By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has extended a hand of fellowship to his opponents at the 2023 governorship election, urging them to join hands with him to build the state. Governor Yusuf said this in a statement by his Director-General, Media and Publicity, Mr...
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Pandemonium broke out in a church at Obosi, Anambra on Sunday as a man suspected to be insane dealt machete cuts on a congregant. “Preliminary information revealed that the man of God in the church claimed he could heal the insane man and started praying for him. “As...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Sunday, led a delegation of Borno people to attend the funeral prayer of his spokesperson, Malam Isa Umar Gusau, which was held at the National Mosque in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The...
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has said the best way to pay tribute to the nation’s fallen heroes is to sustain joint offensives against non-state actors. Abubakar said this on Sunday in Abuja in his tribute to the Armed Forces of Nigeria in commemoration...
Transition Implementation Committee Chairman, Shendam LGA of Plateau State, Dr Kemi Nshe, has said President Bola Tinubu’s neutrality and the Supreme Court’s unbiased judgment, have restored Nigerians’ hope in democracy. Nshe stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday in Jos, following...
the Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire to Nigeria, Amb. Kalilou Traore,has said his country spent more than US$1 billion to organise the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) competition. Traore made this known during an interview on sideline of the official unveiling ceremony of the ‘AFCON Village’ on Saturday...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the March 18, 2023 governorship election in Cross River State, Prof. Sandy Onor, has called on genuine lovers of the state to support Governor Bassey Otu led administration to enable him to succeed in moving the state forward. Onor made the...
Almost a quarter of a century into current dispensation of uninterrupted democratic governance in Nigeria, opinions are diverse as to success or otherwise of the experience. Sir (Dr) Mike Okiro, former Inspector General of Police and former Chairman of Police Service Commission, spoke with Dapo Olaosebikan and Demola...
By ARMSTRONG ALAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has said that former leaders of the state tried to scuttle his second term electoral victory by making him lose at the Supreme Court. He however said that his persistence which made him spend seven days in Abuja...
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to review the integrity performance of his cabinet members in a bid to achieving the Renewed Hope Agenda. A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, made the call while speaking with journalists on Sunday in...
The war between Israel and Hamas entered its 100th day on Sunday after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed “no one will stop us” from destroying the militant group. The conflict has triggered a humanitarian crisis, with more than 23,000 people reported killed in Gaza and much of...
Denmark turns a page in its history on Sunday when Queen Margrethe abdicates and her son becomes King Frederik X, with more than 100,000 Danes expected to turn out for the unprecedented event. The hugely popular chain-smoking Queen Margrethe II, 83, will leave her residence at Copenhagen’s...
Enugu State Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, Prince Lawrence Ezeh, has paid the bill of a woman, Mrs Joan Orajiobi and her triplets, detained by an Enugu private hospital. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Orajiobi, who delivered triplets at Praise and Grace Hospital and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a 6-man Special Presidential Panel on Social Investment Programmes. The panel would be led by the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Mr Wale Edun. Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Ajuri...
Benue State Government has warned stakeholders in the education sector that it will no longer tolerate mediocrity, half standards, inefficiency, laxity, and non-performance. Director-General (DG), Benue Education Quality Assurance Agency, Mr Terna Francis, said this on Saturday in Makurdi at a meeting with education stakeholders in the state....
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti says he will now settle down and rebuild Abia because his distractions were over with the Supreme Court affirmation of victory in the 2023 polls. Otti made the declaration at the Thanksgiving Service in his honour held at the Seventh Day Adventist Church...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army authority has said it would probe a female soldier’s claims of assault after a video of her vent viral on social media. In the viral video, the female soldier who was without a uniform had in the video accused some...
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has appealed to kidnappers of the Caretaker Chairman, Ukum Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, Rev Gideon Haanongon, and three others, to release them unconditionally. Governor Alia made the appeal on Saturday, during a funeral oration for Ter (paramount ruler) Katsina-Ala, Chief...
Amb. Kalilou Traore, the Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire to Nigeria, on Saturday unveiled the ‘AFCON Village’ in Abuja, set up to enable football enthusiasts watch live matches of the ongoing African Nations Cup competition. The tournament kicked off in Cote d’Ivoire with 24 countries seeking for the continent’s...
The founder of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr Boniface Aniebonam, has congratulated Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State on his victory at the Supreme Court on Friday, after losing at lower courts. Aniebonam, in his congratulatory statement on Saturday, said the Supreme Court’s ruling had restored Nigerians’...