By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Media Practitioners under the auspices of Kogi Central Media Practitioners Association has commended the state Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo for his transformative agenda in the state. The President of the group, Alhaji Ibrahim Isa-Amoka, gave the commendation when he led other members of...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – All preparations are now complete for the official launch of the book titled: ,”Judicial Terrorism (On the 1992 Zangon Kataf Mock Trial) – A Macabre Trial and Death Sentences on Major-General Zamani Lekwot and Five Others”. The event will take place on Tuesday, November...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Government has expressed worry over what it termed emergence of a new criminal group operating under a faith based idealist called LAKURAWAS. Registering his fears over the new group, the state deputy governor, Alhaji Idris Mohammed, said the LAKURAWAS operates with dangerous...
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democrat candidate Kamala Harris are running neck and neck ahead of the presidential election, a fresh Leger poll released by the New York Post showed. Both candidates have 49 per cent support ahead of the Tuesday vote, while the other 2 per...
President Bola Tinubu has urged the newly appointed ministers to join his team in rescuing Nigeria from its current challenges. Tinubu gave the charge after swearing in seven ministers in Abuja, following their swift review by the National Assembly. The President emphasised the importance of service, stating, “Service is...
The Court of Appeal on Monday overturned the conviction of a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, for false asset declaration by the Code of conduct tribunal. The court overturned Onnoghen ‘s conviction citing resolution of key issues surrounding his trial. Delivering judgment, Justice Abba Mohammed, adopted...
A presidential election unlike any other in U.S. history enters its last full day on Monday. This is as Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, and their campaigns scramble to get supporters to the polls in a contest each portrays as an existential moment for America. Even after the astonishing blur...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has assured workers in the state that his administration has no plan to downsise. Aiyedatiwa made the promise on Monday in Akure during the Ondo State Public Service Week Celebration Lecture with the theme: “Creating and Managing a Future-Ready Public Service: A Pathway to...
Chad has threatened to withdraw the Central African country from a multinational security force, which he said had failed in its task of tackling insurgent groups in the Lake Chad region. Chad’s interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby made the statement on Sunday during a visit to the region, which...
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has promised improved logistics and result management during the Nov. 16 governorship election in Ondo State. Yakubu stated this during an assessment tour of the INEC office in Ondo State on the preparation for the governorship election, on Monday...
More than 22 people died and another two dozen were injured when the bus they were traveling in fell into a deep gorge in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand on Monday. The local police officer said over phone. The mishap occurred in Marchula area of the state’s Almora district...
The head coach of Tony International Gymnastics club (TIG), Anthony Asuquo, has said 11 female and two male gymnasts will represent Nigeria at the International Continental Cup 2024 (Artistic Gymnastics) in Anadia, Portugal. Asuquo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja that the gymnasts would...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has sworn in 17 newly elected Local Government (LG) Chairmen, with a charge to sustain the State Government’s rebuilding agenda at the grassroot level. Governor Otti, who gave the charge while speaking on Monday during the ceremony at Government House, Umuahia, urged the chairmen...
UK Foreign Secretary, David Lammy has launched a flagship soft power campaign ‘Jollof and Tea’, which celebrates the UK and Nigeria’s cultural and creative ties. In a statement on Monday, the British Deputy High Commission said Lammy unveiled the campaign at a reception in Lagos, on his first visit...
The National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) has taken further steps to address the over one billion dollars which the country lost due to importation of component parts of vehicles. The NADDC Director-General, Joseph Osanipin said this at the training of some Engineers on Midas NFX Software Automotive...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Air Peace airline on Monday said its 12.50 p.m. flight from Benin to Abuja made a return to Benin as a result of a technical snag the aircraft encountered shortly after takeoff. The Head of Corporate Communications, Air Peace Ltd, Ejike Nduilo, who stated...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- A trailblazing journalist, who had editorial stints with Champion Newspaper (1st female editor) and The Daily Times, Dr. Ngozi Anyaegbunam is dead. A statement signed signed by her son, Rocky C Agbese, said the deceased died after a brief illness. The statement reads in parts:...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto No fewer than 42 students of Sokoto indigenes, who are the first batch of the 100 beneficiaries of the Senator Ibrahim Lamido Education Trust Fund will depart Nigeria this week for India. Senator Lamido, who spoke in his Sokoto residence, when parents of the benefiting...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Police Command has denied supporting any political party in the just concluded Local Government election held on Saturday in the state. The command, however, said it is aware of a video circulating online, showing the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of ‘B’...
With a few days to the November 5, 2024, U.S. presidential election, the campaign tempo has reached fever pitch, with the two candidates, Vice-President Kamala Harris (Democrat) and former president, Donald Trump (Republican) in a dead run to the finish line. The final national New York Times/Siena poll, published on 25...