The Denver Nuggets beat the Miami Heat 94-89 on Monday to bring a first NBA title to Mile High City. Serbian big man Nikola Jokic scored 28 points and was named the Most Valuable Player of the Finals. With a raucous capacity crowd packed into Ball Arena ready to...
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Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged President Bola Tinubu to prioritise provision of basic amenities nationwide. Osodeke gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ota, Ogun. The ASUU president was speaking against...
Leading figures across Italy and around the world have paid tribute to former Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, after he died at the age of 86. Berlusconi died of complications from chronic leukemia at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan on Monday. Reactions from national and international leaders underlined Berlusconi’s...
Treat Williams, the actor best known for his role on “Everwood,” died in a motorcycle accident at age 71. His death was confirmed on Tuesday by his agent Barry McPherson. Around 5 pm (2200 GMT) Monday, Williams was riding his motorcycle on a Vermont road when a car cut...
Mr Dumebi Kachikwu, a former presidential candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) has lauded President Bola Tinubu’s actions and steps towards ensuring good governance since he assumed office as president. Kachikwu said this in his goodwill message to Nigerians on Tuesday in Abuja to commemorate the democracy day....
Japanese car maker, Toyota is moving ahead to roll out next-generation Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) globally, it said on Tuesday. A full lineup of BEVs is scheduled to be launched in 2026. The automotive company noted that by 2030, 1.7 million units out of 3.5 million overall, will be...
Suspected gunmen have killed Rev. Nichodemus Kim of the Church of Christ in Nation (COCIN) and 20 others in Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau. The pastor was killed at Gana-Ropp community of Barkin Ladi, while others were wasted in Rim, Jol, and Kwi communities of...
Sen. Godswill Akpabio(APC-Akwa Ibom) has been sworn in as the Senate President of 10th National Assembly after he was elected by the Senators-elect in Abuja. Akpabio, who represents North West at the national assembly, scored 63 votes to beat his rival, Sen. Abdulaziz Yari who polled 46 votes in...
BY LAOLU AKANDE – First let me say how liberating to be back to the life of a journalist. I will say more on this very soon. For now I am burdened as a citizen on the problem of Fake news. Having served 8 years as a public servant...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Senator Abdul’aziz Yari has finally stepped down for Senator Godswill Akpabio, to emerge as the next president of the 10th Senate at the National Assembly. The head of The Coalition for Good Governance and Democracy, Prince Kassim Afegbua, disclosed this in a statement issued...
Senators of Southeast geo-political zone on Monday endorsed Sen. Godswill Akpabio (APC-Akwa-Ibom) and Sen. Barau Jibrin (APC-Kano) as their choice candidates for Senate President and Deputy Senate President of the 10th Assembly, respectively. The 10th Assembly is due for inauguration on Tuesday. Imo’s Gov. Hope Uzodinma made this known in...
Ahead of the Kogi governorship election scheduled for Nov. 11, Alhaji Muritala Ajaka has emerged Kogi East consensus candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Gabriel Aduku, Chairman of the Kogi East Elders Committee unveiled and presented the candidate to Kogi people at a news briefing in Abuja on...
All 55 members-elect of the House of Representatives from the South-South geopolitical zone have endorsed Rep. Tajudeen Abbas to emerge as speaker of the 10th Assembly. In a statement by the Abba Campaign Team on Monday, the members-elect also endorsed Rep. Benjamin Kalu as Deputy Speaker in the June...
President Bola Tinubu has signed the Students Loans Bill into Law, which was part of his campaigns promises. The law would allow indigent students in tertiary institutions to access a Federal Government loan for the duration of their studies. Mr Dele Alake, a presidential spokesman, disclosed this on Monday...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has held the bid opening exercise for the 2023 planned disposal of assets forfeited to the Federal Government. Its Spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. She quoted the ICPC Chairman, Prof. Bolaji...
The Chairman, NDLEA, retired, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa says the existence of illicit drugs laboratories in Nigeria underscores the growing threat of illicit drugs to public health and national security. Marwa said this on Monday in Lagos at the Global Rapid Interdiction of Dangerous Substances (GRIDS) twinning programme, organized...
Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta has congratulated Delta Queens for winning the Nigeria Women’s Football League, (NWFL) tournament, dubbed Super six. The governor’s commendation is contained in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Festus Ahon, on Monday in Asaba. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Delta Queens...
The Ogun Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Monday organised a special prayer in honor of democracy hero, late MKO Abiola, in far away Saudi Arabia. This is contained in a statement by the State Amirul Hajj, Prof. Kamaldeen Balogun, from Saudi Arabia and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta...
Some Key players during the 1993 presidential election have called for a shift of Nigeria’s presidential inauguration day from May 29 to June 12. The key players who were panelists at the 2023 Democracy Day celebration, organised by the Tinubu Support Group (TSG), made the call on Monday in...
The Director General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr Balarabe Ilelah, has reaffirmed the commission’s commitment toward sanitising the nation’s media industry. Ilelah made this known on Monday in Umuahia, while declaring open a two-day training programme for media practitioners. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme...