The history of every man, his peaks, and downtime are all summed up in how he stands in times of tribulation. How he defies the odds to triumph and leave behind a statement on the unassailable human instinct that drives every nature-made survivor. It is about...
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American tennis crowned a new queen and U.S. Open champion on Saturday as Coco Gauff beat Aryna Sabalenka in the Flushing Meadows final to claim her first Grand Slam and ascend the throne left vacant by Serena Williams. The first teenager to play in a U.S. Open final since...
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris-Malagi, says President Bola Tinubu is fully committed to restore the economic prosperity of Nigeria. Idtis-Malagi disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Minna, Niger on the sidelines of a civic...
Spotify, a global online streaming platform, says Nigeria’s fast rising star, Rema, has achieved a remarkable milestone with his hit single ,”Calm Down”, reaching one billion streams on its platform. Victor Okpala, Spotify’s Artiste and Label Partnerships Manager for West Africa, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. According...
Tony Elumelu, Group Chairman, Heirs Holdings, has urged indian investors to channel their resources towards the Nigerian economy, saying this is the best time to invest in Nigeria. According to a statement in Lagos on Sunday, Elumelu wooed the investors at the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and Conference in New...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – An environment expert and Executive Director of Rainforest Resources Development Centre (RRDC) Prince Odey Oyama has raised the alarm over the alleged clandestine transactions conducted by Barr Ichire Imo Okim and the Council of Chiefs of Effi Community, members of Effi Community. According to...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has expressed sadness over the gruesome murder of SP Bako Angbashim, the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer (DPO), who was beheaded by gunmen suspected to be cultists in Odiemudie Community in the Ahoada East LGA of the state. ...
Ordinarily, it would be hazardous to judge the judgment of five eminent Federal judges over an issue as life threatening as the results of a Nigerian presidential election. Apex power is involved. Big money is at stake. Livelihoods are up on the hoist. The instruments of state and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – As part of efforts to improve road infrastructure in Abuja, the Minister of the FCT, Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike CON, will on Monday, 11th September, 2023, flag-off the re-surfacing and rehabilitation of existing roads and remedial works on bridges of major roads in...
Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda has signed over N300.6 billion 2023 supplementary budget into law, saying that it will be used to tackle insecurity and poverty in the state. Malam Ibrahim Kalau, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has debunked an online media report (not NATIONAL ACCORD) alleging that he planned inviting the EFCC and ICPC to investigate his predecessor, Malam Muhammad Bello. The rebuttal is contained in a...
Sen. Jarigbe Jarigbe of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), representing Cross River Northern Senatorial District in the National Assembly, has defeated former Gov Ben Ayade of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Calabar. Giving the judgement on Saturday, a three man tribunal...
The National/ State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal has affirmed the election of Mrs Bridget Anyafulu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as lawmaker representing Oshimili South Constituency in the Delta House of Assembly. The Chairman of of the three man panel, Justice Catherine Ogunsola, dismissed the petition brought...
The Minister of Works, Dave Umahi has asked the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi not to appeal the judgement of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) which affirmed the victory of President Bola Tinubu at the poll, saying that...
Ogun State has emerged the overall winner at the 16th International Arts and Craft Expo (INAC) held in Abuja. Chief Olusegun Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), organiser of the expo made the announcement at the closing ceremony of the expo on Saturday. Runsewe commended the...
North East Governors’ Forum has urged the military to neutralise insurgents that fail to surrender in the ongoing mass surrender by terrorists in the sub-region. The Chairman of the North East Governors’ Forum, Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno, made the call on Saturday in Maiduguri at the 8th...
The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on Saturday in Maiduguri lamented that Boko Haram insurgency had inflicted damages in the North-East, to the tune of $9billion. The Director, Information, Office of the Vice President, Mr Olusola Abiola, in a statement, said Shettima stated this while inaugurating the distribution of...
Friends and family members of the late Founder of the Fountain of Life Church (FOLC) Lagos, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, on Saturday celebrated and bade farewell to the preacher as he was laid to rest. The event, spiced up with solemn renditions by the church choir, afforded people opportunities to...
Prof. Kanayo Ofodile, a clinical psychologist, says old age looks like a death sentence in Nigeria, as children abandon their aged parents without care and compassion. Ofodile made the assertion on Saturday in Awka, at the inauguration of the First Best Domiciliary Home Care World, a non-governmental organisation which...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday, in Maiduguri, declared open the 8th meeting of the North East Governors Forum (NEGF). VP Shettima, who is on a two-day official trip to Maiduguri for commissioning of projects executed by Governor Babagana Zulum, also flagged...