Chief Emma Eneukwu, Deputy National Chairman (South) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged Nigerians to appreciate President Bola Tinubu’s willingness to sacrifice for the good of all. “The spirit of willingness to sacrifice as exhibited by President Tinubu is for the overall interest of the country,”...
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The Ebonyi Government has declared Saturday, July 1, as sanitation day throughout the state to mobilise residents of the state to clean the environment. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Victor Chukwu, the state Commissioner for Environment, and made available to journalists on Thursday in Abakaliki....
Ex-housemate of the Big Brother Naija television reality show, season 7, Esther Okagbue, known as “Bella”, has confirmed that her relationship with fellow ex-housemate, Sheggz, is still intact. 25-year-old Bella disclosed this during the ‘Level Up’ reunion show, aired on Wednesday night. Asked by the host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, what the...
Prominent Ibadan politician, Sen. Rashidi Ladoja, has urged Nigerians to be hopeful of a greater and more prosperous Nigeria under President Bola Tinubu. Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo State, made the appeal on Wednesday at his Ibadan residence while interacting when newsmen, after the Eid prayers. The News...
President Bola Tinubu has received the assurance of support from the leadership of 10th National Assembly and state governors on his Renewed Hope agenda. Senate President Godswill Akpabio gave the assurance when a delegation of senators, governors and captains of industry paid Tinubu a Sallah courtesy visit on Wednesday...
The Muslim community in Bayelsa has thrown its weight behind the second term bid of Gov. Douye Diri and his Deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo in the Nov. 11 gubernatorial election in Bayelsa. The community gave the endorsement at a special banquet organised for the Muslim faithful by the Bayelsa Government...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria, Bauchi State Chapter, Rev. Abraham Damina, has called on Muslims in the state to use the occasion of the Eid-el Kabir Sallah to continue fervently in prayers for the challenges confronting the country, especially at this period...
The new Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.Gen. T.A Lagbaja and Chief of Air Staff (CAS), AVM H.B Abubakar, on Wednesday marked the Eid-el-kabir celebration with troops in Maiduguri.armya Addressing them during a Sallah lunch at Maimalari Cantonment, Maiduguri, Lagbaja said the visit was symbolic, being his first engagement...
High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, the Otun-Olubadan of Ibadanland, on Wednesday in Ibadan said he was not interested in wearing any other crown except the Olubadan crown. Ladoja told newsmen at his residence after the Eid prayers that it has always been his target to become an Olubadan and was...
Football Australia (FA) boss, James Johnson, says they are mulling a joint bid with New Zealand to host the second edition of FIFA’s expanded Club World Cup in 2029. Johnson said on Wednesday that expectations were high as the expanded Club World Cup was expected to be a big...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has promoted 7,000 of its personnel to their new ranks. This is contained in a statement by the Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Kenneth Kure, on Wednesday in Abuja. Kure said that the promotions are contained in a letter signed by the Secretary of...
Some residents of Sauka and Anguwan Gede communities in Kuje Area Council, FCT, have commended the council Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Sabo, for the ongoing road construction in their areas. The residents, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, said the project would...
Leaving everything you own to a multi-millionaire football player would not be everyone’s idea of a good cause, but one Brazilian fan has just done that. The anonymous fan could not think of a more deserving recipient of his worldly goods than Neymar Jr. of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). He...
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom Council, has barred its members from covering the activities of the Akwa Ibom House of Assembly with immediate effect. The directive is contained in a communique issued at the end of its Wednesday’s state Congress held at its Secretariat on Information...
The UN’s top humanitarian official in Nigeria, Mr Matthias Schmale, has said that severe hunger is affecting 4.3 million people in Nigeria’s Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states.s Schmale told journalists in Geneva on Wednesday that the number of children under five at risk of life-threatening severe acute malnutrition had doubled...
The Caleb University Imota in Lagos State says the farmers-herders crisis in the country can be a thing of the past, following recent research reports carried out at a UK Research Centre and the University of Ilorin. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) of the university, Prof. Adedeji Daramola, stated this...
Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has left Chelsea to join Saudi Arabian side Al-Ahli, the two clubs announced on Wednesday. “The Lion of Teranga protects our goal,” Al-Ahli said in a twitter post. Al-Ahli, who are making their return to the top-flight Pro League next season after a year in...
BY RICHARD ABU, Lafia – The Executive Chairman of Nasarawa LGA of Nasarawa State, Mr. Muhammed Sani Otro has called on Muslims and the entire people of the area to embrace farming activities as the rains sets for this year’s cropping season. The Chairman gave the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, has felicitated the gallant troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) and their families on this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. This is contained in a statement by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen....
The West Africa Elders Forum (WAEF) and other international observer missions in Sierra Leone have called for calm in that country. The missions made the call on Wednesday in a joint statement by the heads: Goodluck Jonathan for WAEF; Hailemariam Dasalegn Boshe for African Union; Mohamed Ibn Chambas for...