Shell companies in Nigeria teamed up with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and other stakeholders to build Information Communication Technology (ICT) centres and a digital library in Nigerian universities this year in their continuing support for education. Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) and NNPC in...
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump fought it out Saturday in the swing states on the final weekend of the tensest US election of modern times, with the Democrat urging voters to “turn the page” on the Republican’s scorched-earth brand of politics. With only three days left in the campaign,...
Manchester City suffered a shock 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth on Saturday that ended their 32-game unbeaten run in the Premier League. Antoine Semenyo and Evanilson scored for the Cherries who claimed their first ever win over the visitors. The result dropped City — who had not lost in the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – It was a promise made and a promise fulfilled to the Cross River State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) as Governor Bassey Otu handed over a 14-seater IVM bus to the Union. The brand-new executive bus, according to the Governor, represented...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Food Security and Nutrition Response Project, (Kyautata Rayuwa) spearheaded by the Catholic Relief Society (CRS) in collaboration with the Bakhita Initiative Joint Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese with funding from Later-Day Saints Charities (CDC) have commissioned a solarized...
TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Determined to rid Benue state of the activities of cyber criminals, the Cybercrime and Narcotics Department of Benue State Police Command has arrested five suspects in connection with a case of impersonation and obtaining under false pretense. A statement by the Police Public Relations...
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), has described XEJet’s commencement of scheduled operations as an indication of the strength and resilience of Nigeria’s aviation industry. Keyamo made the remark during the inaugural Abuja to Lagos flight of the airline on scheduled operations, with its...
The Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) has clinched 15 Chairmanship seats in Saturday’s Local Government Elections in Abia, while the Young Progressives Party (YPP) won two seats. The Chairman of the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC), Prof George Chima, announced the result of the chairmanship poll at the commission’s...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Three schools have emerged winners of the Nigerian Learning Passport Quiz Competition organized by UNICEF in collaboration with the Borno State Government (BOSG) and other partners in Maiduguri on Saturday held at Armani Event Center Maiduguri. El Kanemi College of Theology School won the...
Kemi Badenoch on Saturday won the election to replace Rishi Sunak as leader of the Conservative Party. She is the first person of African heritage to lead the Tories. The Conservative Party announced her win in a post on X on Saturday. ” ANNOUNCED: @KemiBadenoch has been elected Leader...
The acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iliya Damagum, on Saturday, in Ibadan, joined Gov. Seyi Makinde to inaugurate a newly built zonal secretariat of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun state also joined his Oyo...
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian universities to live up to expectations as vanguard of research, teaching and community service to make human life better and fast-track national development. Tinubu made the call at the 9th convocation ceremony of the Federal University Dutsin-ma, Katsina State, on Saturday. Represented by...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has said people of the state have numerous reasons to be thankful to God, despite its challenges and that of the country. Diri spoke at the Ecumenical Centre, Igbogene, Yenagoa, during the 13th Thanksgiving celebration in the state. He said Nov. 2 was enshrined...
The Local Government Elections in Umuahia and Aba areas of Abia took place on Saturday, amidst late delivery of materials and other logistics hitches that delayed voting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in places where materials came early, the voter turnout was impressive but low in...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that suspects arrested during the #Endbadgovernance protest in August 2024 were not remanded in any of its adult custodial centres in Abuja. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Abubakar Umar confirmed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command, has arrested a Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) truck driver, Afeez Adegbola, for allegedly diverting 10,000 litres of petrol belonging to the company. The state Commandant of the Corps, Mr Igbalawole Sotiyo, disclosed this while parading the suspect...
The Ebira community in Ondo State on Saturday endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Nov. 16 governorship election in the state, Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Speaking in Owo, Owo Local Government Area of the state, Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi, who led the gathering of Ebira indigenes,...
A Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, says the state chapter of the party will find its bearing after the yet-to-be-fixed state congresses. Pearse, a former member, Atiku Abubakar 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried the absence of results sheets across the 54 wards that make up the five Local Government Areas of Cross River north in the ongoing council elections in the state. Chief Austin Edibe, the PDP Vice chairman for the northern senatorial district said...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has directed that the case file of the detained ‘Endbadgovernance protesters be transferred to his office. Fagbemi disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said that he noticed that the police have arraigned those...