Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has announced its withdrawal from the forthcoming local government polls in Osun. The party’s Chairman, Mr Wale Adebayo, announced this in a statement issued on Saturday in Osogbo. Adebayo cited what he called lack of transparency exhibited by Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) as...
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Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has strongly refuted the false and misleading allegations made in a viral video circulating online, which claims that NNPC fuel does not last. Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd., Olufemi O. Soneye, in a statement on Saturday , said the assertion is baseless...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja– Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has been elected as a member, Steering Committee of the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), the highest decision making body of the organization. Mrs. Tinubu was elected at the 29th Ordinary General Assembly of the organization...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has been nominated by the NGO Founders Global Network (NFGN) to receive the 2025 iconic award this coming April in Bayern, Germany. The NGO Founders Global Network is the official and largest umbrella body of non-governmental and non-profit...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, Aisha Garba, has called on School Support Officers (SSOs) in Local Government Education Authorities (LGEAs) across the nation to rededicate themselves towards improving the quality of basic education in Nigeria. She made the call while...
Jannik Sinner has accepted a three-month ban from tennis after the world number one admitted team mistakes led to him twice testing positive for traces of banned substance clostebol in March last year. The February 9 to May 4 suspension means Sinner will be free to play in the...
The 2025 edition of the annual 42km 2024 Access Bank Lagos City Marathon has been once again dominated by East African runners from Kenya and Ethiopia. Kenya’s Edwin Kibet on Saturday emerged winner in the men category, clocking a time of 2:14:06 to win the $50,000 price money. Kibet...
The House of Representatives, on February 6, stirred the hornet’s nest on the contentious issue of state creation with the announcement that it had received proposals for creation of 31 new states. This development once again brings to the fore the long-standing discussions on the challenges of creating states...
Kebbi State Police Command has neutralised four suspected kidnappers, rescued victim and recovered N3 million in Suru Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Spokesman, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, made this known in a statement in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. “On Feb. 14, at about 1:45pm; armed men suspected...
Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes, Rep. Ginger Onwusibe, has denied the allegations of bribery made against him by the Head of Financial Crime Compliance of Binance, Tigran Gambaryan. Onwusibe, in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, described Gambaryan’s claims as false, malicious and...
The Patriots, a group of elder statesmen and eminent Nigerians led by Chief Emeka Anyaoku, says it will immortalise legacies of late leader of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adebanjo passed away peacefully at his Lagos residence on Friday at the age...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has deployed 2,106 personnel to ensure hitch-free ongoing local government elections in Katsina. The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the command, SC Buhari Hamisu disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Katsina on Saturday. Hamisu quoted the NSCDC Commandant,...
First Bank of Nigeria Ltd. has produced additional 500 Pan-African graduate trainees from Nigeria and six other countries in the continent at its sales academy to drive current global banking innovations. The bank held a close-out party on Friday night in Iganmu, Lagos for the graduate trainees from Nigeria,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Executive Secretary (ES), Female Education Board, Professor Mustapha Tukur Namaka, has donated JAMB forms to 3 exceptionally intelligent female students from public schools in the state . The benefiting students include: Shamau Zayyanu, and Maimuma Mahmud Yusuf both from SSS 2 and...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has described the late Afenifere stalwart, Ayo Adebanjo, as a great man, a committed nationalist, and an unpretentious personality. The elder statesman passed away on Friday in his home, Lekki, Lagos State, at the age of 96. In a tribute signed by his Special Assistant...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has described the late Leader of Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, as a freedom fighter, foremost elder statesman and one of Nigeria’s few remaining nationalists. Abubakar, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that the late Afenifere leader was a formidable force and fearless fighter...
A group of stakeholders in Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that Sen. Samuel Anyanwu remains the authentic National Secretary of the party, in line with the party constitution and other existing laws of the land. The stakeholders, under the aggies of Concerned PDP League (CPDPL), stated this at...
Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has received over 22 political heavyweights from the opposition parties and their supporters at the All Progressives Party(APC) zonal rally which held at Kafanchan on Friday. The event was witnessed by thousands of APC supporters from Southern Kaduna and political stalwarts from across the...
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has said President Bola Tinubu has approved the long-awaited conversion of Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) into a university. Alausa confirmed the development on Friday while addressing the institution’s management during a visit. “I discussed this with President Tinubu, and he approved...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has warned the public against fraudulent recruitment advertisements, stating that no recruitment exercise was currently ongoing. The spokesman of the Service, Akinsola Akinlabi said in a statement on Friday in Abuja, that all recruitment exercises were conducted in a...