The Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi, has said Nigerians are not ripe to be allowed to bear arms. Dr. Audi made the observation when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. He said: “I strongly...
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The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has assured Nigerians that rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery would soon be completed and that the plant would refine 60,000 barrels of crude by early 2023. Sylva gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen in New York at the...
The Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, has assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari will deliver on his pledge to the world leaders by delivering credible, free and fair elections in 2023. Gambari gave the assurance on Wednesday while reacting to President Buhari’s statement at the ongoing...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained that 7 million Nigerians who pre-registered in the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise suspended on the 31st of July 2022, were NOT deliberately denied the opportunity to complete their registration. The clarification came on the...
The Archbishop Metropolitan and Primate of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, His Grace Henry Ndukuba, has advised Nigerians to vote for the birth of a new Nigeria during the forthcoming 2023 elections. Ndukuba gave the advice at the meeting of the Nigeria Anglican Communion Standing Committee, on Wednesday...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has delisted 1.1 million fresh registrants ahead of the 2023 general elections. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said this in a statement on Tuesday. “As Nigerians are aware, the cleaning up of the register of voters...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has detected many double, multiple and ineligible registration in the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) held between Jan. 1 and July 31. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, made the declaration in a statement issued on Monday...
The Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) on Saturday held a one-million-man walk in support of Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, in the 2023 General Elections. The participants marched from the gate of Fiwasaye Girls Grammar School, Akure, along Old Owo Road, to Ilesha Garage on FUTA Road,...
The Presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has pledged that he would meet the expectations of the party and Nigerians when elected president in 2023. Abubakar made the promise during his remarks at the PDP 97 National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Thursday....
The Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, Sen. Olalekan Mustapha, has assured Nigerians that the conduct of 2023 general elections would be guided by Electoral Act, 2022. Mustapha (APC-Ogun East) gave the assurance on Wednesday when he led other members of the committee on a courtesy visit to...
Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says no eligible Nigerian will be left out in the electoral processes leading to the 2023 general election. Yakubu said this at the presentation of the 2022 Revised Framework and Regulations for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Voting,...
A Labour Party chieftain, Pat Utomi, has said Peter Obi’s presidential campaign team will set up donation portals which will be made public by next week. “It is those young people who will give from their allowances, what they earn working here; $10 but these portals are not up...
From all indications, 2023 promises to be a major turning point for Nigeria and its 220+ million people. It is a year that should decide so many issues in this crudely welded entity of so unlike minds. 2023 will prove beyond a doubt if the British in fact made...
Nigerians who travelled to Dubai were detained at the airport and their passports were seized. One of the affected passengers shared a video from the airport. It shows Nigerians demanding answers after their passports were seized without explanation. Others are seen sitting in an empty area as they waited...
The Nigerians in the U.S. intend to hold a debate for all the presidential candidates that are contesting the February 25, 2023 presidential election. The presidential debate, tagged “The Diaspora Listens”, is scheduled to hold on November 26, 2022 virtually, according to a statement signed by Mr Olayinka DanSalami,...
Many Nigerians living in diaspora have reservations against buying and owning a property in Nigeria. Your fears are valid! People living abroad have gone through a lot of traumatizing situations in an attempt to be a property owner in Nigeria. Mrs. Abiola has been scammed twice just to buy...
The President of Trade Union Congress (TUC), Mr Festus Osifo, has said Nigerians are not averse to the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) but waiting for the government to win their trust over the issue. Osifo spoke during a panel session at the Association of Energy...
When millions of people are cheated for too long, restitution becomes not just a costly process but substantial in financial and human terms; inferior education, poor housing, unemployment, poor healthcare facilities-Martin Luther King Jr. It is not only a barefaced truth that Nigeria’s youngest citizens have crawled out of...
Veteran Nigerian rapper, Eedris AbdulKareem kicked off the weekly trend with the sad story of his health challenges which he shared during a colloquium held on Aug. 14 at Freedom Park, Lagos. Eedris, 48, was recently diagnosed with kidney failure, and the colloquium organised by Unchained Vibes Africa and...