Mr Adekunle Ajayi on Saturday emerged as the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) for the Nov. 16 election in Ondo State. Ajayi became victorious through affirmation by all 35 delegates of the party from the 18 local government areas of the state. The consensus mode...
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BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A mental health expert, Dr. Auwal Musa, has said the survivors of Gender Based Violence (GBV) especially those of sexual violation often have mental health challenges because of the impact of the experience. “Because of the seriousness of the mental health in some...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A Civil Society Organisation, the Peoples Development Network has disclosed that the litany of baseless attacks on the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) may not be ending any time soon. This was revealed by the body’s Public Relations Officer, Ajibade Daniel in a...
The Police Command in Rivers says four people and over 70 vehicles were burnt in Friday’s fuel tanker explosion in the state. The explosion occurred along Eleme section of the East-West Road in the state at about 7:30 p.m. The command’s spokeswoman,SP Grace Iringe-Koko, told the News Agency...
It’s not geopolitics, nepotism, or religion that will be the cause of the collapse of the largest black nation on the planet if the Nigerian state crumbles. Corruption is what’s going to make that happen if something drastic is not done before it’s too late. Countries like...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Director-General (DG) of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brigadier General YD Ahmed, while on an assessment tour of the orientation camp in Maiduguri, paid a courtesy visit to the General Officer Commanding (GOC),.7 Division at the Headquarters in Maimalari Cantonment, on...
The police command in Anambra has arrested 16 notorious cultists and declared 21 others wanted following intensified efforts to end the resurgence of cult-related killings in Awka, the state capital. This is contained in a press release made available to journalists in Awka on Saturday by the...
Complication from measles is suspected to have killed at least 19 children in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Commissioner for Health, Mr Felix Tangwami told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Mubi on Saturday that more than 200 children in the local government area...
Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Mr Aderemi Adeoye, has bowed out of the force after 35 years of meritorious service to the country. Adeoye pulled out at a colourful ceremony held at the Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka on Saturday, but will hand over to a successor...
Mr Akinuli Omolere has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) Party for the Nov. 16 Ondo state governorship polls. Mr James Vernimbe, the Party’s Chairman of the Primary Election Committee, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. He said that the election...
The recent drop in the cost of indomie noodles is due to noticeable improvement in the country’s economy in recent times and not linked to reduced patronage, the producer of Indomie Instant Noodles, Dufil Prima Foods Ltd., has said. Mr Temitope Ashiwaju, the company’s Group Corporate Communications and...
Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, on Saturday in Abuja called on Nigerians, irrespective of tribe or religion to unite and fight Nigeria’s common enemies. Speaking at the second edition of Unity Schools Old Students Association (USOSA) sports carnival, Musa listed the common enemies as terrorism, banditry...
Over the course of the week, investors on the Nigerian Exchange Ltd. (NGX) equities market lost a total of N784 billion, week-on-week. Specifically, the market capitalisation, which opened the week at N56.296 trillion, shed N784 billion or 1.39 per cent to close the week at N55.512 trillion. The...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The funeral arrangement of late Nollywood actor, Junior Pope has been released. It would be recall that the actor drowned on April 10 along with four crew members, while travelling by water for filmmaker Adanma Luke’s film “The Other Side of Life”.
Sen. Ned Nwoko, has advised the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) against any measures that is capable of `artificially` forcing the Naira to gain value against other currencies. Nwoko, who represents Delta North, gave the advice in a statement he personally signed and made...
The Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has warned that congestion of Correctional Centres, was often responsible for jailbreaks. The Executive Director of PRAWA, Dr Uju Agomoh, said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja. The conference was organised by PRAWA in partnership with the National Civil Society Forum...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has urged the residents of the state to take the outcome of the ongoing local government election in good faith. Makinde stated this on Saturday shortly after voting at exactly 10.21 a.m. at Polling Unit 1, Ward 11, Abayomi area of Ibadan North-East...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah has loss the Diocesan Chancellor, Very Rev Father Cornelius Tagwai in the early hours of Friday morning. Father Cornelius, who was said to have been receiving medical treatment outside the shores of Nigeria for...
The charade of Nigeria is never-ending! Only recently, one of Nigeria’s best-known cross-dressers, Idris Okuneye, alias Bobrisky, was arrested on charges of abusing banknotes. He was later convicted and sentenced to six months in prison. Not long after, popular socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, was also arrested...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mr. Jim Ovia, CFR, renowned banker and businessman, as the Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). This is contained in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the presidential...