By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the suspended collation of results for the governorship election in Abia and Enugu States will continue today, Wednesday in both states. The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who disclosed this in...
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By MARK JANG, Jos – The Nigerian Army has decorated 16 newly promoted senior officers serving at the 3 Divison, Rukuba, near Jos, with their new ranks. The General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the division, Maj.-Gen Abdusalam Ibrahim, while decorating the newly promoted officers tasked them to live above...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, says his victory in last Saturday’s governorship election is a call to do more for the state and its people. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa. The governor...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – A coalition of INEC Accredited Observer Groups have said the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by the electoral body in the Governorship and State Assembly election in Cross River State performed optimally at 97% accuracy. Dr. Nwambu Gabriel, the Coordinator of...
A US based multipurpose publishing company, Amazon Corporation, has published a 578-page book on the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari and is now available on https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BZ58SXX9 across the world The book, titled: People Around Nigeria’s President Buhari, gives the details about men and women that had assisted him to run...
The United Nations says two billion people globally lack safe drinking water. This is according to a UNESCO report released ahead of the UN Water Conference in New York on Wednesday. The UN agency said the world is facing a “global water crisis’’ due to population growth, socio-economic development...
A forum of independent foreign and domestic Observers says the deployment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Governorship and State Assembly election in Bauchi State has reduced election manipulations. Amb. Charity Erhire, coordinator of forum, made this known while...
President Muhammadu Buhari says with the conduct and non-interference in the Feb. 25 and March 18 general elections, Nigerians have proved to be capable of deciding who leads them without anyone telling them what to do. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari stated this...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The United States Government says it will impose visa sanctions and available actions on those who undermined the Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly elections held on March 18. The Public Affairs Department of the U.S. Embassy in Abuja disclosed this in a statement...
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the exemption of the digital economy sector from 5 per cent excise duty. Pantami made this known on Tuesday during a press briefing by the Presidential Review Committee on Excise Duty in...
Benue State governor-elect, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has been receiving congratulatory messages from individuals and groups since the declaration of the result of last Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections in the state. The latest congratulatory message came from the President of a non-governmental organisation, Ior Gboko Foundation, Mr....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has appreciated the support of President Muhammadu Buhari over his re-election victory for his second term in office. Governor Zulum also thanked the executive members, stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and people of Borno State for...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja inaugurated the new Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) and National Counterterrorism Centre (NCTC), two state-of-the-art facilities to optimize efforts at addressing evolving security challenges in the country, especially terrorism and violent extremism. Speaking at the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, has announced that the 2023 edition of GTCO Food and Drink Festival will hold from April 29 to May 1, 2023. Its Group Chief Executive Officer, Segun Agbaje, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying that “Food...
An elder statesman, Prof. Dickson Akoh, has congratulated Benue Governor-elect, Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia, and his Deputy, Dr Sam Ode, on their victory at the just-concluded governorship election in the state. Akoh, in a congratulatory message issued in Abuja on Tuesday, said that Alia’s emergence as governor-elect was a...
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has congratulated Alhaji Ahmed Aliyu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for his victory as Governor-elect in Sokoto State. Abubakar spoke through a delegation led by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, the Waziri Sokoto...
Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has directed the Muslim Ummah to look out for the crescent of Ramadan 1444 AH, from Wednesday, March 22. Abubakar gave the directive at a Ramadan Symposium organised by the Sultanate Council...
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An early morning fire on Tuesday razed a two-storey building housing the Onitsha main market Police Station and shops selling lace fabrics. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that firefighters battled for hours to contain the inferno as some of the traders salvaged their goods while others watched in...
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) says Nigeria will begin exporting skilled labour to Europe and other parts of the world under the Nigerian Youths Skills Empowerment (NYSE) Programme. A statement by the NBTE Head of Media, Hajiya Fatima Abubakar in Kaduna on Tuesday, said that the NYSE...