Olusegun Obasanjo, the former President of Nigeria, has advised the country’s leadership to deal with deep cultural and physiological problems to deepen democracy. Obasanjo gave the advice on Thursday during the 2023 Port Harcourt City International Conference in Port Harcourt. Obasanjo also commended the organisers of the conference for...
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A chieftain of Labour Party (LP) Chief Mike Nwankwo says housing needs of Nigerians especially the civil servants will be given priority if Peter Obi wins the Feb.25 presidential election. Nwankwo, a Director, Administration in the Peter Obi/Datti Ahmed Presidential Campaign Council, made the disclosure in an interview with...
Growing up, there was this expression we took both as a joke and a rebuke for one exaggerating: no one who examines him or herself has ever failed. This maxim filled the mind while hearing or reading President Muhammadu Buhari score himself as excellent. Mr. President came away with...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The United States Government has threatened to impose visa restrictions on individuals found in acting of undermining the Nigerian 2023 general elections U.S. Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken made the announcement in a statement released by the U.S Mission in Abuja on Wednesday. Blinken...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has expressed displeasure over the current fuel scarcity ravaging various parts of the country, barely four weeks to Feb. 25 general elections. Tinubu, while addressing thousands of APC members during his presidential campaign in Abeokuta, Ogun on...
Nigerian traders in Adamawa State have stopped business transactions with the old Naira notes of N1,000, N500 and N200 ahead of the official deadline of Jan. 31. Some of the traders confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Yola. They expressed difficulties in getting...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has organised a Future Assured Cardiac Mission to intervene in attenuating the rampant cases of heart disease, which have burdened many Nigerians. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that The Mission, which engaged some of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cautioned Nigerians against the use of the drug — Weight Rapid Loss Capsule. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, gave the warning in an alert with No. 049/2022issued to newsmen on...
Some bank customers have decried scarcity of the redesigned N1,000, N500 and N200 notes in Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) and Other Financial Institutions (OFIs). This is coming barely nine days to the Jan. 31 deadline to stop the use of the old notes of the redesigned denominations as legal...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, charged the people of Jigawa to vote for responsive and responsible leadership in the 2023 general election. Mr Tunde Rahman, the Tinubu’s Media Officer, said this in a statement on Saturday in...
Music Artist, known as Mr Innocent Idibia and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have called on youths and politicians to shun violence before, during and after the general elections so that votes could count . They made the call on Friday in Abuja when the music artist led...
The Catholic Bishops of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province say for the desired change in the country, Nigerians must vote for leaders who will be true patriots and servants of the people. The bishops also advised the electorate to ensure that whoever would lead the country must be responsive to the...
The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and vote for the APC in the upcoming general elections in February. Tinubu made the call in Ilorin on Tuesday at the APC Presidential campaign rally held...
The Serving Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC), Pastor Tunde Bakare, says he foresees a new Nigeria after the forthcoming general elections. Bakare, who doubles as the Convener, Save Nigeria Group (SNG), stated this during his State of the Nation address, which also doubled as his new year...
Two NGOs, African Bridge Initiative and Initiative of Change Nigeria have begged voter card registrants to go pick up their permanent voters card. The two NGO’s urged the public to take advantage of the deadline extension for the collection of the Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) by the electoral body...
Nigerians have been urged to consider voting for the Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, in the forthcoming elections based on his personal capability to salvage the country. The Chairman, South-East Council of Traditional rulers, Igwe Lawrence Agubuzu, made the plea on Friday when Obi paid a...
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential candidate, Dumebi Kachikwu, has revealed why Nigerians should try something different and vote for him in the February 25 election. Mr. Kachikwu said his more popular opponents, Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed confidence that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the State, Engr Titus Uba will do well when elected governor of the State on March 11th this year. Governor Ortom stated this Wednesday in his remarks...
The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) has urged the public to protect their bank details, to prevent being victims of cybercrime. The PSFU spokesperson, SP. Eyitayo Johnson, made the call while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. He said that the unit had...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Bola Tinubu, has said that votes cast for him on Feb. 25 shall secure the future of Nigerians. Speaking at the APC Presidential Rally at the Moshood Abiola Democracy Park, on Saturday in Akure, Tinubu said that his “Renewed...