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...
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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...
Business operators in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja say they are anxious to hear from President Muhammadu Buhari and/or the Central Bank over validity of old Naira notes. The business operators were reacting to the Supreme Court ruling that the old N500 and N1000 notes remained legal tender...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday in Doha called on Chadian political leaders to show restraint and patriotism by identifying with on-going transition to democracy programme in that country. The president’s media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, stated in Abuja that Buhari gave the charge while speaking with the Chadian transition...
Prof Charles Adias, INEC’s State Collation Officer for Rivers at the Feb. 25 presidential and National Assembly elections raised alarm again on Sunday in Yenagoa over unending threat to his life . Prof Adias, Vice-Chancellor at the Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa, suspended results collation during the elections on account...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday in Abuja tasked churches and religious leaders to drive the faithful towards the pursuit of truth and justice. Osinbajo gave the charge at the enthronement of Most Rev. Michael Akinwale as the Archbishop of Abuja Unity Cathedral, Methodist Church of Nigeria. AVM Kayode Beckley...
The Plateau chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says it has not endorsed governorship candidate of any political party. Its chairman, Rev. Fr. Polycarp Lubo, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on Sunday that Plateau electorate should turn out en-masse on March 11 to...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Gov Abdullahi A. Sule, of Nasarawa State, have emphasised the importance of peace and religious harmony as he met with religious leaders in Nasarawa State. Gov Sule stated this on Saturday in Lafia during a meeting with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jama’atu...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has expressed deep shock and sorrow over the death of the Archbishop Emeritus of the Catholic Archdiocese of Calabar, the Most Reverend Joseph Edra Ukpo. In a condolences message signed on his behalf by his Chief Press Secretary/ Special...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Cross River State Chapter has congratulated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the peaceful conduct of the National Assembly and Presidential Elections in Cross River State. IPAC also congratulated Senator-elect, Asuquo Ekpeyong, a candidate of the All Progressive...
Nigerians, home and abroad, have been asked to expect a booming socio-economic atmosphere in the country soon with the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as next President and Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces of Federal Republic of Nigeria. This was made public in a press statement signed by Otunba...