Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma says a new Nigeria where citizens have unfettered freedom to realise their potential, live together and respect each other as brothers and sisters is possible. Uzodimma stated this at a book presentation titled “The making of modern Nigeria – from pre-colonial era till date,’’...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and matriculation board (JAMB) , Prof Ishaq Oloyede, will serve as the Chairman of the 2023 Annual Conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP). Chairman of the 2023 Conference Planning Committee, Danlami Nmodu mni, who made...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Muri/Sam Gubernatorial Campaign Council of the Social Democratic Party ( SDP) has alerted the Inspector-General of Police( IGP), The Director-General Department of State Security(DGDSS) of a planned attack on Fulani settlements in the Eastern Senatorial District of Kogi State in order to ignite...
Many residents on Thursday night fled the candlelight procession for the late afrobeat singer, Mohbad after police threw tear gas to disperse the crowd in Lekki Area of Lagos State. The procession started earlier in the evening at Lekki Phase 1 and the memorial concert...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday has departed New York after attending the 78th session high-level meetings of the UN General Assembly. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Tinubu, while in New York, participated in some of the high-level events, including a...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. has signed up as a participant of the United Nations Global Compact, thereby becoming the first state-owned oil company to join the global initiative. Group CEO of NNPC Ltd., Malam Mele Kyari,, signed the Letter of Commitment, at the ongoing UN General...
Nigerian musicians, Davido, Zlatan and Falz, were among celebrities who joined the candlelight procession in honour of late singer, “Mohbad”, on Thursday in Lekki, Lagos. Also at the event was the Lagos State Commissioner for Youths and Social Development, Mobolaji Ogunlende. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
The Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State has commiserated with the families, friends and fans of late musician, Ilerioluwa Aloba, known as Mohbad
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) says it will appeal against Wednesday’s judgment by the Kano State Election Petition Tribunal that upturned the election of its Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf. Acting Deputy National Chairman of the party, Prince Nwaeze Onu told a news conference on Thursday in Abuja...
President Bola Tinubu has assured prospective investors of his administration’s determination to adopt necessary fiscal and regulatory measures toward the ease of doing business in Nigeria. At the Nigeria-U.S. Executive Business Roundtable, the President said he recognised that investment capital is cowardly in nature. He said that was the...
Autopsy on the corpse of popular singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has been completed, the police declared in Ikeja on Thursday. Police spokesman in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said the police was awaiting the result of the autopsy. The body of the late singer, who...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it is working with security agencies to secure the safe release of 8 prospective corps members, who were abducted by bandits in Zamfara on their way to the orientation camp in Sokoto. The NYSC Director-General,...
The National/State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Makurdi, on Thursday upheld the elections of three All Progressives Congress (APC), state lawmakers. In separate judgments, Justice Usman Mohammed and Justice Saliu Zubayr, held that the petitioners failed to prove their cases for the elections to be upturned....
Mrs Promise Aloba, the mother of the late Nigerian singer, Mohbad, has urged the Federal Government and Nigerians in general to help uncover the truth behind her son’s untimely demise. She made the call when Sen. Elisha Abbo, Chairman, House Committee on Committee on Entertainment Economy, and Nollywood...
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Thursday apologized to Gov. Godwin Obaseki and asked for his forgiveness if he has offended him unknowingly to enable them finish well and strong. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Shaibu has been at loggerhead with Gov....
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo has announced free and compulsory education from nursery to Junior Secondary School (JSS 3) in public schools in the state. Soludo announced the policy at Premier Primary School, Obosi, Idemili North Council Area, on Thursday. He said that his administration was passionate...
The Yobe Police Command says it has arrested two persons in connection with suspected acts of banditry. The command’s Spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu and made available to newsmen on Thursday. Abdulkarim gave the names of the suspects as Hassan...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Thursday announced the indefinite postponement of the September version of its bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting. CBN Director of Corporate Communications, Isa AbdulMumin, announced the postponement in a statement in Abuja. Recalled that the...
The Enugu Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, on Thursday, upheld Gov. Peter Mbah’s victory as the duly elected governor of Enugu State in March 18 governorship election. The tribunal, chaired by Justice Kudirat Akano, struck out the Labour Party (LP) ’s allegations of over-voting and bypassing Bimodal Voter Accreditation...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A fierce argument between locals and herders had led to the death of a herder and the severe injury of a reverend in charge of Baptist Church, in Nasarawa State. The ugly incident happened yesterday Monday, in the morning in Boher village,...