By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Political appointees of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, have contributed a total sum of ₦3.5 million for the furnishing and maintenance of party’s office in the area. The money was raised during stakeholders’ meeting at...
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Exploration and Production Limited (NNPC E&P Ltd.) and Natural Oilfield Services Ltd. (NOSL) have announced the successful commencement of oil production at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 13 in Akwa Ibom State. The NNPC E&P Ltd. is an NNPC Ltd’s flagship upstream subsidiary,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said its operatives have intercepted three trailer loads of opioids at Abule Ado in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State. The NDLEA also said three suspects were arrested in connection with the seizure...
The Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba, has said Nigeria would rise again to take its place in the comity of nations in spite of the current challenges. The Primate stated this when he with newsmen at the Thanksgiving Service to mark...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, has said the International Oil Companies (lOCs), particularly Shell Petroleum Development Company, have been responsible for the environmental degradation in the state. Diri disclosed this at the Annual Convention and Fund Raising of the Ijaw National Congress (INC) of the Americas,...
By ESTHER ALEXANDER, Abuja – The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces since October 7 have risen to 34,789, with 78,204 others injured. A statement issued in Abuja by the Palestinian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Abdullah M. Abu Shawesh, added that 474 Palestinians, including 116 children, have...
A former member of House of Representatives, Chief Sam Onuigbo, has called for the transfer of conduct of local government elections from State Electoral Commissions to Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said this on Monday in Abuja during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun is his dancing partner. Obasanjo made the remark at the inauguration of a VIP lodge in Osun Government House, on Sunday in Osogbo. He, however, told Adeleke, who is usually referred to as the “dancing governor”, to...
The Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) on Sunday lauded the contributions of late Jamaican Reggae legend, Bob Marley, to the growth of global entertainment industry. Chief Tony Okoroji, COSON Chairman, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, in commemoration...
The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has held its annual regional convention for 2024 in Plateau, seven years after it suspended the activity. The convention held at its campground in Kassa, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the annual regional...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued the nine abducted students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology in Osara, Kogi State. The army, in a post on its official X Handle on Sunday, said the troops in collaboration with other security agencies...
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) would on Monday in Abuja unveil Finidi George as substantive Head Coach of the Senior Men National Team, Super Eagles. NFF’s Director of Communications, Ademola Olajire, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the occasion would be witnessed by...
Pope Francis and Most. Rev. Adewale Martins, on Sunday tasked state actors to exert regulations on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to conform to pro-human. The Pope, who is the ruler the Vatican City State and the Holy See; and Martins, the Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, made...
Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, has advised Nigerians against allowing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to replace the human person in the society. Kaigama gave the advice in his sermon on Sunday, in commemoration of the 2024 World Communication Day, held at St Joseph Pastoral Area,...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has declared that Plateau State would witness long-lasting peace and a return to its former glory, asserting that darkness cannot overpower light. Pastor Adeboye made this declaration on Sunday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has extended his warm congratulations to the President-Elect of the Republic of Chad, Mahamat Déby, on his election victory. President Tinubu in a statement on by his spokesman, Mr Ajuri Ngelale, affirmed that the successful conduct of elections in...
Court convicts mother of 5 for forging late Abba Kyari’s signature A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Gwagwalada, Abuja has found guilty and convicted one Mrs. Ramat Mercy Mba, a mother of five children guilty of forging the signature of former President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff,...
NDLEA arrests 75-year-old grandpa, 70-year-old grandma for drug dealing The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA said on Sunday that following its war against illicit drug abuse, its operatives at the weekend intercepted three trailer loads of opioids comprising three million four hundred and fifty thousand (3,450,000) pills and...
Rivers’ lawmakers who defected to APC have lost their seats, Falana insists Femi Falana (SAN) insists Rivers State House of Assembly members who decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have lost their positions in the lawmaking body. About 25 lawmakers loyal to...