By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has debunked a news report published in The Nation newspaper of Monday, March 13, 2023 edition, alleging that he has launched a “fresh plot against President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Mr. Emefiele debunked the report in a statement...
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By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has said the late former first female Senator Franka Afegbua, remains a pace-setter, trail-blazer and visioner ” who remains an inspiration for women in Nigeria and across Africa. Governor Obaseki stated this in a condolence message issued on Monday...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with the first indigenous Managing Director of Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC), Elder Nath C.U. Okoro, on his 92nd birthday, congratulating the veteran for his pioneering work on rail transportation in the country. President Buhari in a statement by his...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), is presently enmeshed in a ‘nauseating’ scandal involving its senior officers over age falsifications. According to a report by PRNigeria, senior staff of the Commission who falsified their age records (dates of birth) have been detected, during a promotion interview for senior...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has donated N10 million to victims of the recent fire outbreak at Muda Lawal Market in the State Capital. The fire incident which occurred on Thursday, had burnt down 12 shops and reportedly destroyed properties worth N60 million. The...
Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), an NGO on Sunday rejected agitations that INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu should resign his appointment. Its National President, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, stated in Lagos that the conspiracy against INEC after the Feb. 25 presidential and National Assembly polls was baseless. “We have very...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Xi Jinping on his re-election for a third five-year term as President and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the People’s Republic of China. The president’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The first elected female senator in Nigeria, Franca Afegbua is dead. Mrs. Afegbua, a Nigerian beautician and politician, who represented Bendel North in the Nigerian Senate in 1983, was eleected as a National Party of Nigeria (NPN) senator. She died on Sunday morning, March...
The Niger chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) on Sunday in Minna enjoined Christian faithful to vote for credible candidates at the governorship and legislative elections of March 18. It stated that such candidates should be those who would ensure development and peaceful co-existence among the people....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to urgently withdraw the ‘last warning’ and threat to revoke the licenses of broadcast stations and shut...
The Tinubu Shettima Diaspora Network (TSDN), an APC support group, has appealed to Bola Tinubu, the President-elect, to consider loyalty, commitment and competence in selecting members of his cabinet. Dr Uche Ogbonnaya, the group’s Director-General, made the appeal while speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday...
Hajiya Mariya Tambuwal, the wife of Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has called for peaceful conduct in the March 18, Governorship and State Assembly elections in the state. Mrs. Tambuwal made the call at a campaign rally for the Sokoto South Senatorial District, organised by the state’s Women...
Commonwealth Day will be celebrated on Monday, 13 March 2023 with observances, speeches, exhibitions and cultural events across the 56 Commonwealth member countries. With ‘Forging a Sustainable and Peaceful Common Future’ as its theme, the day aims to unite 2.5 billion Commonwealth citizens in celebration of their shared values...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo on Saturday approved the immediate removal of the state Commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Chief Ford Ozumba. The removal was contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Owerri by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Declan Emelumba. According to NAN reports, no...
The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to use the opportunity provided by the March 18 polls to redeem its image and restore people’s confidence in the commission. The Chairman of CLO in Anambra, Mr Vincent Ezekwueme, told the News Agency of Nigeria...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – The Abia Government says it will sanction any person, group or business entity that rejects the old 500 and 1,000 naira notes for business transactions. The threat is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Chris Ezem, and...
Leaders After God’s Own Spirit Initiative A New State (LAGOSIANS), a pressure group, says political decisions in the forthcoming Governorship and House of Assembly elections should not lead to war in Lagos State. The Convener, Pastor Bolaji Akinyemi, who made this remark at a news conference on Saturday in...
The Bayelsa Government on Saturday called on the the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to respect the judgment of the Supreme Court and ease the hardships of citizens caused by the new Naira policy. The government also appealed for calm amidst the challenges faced by Nigerians following the Naira...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Labour Party (LP) has threatened that it will call on its members to occupy offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nationwide for allegedly frustrating its petition against the outcome of the 2023 presidential election. The spokesman for the Presidential Campaign Council...