The UN food agency, World Food Programme (WFP), has said it urgently requires $620 million to ensure continued support to crisis affected people across the Sahel and in Nigeria over the next six months. The UN food agency, in a statement on Friday, warned that potentially life-saving food and...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Former President Goodluck Jonathan has mourned the passing of his former aide, Dr Doyin Okupe. He described Okupe as a courageous and dedicated public servant. Jonathan, in a statement on Friday by his media aide, Ikechukwu Eze, said the late politician contributed to the growth...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has called for the encouragement and empowerment of Nigerian women to ensure their full participation in governance. Abubakar made this statement on Friday in Abuja, marking the 2025 International Women’s Day. He expressed concern that, in spite of living in a democratic society, efforts to...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has appointed Chief Emma Ogidi, as the chairman, PDP South-South Zonal Caretaker Committee . The party disclosed this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba on Friday in Abuja. Ologunagba said that in pursuant to the provisions...
Mr Paul Chukwuma, one of the seven All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants for the Nov. 8 Anambra governorship election, has described himself as the most qualified to fly the party’s flag for the election. He said this while speaking with newsmen at the party’s national secretariat after being...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has appointed Prof. Attahiru Jega as Special Adviser and Coordinator of the Presidential Livestock Reform. The President in a statement by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, explained that the appointment hoped to drive meaningful progress in the livestock sector and further...
Following the expiration of the 48-hour ultimatum issued to the chairman and commissioners of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) to appear before it, the Rivers House of Assembly has given them another 72 hours to do so. The lawmakers reached the resolution during plenary in Port Harcourt...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned in very strong terms the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate over her allegation of sexual harassment against the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, in a statement on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Four drug kingpins: Ogbuji Christian Ifeanyi; Iloduba Augustine Chinonye; Shuaibu Nuhu Isa (a.k.a Don) and Zidon Zurga have been convicted and sentenced to a total of 95 years in prison by the Federal High Court in Lagos and Yola, Adamawa state over trafficking of cocaine...
The Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development has said it will broker peace between Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP/Kogi Central) and the Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio. The Minister, Hajia Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, said this while addressing State House Correspondents during the Meet-the-Press meeting on Friday. The Minister said the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The NNPC Gas Marketing Ltd, a subsidiary of the NNPC Ltd, and its Unincorporated Joint Venture partner, NIPCO Gas Ltd, have executed a Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement (GSPA) with Ssonic Petroleum Ltd to supply natural gas to the company’s proposed Liquefied Natural Gas...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Friday, March 7, 2025 heard further testimony from prosecution witness Nicholas Ojehomon, an internal auditor at the American International School Abuja (AISA), in the ongoing trial of a former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello....
Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 8 for ruling on the admissibility of a judgment of the FCT High Court sought to be tendered by former Gov. Yahaya Bello in defence of his case in the alleged money laundering trial. Justice Emeka Nwite adjourned the matter on...
Labour Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has described late former Presidential spokesman, Dr Doyin Okupe, as an active figure in Nigeria’s political space. Obi, in a condolence message posted on his X handle on Friday, said the late Chieftain of Labour Party (LP), was...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has begun screening of seven governorship aspirants that purchased its Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest its ticket for the Nov. 8, 2025 election in Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the nomination form was sold at N40 million,...
A chieftain of Labour Party (LP), Dr Ayo Olorunfemi has described death of Dr Doyin Okupe, a former Director-General of Mr Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Organisation, as a rude shock. Olorunfemi, LP Deputy National Chairman, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. Okupe, also a medical...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Ogun State Sector Command, has reported that one person died and three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a truck accident near the SWAT office, opposite OOPL, on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway. The sector command’s spokesperson, Mrs Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident in...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, jos – Plateau State’s internally generated revenue (IGR) hit a record ₦31.14 billion in 2024, surpassing the ₦30 billion mark for the first time. The state government has now set an ambitious ₦52 billion target for 2025. The Executive Chairman of the Plateau State Internal Revenue...