By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Executive Vice Chairman/ CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) Professor Umar Garba Danbatta has called on Nigerians to explore opportunities in the Digital Economy to eradicate poverty in the country. Professor Danbatta made the call on Thursday while addressing the 9th Lagos Public Relations...
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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...
Nigerians have been urged to make the right choice in 2023 election as the wrong choice will consume the whole nation. Former President Olusegun Obasanjomade the call when he spoke at the Wilson Badejo Foundation’s 15th annual lecture with the theme, ‘Overcoming the twin challenge of poverty and insecurity...
Dr Nuradeen Abdullahi, Coordinator, Kano Territorial Office of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said that the agency received 13 Nigerians from Khartoum, Sudan. Abdullahi disclosed this while receiving the returnees in Kano on Tuesday. The returnees arrived at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport at about 3:00 p.m. on...
A group, Yoruba Muslim Youths Organisation (YMYO) has urged the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to allow Nigerians to make their choice in 2023, without persecution. This is contained in a statement by Coordinator, YMYO, Alhaji Muritala Abdulsalam in Ibadan on Tuesday. Abdulsalam was reacting to attacks by CAN...
Prominent Nigerians have applauded the high quality production of a stage play “A Truth in Time”, to celebrate the time and life of Emir Sanusi. The play was written by Ahmed Yerima, a Professor of Drama at the Redeemer University, Ede, and produced by Mr Joseph Edgar, Executive Chairman,...
It was Day 9 at the ongoing Commonwealth Games and athletes have continued to churn out more medals for Nigeria as the event entered its final stages. Wrestling dominated the bulk of the medals on Saturday as Para table tennis, Para athletics and athletes in other sports continued to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has alerted the general public to a well-orchestrated smear campaign against JAMB and its management. The Head, Public Affairs and Protocol of JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in statement on Thursday. Dr Benjamin said the sinister campaign...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – MTN Nigeria Communications PLC has announced its launch of Home Broadband services to accelerate broadband penetration in alignment with the Federal Government’s plan to achieve over 70% broadband penetration by 2025. The Chief Operating Officer, MTN Nigeria Communications PLC, Hassan Jaber, said in a...
The Federal Government says it has not removed subsidy on the Premuim Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as fuel. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, disclosed this while speaking with journalists on Monday in Abuja. The minister spoke on the sidelines of the Nigerian Midstream and...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has alerted Nigerians on the emergence of a fake online site urging Nigerians to enroll for their voters’ card registration. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Commission suspended the Continuous Voter’s Registration (CVR) exercise. The National...
Dr Camellus Ezeugwu, an Interventional Cardiologist and the founder of Heart Diseases Prevention and Training Centre, Nsukka, says detecting heart-related diseases early will help prevent sudden death. Ezeugwu said this in Nsukka on Monday during a workshop organised for staff of the centre. The News Agency of Nigeria reports...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has cautioned the general public to be vigilant and circumspect not to deal with scam artists who pose as recruitment agents for the Service and collect huge sums of money from unsuspecting victims with the promise to provide...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday said the Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) for persons captured in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) would be ready in October and November. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner, Information and Publicity, disclosed this while monitoring the concluding segment of the...
In the face of rising demand for foreign exchange for both goods and services by Nigerians, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised Nigerians to resist the urge of succumbing to the speculative activities of some players in the foreign exchange market. Speaking with newsmen in Abuja on...
Dubai has reportedly banned visa applications for Nigerians over the viral fight in Satwa. The ban comes after some African immigrants, some Nigerians, caused chaos in the UAE. A video from the incident shows young men with machetes wreaking havoc in the neighbourhood at night. They broke the side windows...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Sundays expressed his deep gratitude to Nigerians and everyone following his recent successful surgery. Prof. Osinbajo underwent a surgical operation on Saturday, July 16, at the Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos. Prof. Osinbajo in a statement said: “My...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked Senator Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to withdraw from the 2023 presidential election. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this at a press conference on Friday in Abuja. Mr. Ologunagba said the party believed that the APC presidential...
A Bill seeking to make Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result valid for four years has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The Amendment of the JAMB Act was sponsored by Rep. Tolulope Sadipe (APC-Oyo), at the plenary on Thursday. Leading the debate, Sadipe said many...
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, said on Wednesday that the recent total National Grid Collapse is too much for the Nigerian people to bear. Atiku while stressing that the grid collapse on Wednesday is the 6th time it has...