By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The PDP Governors’ Forum has congratulated its members who were conferred with the prestigious National Honours of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja. The Director General of PDP Governors Forum, Maduabum, gave the commendation...
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A 16-year-old boy Temedi Yerimene, has drowned in the ravaging flood at Igbogene Community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the flood pushed the remains of the teenager into a deep canal in the area and they have yet to...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) Africa has decried that elections in Nigeria are too expensive, hence, discouraging youths from seeking elective positions. YIAGA Africa which is a UKAID sponsored NGO made the observation in Sokoto on Tuesday at a one...
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi’s emergence as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party has been described as a rare chance for Nigeria. In an article published on Monday, The Economist recalled that some polls had tipped Obi as ahead of the candidates representing the...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday attended the 2022 National Honours Award Investiture in Abuja where 449 Nigerians and friends of Nigeria are set to be conferred with the national honours awards. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the President’s Chief of State Ibrahim Gambari were also in attendance. The nominees...
As Nigeria attains 62 years of independence, some lawyers have expressed divergent views about the country’s development in justice administration. He lawyers expressed their views in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Tuesday. The Head of Litigation, Oriented Law Chambers, Mr Victor Opara (SAN),...
The Osun State Police Command have discovered the decomposing body of an aged landlord, Oladepo Asaolu, after about four days of disappearance. It was gathered that Asaolu, an indigene of Ora-Igbomina, Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State, was the Babaloja of the ancient town. It was gathered that...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has criticized the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, describing the its presidential campaign flag-off of Atiku Abubakar as a “disaster foretold”. The APC spokesperson for the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, stated this in a statement issued on...
The Nigeria Labour Congress has commended the Lagos Government for the planned salary increments for workers in the state’s public service. The NLC Chairman, Mrs Funmi Sessi, gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lago. ”The announcement came at the right...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – The Nigerian Statisticians Association (NSA) has organized a 3 day workshop to brainstorm on how best to tackle the high-level insecurity in the country that seemed to have defile all solutions. The workshop which was held in Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State...
By LEO NZWANKE, Lafia – The Nasarawa State House of Assembly says that the House has passed 237 bills into law and passed 445 resolutions in the last 23 years of its establishment. Hon Mohammed Adamu Omadefu ( APC- Keana), the Chairman, House Committee on Information made this known...
By SAMUEL ADZEGEH, Abuja – In a massive show of strength, the PDP yesterday launched it’s campaign ahead the 2023 Campaigns with an impressive turn out of its major officers across the country. Noticeably absent however was Governor Wike of Rivers State and his group of recalcitrant members who...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in N’Djamena, joined the celebrations of the people of Republic of Chad in inaugurating their interim administration to lead the country to elections and the formation of a democratic government. The Nigerian leader, who is the current Chairman of the Lake Chad Basin Countries...
Nigeria has opened a new office in Cairo, Egypt, to provide visa application, passport, Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) and National Identity Number (NIN) services in the country. Mr Abdul-Razaq Musa, the Executive Assistant to the President on Nigeria-Egypt Cultural and Socio-Economic Forum (NESCEF), made this known in a statement...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong of Plateau has congratulated The Gbong Gwom Jos and Chairman of the Plateau Council of Chiefs and Emirs , Da Jacob Gyang Buba on his 71st birthday. The governor’s congratulatory message was contained in a statement issued by Mr....
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – Dangote Group has debunked the reports making the rounds in the media alleging that it’s responsible for the fire outbreak at the Kogi State House of Assembly in the early hours of Monday. The Group Head Branding and Communications, Dangote Industries Ltd., Anthony Chiejina...
The Ebonyi Police Command has confirmed the attack on a section of Ezza North Local Government Headquarters by unidentified gunmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that hoodlums set the property on fire on Monday morning and left valuables worth millions of naira destroyed. The command’s Spokesman, SP...
Police in Ebonyi vowed on Monday that they would track down gunmen who attacked a mining site close to the state’s border with Benue on Saturday. The assailants shot sporadically at workers in the process of which a Chinese and a policeman sustained gunshot injuries. The Chinese later died...
Anambra State Government has lifted the suspension it placed on the operations of a hotel in Awka where a nude party was held and attendants filmed in sex romps that went viral. The Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment placed the suspension in the hotel on Sept. 7 for violation...
Plan International, a non-governmental organisation, has unveiled a one billion US dollars global strategy fund targeting 200 million girls to address problems affecting children’s rights. The Chief Executive Officer of the organisation, Mr Stephen Omollo said this in Abuja on Monday at the Global Strategy Launch 2022-2027 with the...