By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor and chairman of the Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election committee, Governor Usman Ododo, has commended stakeholders and members of the party in Ondo state for their orderly conduct and massive turnout during the direct primary election...
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…Pledges to Transform Nigeria into a Gas-powered Nation…. By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Group Chief Executive Officer, NNPC Ltd, Mr. Mele Kyari has been honoured with the Energy Times’ GCEO of the Year Award in recognition of his commitment to accountability, transparency, and performance excellence. Chief Corporate Communications Officer...
Police in Oyo State have commenced investigation into the kidnapping of Pastor of Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Olugbenga Olawore and 14 others. Olawore and other passengers of a 14-seater bus were kidnapped along Lanlate-Eruwa road on Friday in Oyo State. The Command Public Relations Officer, SP...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Executives of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the South-South region of Nigeria, Saturday, convened in Calabar to discuss crucial political issues bothering the zone, with Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State presiding over the meeting, having been recently conferred leader...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In his avowed commitment to football development, Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu has made a 100 percent increment of subvention to the State-owned soccer team, Rovers Football Club of Calabar. The Governor, who thanked the management and players of Rovers Football Club for...
The immediate past Ebonyi State Governor, Sen. David Umahi, has said he is happy that his successor, Gov. Francis Nwifuru ,still honours him after leaving office. Umahi said this while speaking with newsmen after being conferred with an honorary doctorate degree by the Ebonyi State University on Saturday...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun investigation of 11 suspected oil thieves and one vessel, MT SAISNIL II, arrested by the Nigerian Navy. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Dele Oyewole, confirmed this on Saturday in a statement. Oyewole said that the suspects...
No fewer than 11 persons lost their lives while 16 others were injured, with one person rescued unhurt in an auto crash at Gaya junction along the Kano – Maiduguri road. The Kano State FRSC Sector Commander, Ibrahim Sallau-Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement issued by the Connand’s spokesperson,...
Two persons died while three others were injured in an auto crash on the Ijebu Ode-Ore Road on Friday. On Saturday, two persons died while five others were injured in another auto crash on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Spokesperson of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun, Mrs Florence...
Some All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirants in Saturday’s primary election in Ondo State, have decried the conduct of the exercise. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Okitipupa and Ilutitun, the aspirants said that inadequate preparation marred the election, which did...
Executive Director, Peers Advocacy and Advancement Centre (PAACA), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, has urged the Labour Party (LP) to deepen its democratic structures and practices, to overcome the crisis facing it. Nwagwu made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the U.S. House of Representatives and House Speaker Mike Johnson for approving billions in military aid for Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s war. “I am grateful to the United States House of Representatives, both parties, and personally the Speaker for the decision that...
The Federal College of Education (FCE), Zaria has set up a committee to investigate activities of 12 students suspected to be members of a cult gang. The suspected cultists were arrested and handed over to the police for further investigation. Dr Suleiman Balarabe, the institution’s Provost, disclosed this...
The Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of a state-of-technology Offshore Survey Vessel, OSV 115, designed and built by a French shipbuilding company, OCEA SA. It is a 35m-long vessel built for scientific hydro-graphic and oceanographic missions and equipped with progressive technology, including medium or shallow water multi-beam echo...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Tunde Onakoya on setting a new world chess record and putting up Nigeria’s resilience, self-belief, and ingenuity for global acclaim. The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Saturday in Abuja....
President Bola Tinubu has described the former governor of Anambra, Chukwuemeka Ezeife, as a true son of the soil who fought for the peace and unity of Nigeria. Tinubu made the remarks as Ezeife’s remains were laid to rest on Saturday in his Igbo-Ukwu country home, Aguata Local...
Vice President Kashim Shettima has expressed optimism that the Naira would continue to appreciate against dollar at the forex market. Spokesperson of the Vice-President, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement on Saturday, said Shettima stated this at a meeting with officials of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and...
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Mohammed Ndarani has called on the National Assembly to draft a new constitution instead of panel-beating the 1999 constitution made by the military regime. Ndarani said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while reacting to his submission...
Cross River State Government on Saturday dismissed as untrue a survey report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that it had the highest incidence of child labour in the country. The NBS had stated in the report that of the 24.6 million children in child labour in...
The police have detained a female police officer, who was the aide-de-camp to the embattled former Kogi State Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello, over allegations of being part of the security aides that obstructed the arrest of the former governor in Abuja. The ADC was arrested alongside other police...