of this administration. The President gave the assurance...
Nigerian joint security forces have killed 32 armed bandits fleeing from Zamfara in Niger State, PRNigeria learnt on Sunday. This was after the bandits attacked a security post, and shot dead five policemen who attempted to confront them. The incident occurred at Bangu Gari in the Rafi Local Government...
The Nigerian Orthopaedic Association (NOA) says 1.5 million Nigerians suffer from arthritis, while 350 million people are affected globally. The President of the association, Prof. Kunle Olawepo, made this known in a statement on Monday to commemorate the 2021 World Arthritis Day. Arthritis is an umbrella term that encompasses...
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has won the 2021 Nigeria Service Awards (NSA), as the best performing governor in the country. Cletus Akhimien, Convener of the NSA and Executive Director, COA Media, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in Jos. “Wike emerged as winner of the prestigious...
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel prize in economics to three U.S.-based scientists. The prize is officially known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. One half of the award went to David Card, “for his empirical contributions to...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday officially unveiled a digital Performance Management System (PMS) that would help track government projects across the country in real-time. Buhari launched the PMS at the Midterm Ministerial Performance Review Retreat which held at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja. At the unveiling, the president...
Winner of the 2021 Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, reality TV show, WhiteMoney, and ex-housemate, Angel have finally met the Nigerian billionaire businessman, Obi Iyiegbu Cubana. Recall that Whitemoney had during the show, pointed out that Cubana who recently became the talk of the town after his mother’s burial, is...
The Minna branch of the Association of Table Water Producers of Nigeria (ATWAP), on Monday said that it would meet to consider whether or not to increase the price of sachet water based on the economic realities. Mr Busari Isiaka, the branch Chairman of ATWAP, disclosed this during an...
The National Youths Leader, Congress of Northern Nigeria Christians (CNNC), Engr. Daniel Kadzai has bagged merit award on Youths Leadership and Mentorship from the Youths Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria (YOWICAN), Adamawa State chapter on Sunday in Yola. The merit award in recognition of his outstanding and quality...
More than 120,000 people have been evacuated, coal mines shut and crops destroyed after unseasonably heavy rainfall flooded north China’s Shanxi province over the weekend, state media reported Monday, with more rain forecast. The deluge comes just months after record floods hit the country’s central Henan province in July...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, has asked the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, to recover a $62 billion debt owed by six international oil companies. In a letter dated October 8, Falana said the Supreme Court in 2018 had ordered the Federal Government to...
Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), ex-President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), has empowered 200 Ekiti youths and widows with the sum of N8 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olanipekun is also a former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan and current Chancellor of Bamidele Olumilua...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Nigeria on Sunday recorded 78 new cases in 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and two additional fatalities from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its website on Monday morning. The 78 fresh cases...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos- The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has warned against any planned protest in the state. A statement signed by the State Police Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, revealed that the command had received information of a planned protest to mark one year...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians to stop consuming and distributing infant formulas manufactured by Able Groupe, a US based company. The infant formulas from the company were said to have insufficient iron levels and did...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – The growing calls against the impediments to girl education in the country have received the attention of the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and critical stakeholders in the education sector. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that in its determination to ensure that girls...