The presidency has said that it has found out that President Bola Tinubu was not the first African leader to ring the NASDAQ bell. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a statement by presidential spokesperson, Ajuri Ngelale, on Thursday had referred to that fact. ...
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has expressed the determination of President Bola Tinubu’s administration to turn the country’s anticipated demographic bulge into dividends. Shettima stated this in his keynote address at the opening of a two-day retreat for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly (NASS) in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Friday assured that the state’s governorship election billed for Nov. 11 would be the most peaceful ever held in the state. The governor has also reiterated that he has no blood relationship with the APC governorship candidate in the state,...
The Nigerian Army on Friday, buried the former Director of Defence Media Operations, Late retired Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, who died on Aug. 26, few weeks after his retirement from active service. Onyeuko, a member of the 38 Regular Course of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), was until his...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has charged info tech investors from the United States to take advantage of the large pool of young and active population to establish ICT hubs in the state. Governor Otu made the call when he received...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – A Priest of the Catholic Diocese of Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Marcellinus Okide, who was abducted early this week, has regained his freedom from his alleged captors. The Chancellor/Secretary of the Diocese, Rev. Fr. Wilfred Agubuchie, confirmed the development in a...
The Police Command in Benue on Friday said one Terhemba Tyochivir committed suicide on Thursday in Makurdi, the State Capital. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) through a text message. She said before his death,...
Ghana may soon be exporting electricity to its neighbour, Nigeria, according to latest reports. Mr. Hanson Monney, the Head of the Generation and Transmission Unit at the Ghanaian Ministry of Energy, emphasised that via effective policy development and implementation, Ghana has already attained an impressive 80% to...
The United States District Court for Northern Illinois, Eastern Division has stayed compliance with all deadlines contained in the ruling by Magistrate Jeffrey Gilbert, directing the Chicago State University (CSU) to, within two days, release President Bola Tinubu‘s academic records to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- Ahead of the 2023 National Youth Games in Asaba Delta State, the Cross River State Government has sent 150 athletes to participate in eight different games Including football, cycling and cricket. Cross River State Commissioner for sports, Agnes Atsu while speaking to newsmen ahead of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has ordered security operatives to ensure prompt investigation of the abduction and subsequent murder of a veteran journalist, Hamisu Danjibga. Governor Lawal gave the directive in a statement issued on Friday by his media aide, Sulaiman...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has called for more funding of tertiary institutions in the state by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The governor made the call in Calabar, Wednesday, when the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee to Investigate Alleged...
Omashola Oburoh popularly known as “Omashola”, a recently evicted houseguest of the ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show, said he came back for the “All Stars” season to show appreciation to the organisers and his fans. The 42-year-old Model and Entrepreneur, during a zoom interview in Lagos, expressed excitement...
The Movement for the Advancement of National Transformation (MANTRA) has charged the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to stop blaming the eight potential corps members, who were abducted in Sokoto on August 19. The Convener of MANTRA, Mr Jude Ndukwe, gave the charge in a statement issued in Umuahia...
Residents have occupied major streets of Jos in jubilation, as the Governorship Election Tribunal, on Friday upheld the victory of Mr Caleb Mutfwang as elected governor of Plateau State. The tribunal, sitting in Jos, dismissed the petition of the All Progressives Congress (APC), against the election of Mutfwang, of...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Plateau has upheld the election of Caleb Mutfwang, as elected governor of the state. The tribunal sitting in Jos dismissed the petition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against the election of Mutfwang of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday. The tribunal...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says the average retail price of a litre of Petrol increased from N189.46 in Aug. 2022 to N626.70 in Aug. 2023. It made the declaration in its Petrol Price Watch for Aug. 2023 released in Abuja on Friday. It stated that the...
YouTube on Friday announced new generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) products to usher in an era of creative expression. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Artificial intelligence is the science of making machines that can think like humans. YouTube’s Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) Neal Mohan, said in...
The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Prof. Idris Bugaje, has urged the Federal Government to scrap the Higher National Diploma (HND) in the Polytechnics if the government would not remove the dichotomy between HND and BSc. Bugaje disclosed this during an interview with the News Agency...
A three-man panel of discussants on a television programme has charged political parties and the electorate in Edo State to jettison the notion of ceding the governorship in the 2024 election to any particular zone. The panel rather suggested that the contest for the state’s plum position...