The INEC and Police in Kebbi State have dismissed alleged plans between them to connive with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state to rig the forthcoming gubernatorial election in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the PDP gubernatorial candidate in the state,...
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Some traders and marketers in Lagos have said they would accept the old denominated naira notes of N500 and N1,000, only when President Muhammadu Buhari gives the order. The people told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate interviews that they were being careful and at the same...
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun said that his administration, in its first 100 days, had redirected the government’s efforts toward meeting the needs of the people. Adeleke, who was sworn in on Nov. 27, 2022 as the sixth executive governor of the state, said this on Tuesday at a...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A Group known as Benue For Tinubu 2023 has called on Law Enforcement Agencies and The Independent National Electoral Commision (INEC) to be dispassionate and unemotional in handling the allegations involving their Chairman, Board of patrons and the current House of Representatives Majority Leader,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Ahead of the March 11, state elections, The ObiDat Alliance has reaffirmed its total support for the actualization of Dr. Alex Otti Governorship bid in Abia state. The group made their resolve know in a statement issued by the Media Directorate.of The ObiDat Alliance,...
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Sofri, a digital banking mobile app, powered by Links Microfinance Bank, has unveiled its weekly draw tagged ‘Sofri 10k awoof promo Season 1’. Mr Barnabas Okwudibie, the Chief Operating Officer, Sofri, said this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. Okwudibie said that the promo was initiated by the...
A socio-cultural group, Fulani Community Nationwide, has urged the President -elect, Bola Tinubu to consult widely with its members at the grassroots to avert the reoccurring clashes between herders and farmers in the country. Chairman of the Group, Alhaji Ya’u Haruna- Malammadori, said this while speaking with the news...
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has approved an increase in the pension allowance of retirees in the state. The State Head of Service, Pastor Kayode Ogundele, said this in Akure on Monday. Ogundele said the approval was in conformity with the consequential adjustment arising from the implementation of the...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Lauretta Onochie, has added her voice to the worldwide campaign for equitable treatment for all, irrespective of gender. She spoke at the NDDC headquarters in Port Harcourt on Monday during a...
The Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has dissociated itself from a trending publication, which said that Peter Obi is not destined to be Nigeria’s president. Its National Publicity Secretary, Dr Alex Ogbonnia, made the expression in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has said that few Nigerians agreed to return home from Tunisia, following that country’s president’s remarks on Feb. 21. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Tunisian President, Kais Saied, at the meeting of Tunisia’s National Security Council, called for urgent measures...
The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Mr Clement Agba has called for the shifting of the planned March 2023 Population and Housing Census to May. Agba, made the call at the High Level Partners’ Engagement on the 2023 population and housing census in Abuja on Monday....
Sen. Florence Ita-Giwa a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says she is convinced that the President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu will address the Bakassi resettlement problem when he assume office in May 29. Ita-Giwa said this on Monday in Calabar while celebrating the victory of the president-elect. Popularly...
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday led officials of the party on a protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja over the Feb. 25 election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some of the officials included PDP National...
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on developed and developing nations to grant duty-free and quota-free market access for products originating from the world’s 46 least-developed countries to ensure their integration in regional and global value chains. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari, who made...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The police authority in Zamfara State has confirmed the killing of SP Kazeem Raheem, the Maru Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Maru LGA of the state. The bandits also killed a Police Inspector, Rabi’u Umar, who was attached to the division. The police spokesman,...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice ppointment President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said appointments to an important position is not just one to be celebrated with pomp and pageantry, but a high call of service and responsibility to God and the people. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in Abuja as...
Eight days after Nigeria held its presidential poll, the United States, has said that the exercise failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election after polling 8,794,726 votes, almost two million...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will on Monday approach the Appeal Court for an order to allow it reconfigure its Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the March 11 state elections. A credible source in the commission hinted the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday...