By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas has caution Christians to be vigilant in their movement while celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. Governor Kefas stated this in a state broadcast presented in the Executive Chamber of the Government House, Jalingo, Taraba...
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By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Immediate past Minister of State for Budget and National Planning and frontline Edo State governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has felicitated Edo people and Nigerians on the occasion of this year’s Christmas celebration....
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has arrested a contractor, James Okwete, in connection with the ongoing probe into the N37bn allegedly laundered by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development under former Minister, Sadiya Umar-Farouk. The development coincides with the probe of three...
By MARGARET TIZA, Makurdi – As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility objective, the ‘Ior Gboko Foundations, a non-governmental organization, paid a visit to the Old People’s Home in Makurdi, Benue State, on Sunday with Christmas palliatives and goodwill messages. Led by its President Dr. Jimmy Ajim, the group...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu has warned all those flouting the State Government’s directive on the settled matter of the Obong of Calabar stool not to test the patience of his administration over their unguarded utterances and other actions that could...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha has dismissed as false a document alleging his involvement in an illegal withdrawal of 6.3 million dollars from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Mr. Mustapha, who debunked the allegations in...
The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Ile-Ife Branch, has expressed concern at the prolonged strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria JUSUN, Osun chapter. The union had embarked on the strike to protest alleged high handedness by the leadership of the judiciary headed by Justice Adepele Ojo, the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Leader of the All Progressive Party (APC) in Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has donated ten million naira to the 66 rescued abducted persons from the state. Wamakko, who also donated a Hilux to each of the...
A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Jean-Miguel Auguste has commended the stand of Catholic Bishops in Africa on blessing same-sex couples, saying “Africa is the only continent that will save the world’’. Auguste, a priest of Brooklyn diocese, who said this in his homily at St. Pius X Parish,...
The Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested 12 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers in Ondo state. Adetunji Adeleye, the Corps Commander of Amotekun in Ondo State, disclosed this on Sunday while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Akure. Adeleye, who is...
The Social Democratic Party (SDP), has commended President Bola Tinubu for approving a 50 per cent slash in transportation fare as well as offering free train service to Nigerians during the yuletide. SDP National Chairman, Shehu Gabam, stated this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has called on Nigerians to unite against the nation’s adversaries in support of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the spirit of Christmas and New Year celebrations. This is contained in Musa’s Christmas message issued by the Director of...
Pastor Kayode Aliyu of the Cherubim & Seraphim (C&S) Movement Church Worldwide, Daki-Biyu District, Kubwa Branch, says the permission by Pope Francis for priests to bestow blessings upon same-sex couples “is a sign of the end time.” Corroborating Aliyu’s remark, the Senior Pastor and Leader In charge of...
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has urged Nigerians to exercise patience with the economic policies initiated by President Bola Tinubu, expressing optimism that positive changes are on the horizon. Speaking in Lagos on Sunday after paying a Christmas homage to the President, Otti said that the present administration...
The National Coordinator, National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Hajiya Halima Shehu, has reaffirmed its resolve to ensure accountability and transparency in the implementation of the 800 million dollar World Bank Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme. Shehu gave the assurance at a news conference in Abuja on Sunday,...
The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to use the season of Christmas to appreciate God’s mercy on them as a country. Obi, the former governor of Anambra, made this known in a Christmas message on his X-handle platform in Lagos...
The Bayelsa government has said it will not allow a protest planned for Dec. 26 to disrupt oil production at Oil Mining Lease (OML) 29, operated by Aiteo Eastern Exploration. The Bayelsa government in a statement on Sunday by the Commissioner for Information, Orientation and Strategy, Chief Ayiba...
There are 195 recognised countries in the world, according to the United Nations. 193 of these are member states of the United Nations, while two countries are non-member observer states. These are the Vatican City and the State of Palestine. As the year 2023 gradually draws to a close,...
The Ogboni Aborigin Fraternity Worldwide has appealed to governments at all levels for approval to practise traditional medicine. Chairman of the fraternity, Oba Jacob Orisamika, made the appeal during the end-of-the-year prayers, held at Igbemo-Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti on Sunday. Orisamika said...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has urged Nigerians to remain steadfast and hopeful regardless of the hard times citizens are experiencing as they celebrate the Christmas. Senator Akpabio said this on Sunday in Abuja in his Christmas message issued by his Special Adviser...