Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for increased bilateral relations between Nigeria and Angola. Obasanjo made the call at the Angola-Nigeria Diplomatic-Business Investment meeting on Saturday in Lagos. Obasanjo, who was a special guest of honour at the event, said the meeting focused on the potential for enhanced...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Shittu Ibrahim, has been declared winner of the State House of Assembly re-run election for Saki West State Constituency in Oyo State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the result of the poll on Saturday evening at the INEC Collation...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Commission (INEC) has suspended the ongoing re-run elections in 20 polling units in specific constituencies in Enugu, Akwa-Ibom and Kano states. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Sam Olumekun, who disclosed this in a statement on...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Social Media influencer, Reno Omokri has warned politicians against using the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the ongoing 2023 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) to play politics. Recall that some notable Nigerian politicians, such as the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour...
Nigerian veteran actress, Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, on Saturday appreciated God for attaining the age of 83, as she advised the youth to imbibe the African culture of respect. Ajai-Lycett, also a cosmetologist, gave the advice during a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. According...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu-led administration is committed to implement reforms to curb inflation, ease cost of living and stabilise foreign exchange. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, stated this on Saturday in Minna during the 2024 Press Week of Niger State...
Nigerian businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, also known as Obi Cubana, says he is in Abidjan, the capital of Cote D’Ivoire to motivate the Super Eagles of Nigeria to win the 34th Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Obi Cubana, who was at the Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium, Abidjan,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says the fire of God would consume the killers of traditional rulers in Ekiti State. Pastor Adeboye stated this on Friday night while reacting to the gruesome murder of traditional...
Voting was disrupted on Saturday in the Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West Federal Constituency by-election at Unit 5, Ward 13 in Oyinmo, Ikare-Akoko, when suspected political thugs snatched the ballot box. Eyewitnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the attack by the hoodlums caused panic with...
Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, has dismissed as a smear campaign, the petition by members of Alpha Trust Investment Club (ATIC), accusing him of fraudulent diversion of N20 billion club’s asset. CP Adeoye was reacting to a petition by 33 members of the Club to...
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of barring its polling agents from Saturday’s Ebonyi South by-election. Chief Nwaeze Onu, a chieftain of the party said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. “We...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), has refuted claims by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), that the council was asking people holding its certificates to rewrite professional qualifying examination. Registrar of TRCN, Prof Josiah Ajiboye, dismissed the claims in a statement...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has extended warm felicitation to Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on his receipt of Senegal’s highest national honor, “the National Order of the Lion,” from President Macky Sall. Governor Zulum conveyed his best wishes to Aliko Dangote...
Ondo candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP), Mr Olalekan Bada, said he was confident of winning the re-run of Akoko North East/ Akoko North West Federal Constituency election. Bada, who voted at the Edo Ward 1, Polling Unit 12, said this on Saturday in Ikare Akoko, Ondo State....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced investigation into the reported cases of disruption in the ongoing re-run and by-elections in Akwa-Ibom, Enugu and Kano states . INEC disclosed this on Saturday in an update through its verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on...
Some communities on Saturday, employed services of town criers to mobilise voters for Saturday’s by-election in Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents monitoring the election, observed town criers in different areas jingling bells or iron plates to sensitise the voters...
A witness for one of the five accused persons in the April 5, 2018, armed robbery attack in Offa, Kwara, Ms Omolara Ogundiran, was on Friday arrested within the court premises by the Police. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omolara is a graduate of Ire...
The European Union (EU) has invested 1.5 million euros for the preservation of Cross River’s wildlife, an official has said. EU’s Ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ms Samuela Isopi, said this during a meeting with Gov. Bassey Otu at the Government...
The start date for former U.S. president Donald Trump’s trial for attempted election fraud has been pushed back. The court in the capital Washington announced on Friday that the start of the trial, originally scheduled for March 4, would be postponed due to unresolved legal issues in the...
There is heavy presence of security operatives and men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the Saki West State Constituency where INEC is conducting a rerun election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rerun election is holding at polling unit 007 Odo...