Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Nwifuru on Sunday in Abakaliki approved the appointment of Prof Michael Awoke as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the Ebonyi State University (EBSU). The announcement of the new VC is contained in a press statement signed by Dr Monday Uzor, the Chief Press Secretary to...
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The Nigerian Army on Sunday commenced the 2025 Lt. to Capt. practical promotion examination, with 208 candidates participating in Kaduna. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the week-long examination is being conducted by the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Nigerian Army. Addressing the candidates, the President of...
Ikemba Front, a frontline political support structure within All Progressives Congress (APC), has described the National Chairman of the party, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje’s visit to Anambra as a confidence booster to the party. National Coordinator of the group, Chief Arinzechukwu Awogu, stated this in Awka on Sunday while reacting...
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),Chief Olabode George, has faulted calls for the creation of 31 additional states in the country . Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN)on Sunday, the PDP chieftain said creation of additional states would not solve...
A physician, Dr Sam Adegboye, has debunked the claim that frequent sexual activity reduces the risk of prostate cancer in men. Adegboye is the Assistant Chief Medical Officer and General Practitioner at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti. He debunked the claim in a telephone interview with the News Agency...
As Valentine’s Day approaches, love is in the air for Nigerian celebrities, with dating rumours involving some of the country’s top stars. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that social media is abuzz with relationships and knot-tie happening during this love month. One of the most talked-about celebrity...
A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has said he can never leave the party for any other one, no matter the challenges in the party. Bode George spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday on Lagos. NAN was reacting...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 governorship candidate in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), has said his political ambition in the 2027 electoral cycle is in God’s hands. Adediran, also known as Jandor, made this known in an interview with journalists on Sunday after attending a Thanksgiving Service at...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has reiterated the call for stiffer penalties for drug peddlers. Prof. Adeyeye, who stated this in a statement issued by the agency’s resident media consultant, Mr Olusayo...
By OLA MODUPE , Ibadan – The University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, has refuted an online report claiming that patients bring generators to the hospital to provide power to the wards. A press statement issued on Sunday by the hospital’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs. ‘Funmi Adetuyibi, said the hospital...
The Democratic Front (TDF) has said the approval of a university in Ogoniland is a statement of intent by the Federal Government to the people to heal long-standing grievances against the government. The group, in a statement on Sunday by Malam Danjuma Muhammad, its Chairman, said the Federal University...
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Stephen Ogundipe, has said the proposed creation of new states in the ongoing constitution review at the National Assembly is long overdue. Ogundipe (APC-Oshodi/Isolo 1) made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Sunday released guidelines for the funeral of his mother, Iyoba Omo N’ Ikuoyemwen, who died 49 years ago. The guidelines were realised via a public announcement issued by Frank Irabor, Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council. Irabor noted that Ikuoyemwen transited...
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy in Badagry, Lagos State, on Saturday, intercepted 16 fibre boats loaded with 1,000 bags of foreign parboiled rice. A reliable source told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that the smugglers were about to load the bags of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Sunday, presented the newly appointed Shehu of Dikwa, Ibrahim Ibn Umar El-Kanemi, with the staff of office. Alhaji Ibrahim Ibn Umar emerged as the 13th Shehu of Dikwa following the passing of the late monarch, Alhaji Mohammed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede has conferred a Posthumous Award of Bravery on a slain officer of the Commission, Assistant Superintendent of the EFCC, ASE II. Aminu Harisu Sahabi. He disclosed this in Sokoto on Friday, ...
A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Anambra, Mr Chinedu Klinsmann, has dismissed the zoning arrangement being championed by the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), as hypocritical and self-serving. In a statement on Sunday in Abuja, Klinsmann said that no single political party had the right to...
Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has assured the World Bank that his administration is gradually winning the war against banditry. This is contained in a statement by Lawal’s media aide, Suleiman Idris on Saturday in Gusau. Idris said Lawal gave the assurance when he visited the World Bank office...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Attempts by two drug kingpins to smuggle into Nigeria consignments of heroin through the Port Harcourt International Airport and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). One of the kingpins who uses...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos– Two parcels of 2.82 kilograms of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis imported from the United States with Lagos as destination have been intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, at a courier...