The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has emerged the “Man Of The Year’ in the 2022 Leadership Excellence Awards. In a 14-day Leadership Excellence Awards voting by Nigerians both home and in the Diaspora via online platforms, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Obi...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the President-elect of Kenya, William Ruto, on his victory in the country’s general elections. He also commended the people of Kenya for the peaceful and transparent outcome of the elections. President Buhari in his congratulatory message on Monday, said...
Presidency has honoured State Chief of Protocol (SCOP), Amb. Lawal Kazaure and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Household and Domestic Affairs, Sarkin Abba, for bagging Nigerien highest Civilian National Awards. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof....
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) said on Monday that efforts were in top gear to unite the country through a national summit, ahead of the 2023 General Elections. Malam Mukhtar Sirajo, President of NIPR, said the event is tagged “Citizens Summit for National Integration, Peace and Security’....
The Senator, representing Kaduna Central, Sen. Uba Sani, has described media report on purported sponsorship of bill to rename Kaduna State to Zazzau State as a lie from the pit of hell. Sani made the refutal in a statement in Abuja on Monday. The senator expressed dismay at what...
Chief Osita Chidoka, the former Minister of Aviation, says there are lessons for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from the ongoing presidential election in Kenya. Chidoka, who said this in a statement on Monday, added that though INEC was faster than the Kenya Independent Electoral and Boundary Commission...
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has re-emphasised the need for the people to shun religious division and misunderstanding among individuals. Akeredolu reiterated his position on Southern Presidency, stressing that time had come to rotate power to the South in the interest of justice, equity and fairness. The governor disclosed...
The Jigawa State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said that 50 people, including a newborn, were killed in building collapse due to heavy downpours in different parts of the state. The tragedy occurred across the state since the beginning of the rainy season. The Executive Secretary of the agency, Alhaji...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has no senatorial candidate for Yobe north and Akwa Ibom north-west districts for the 2023 elections. Festus Okoye, INEC spokesperson, said this on Sunday in an interview on Channels Television. In June, INEC had excluded Ahmad Lawan,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE), has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to inaugurate the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) board, for real development. The General-Secretary of AUPCTRE, Mr Sikiru Wahid, made the appeal in a...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with the family of Tijjani Kiyawa, a former member of the House of Representatives from Jigawa. Kiyawa, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), for the Southwest Senatorial District of Jigawa for the 2023 general elections died in a...
Ata Igala, His Royal Majesty, Alhaji Mathew Opaluwa-Akpa, has warned traditional rulers of Igala extraction against conferring traditional titles on people of questionable characters. He handed down the warning on Sunday at Idah, Kogi at a meeting with all Igala title holders (Onu Igala) from the 36 states of...
Three persons were killed while 10 others sustained injuries in a lone accident involving a Mazda bus at Onipepeye area on the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway on Sunday. Mr Ahmed Umar, FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun, confirmed the accident to newsmen in Abeokuta. He blamed the accident on excessive speeding as...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudiness and thunderstorms across the country from Monday to Wednesday. Its weather outlook released on Sunday in Abuja predicted cloudy atmosphere over the North-eastern region with prospects of morning thunderstorms over parts of Katsina, Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto, Jigawa, Kano and Kaduna states....
Fifty people have died with many displaced as flood ravages parts of Jigawa State, authorities said on Saturday. Addressing journalists in Dutse, the Executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Sani Yusuf, said the flood destroyed thousands of homes in the state. He stated that the situation forced Jigawa...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), says plans are ongoing to deploy drones and other technologically advanced facilities to the country’s borders in its bid to curb smuggling. The Public Relations Officer of Customs, Deputy Comptroller Timi Bomodi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that technology would...
A clergyman, Pastor Glorious Abu, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will witness complete turnaround if the citizens return to God. He said that the citizens, particularly Christians, must use their divine endowments to the expansion of God’s works, improvement of their neighbours’ lives and the economy. Abu, of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Following the alleged financial fraud of N109bn hanging on the neck of the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Idris Ahmed, and other suspected partners in crime, the Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has written the Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has directed his Special Adviser on Legal Affairs, Barrister Hauwa Abubakar to oversee the Borno State Ministry of Justice. The directive follows the unanimous nomination of Barrister Kaka Shehu Lawan, the former State Commissioner of Justice and State...
Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has advised Nigerians to be circumspect in exercising their voting rights in 2023 general elections. Jonathan gave the advice while delivering a keynote address at the one year memorial summit in honour of late Captain Idahosa Okunbo, in Abuja on Saturday. He said that 2023...