By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Nigerian Police Retirees across the country have lamented the ordeal its members have been passing through the Contributory Pension Scheme PENCOM, describing its as enslavement. The Police Retirees in a statement on Monday which was signed by Bar. Ofem Mbang the National Legal...
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Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged President Bola Tinubu to prioritise provision of basic amenities nationwide. Osodeke gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ota, Ogun. The ASUU president was speaking against...
The Ogun Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Monday organised a special prayer in honor of democracy hero, late MKO Abiola, in far away Saudi Arabia. This is contained in a statement by the State Amirul Hajj, Prof. Kamaldeen Balogun, from Saudi Arabia and made available to newsmen in Abeokuta...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has pledged to establish mega sprinkler Irrigation projects in 6 LGAs of the state in order to boost agricultural production and development of the state. Governor Zulum made the pledge on Monday in Maidugiri while inspecting completed capital...
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Monday, urged Nigerians, irrespective of tribe, religion and colour, to unite and build the country. Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, made the call at the 30th Anniversary of June 12, 1993 Election at the Late Chief M.K.O...
As Nigeria marks yet another democracy day on June 12, pundits have continued to evaluate the significance of that day to the nation’s struggle for freedom and representative governance. Former President Muhammadu Buhari had, on June 6, 2018, declared June 12 as Nigeria’s democracy day instead of May 29....
Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has advised President Bola Tinubu to tackle insecurity and other vices in the country. President of ECWA, Rev. Stephen Baba-Panya, gave the advice in a statement issued in Jos on Monday to commemorate the 2023 Democracy Day. Baba-Panya, who decried the spate of killings,...
Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Mr Ade Adetimehin, has assured Nigerians that they will soon begin to reap the gains of the President Bola Tinubu-led administration ‘Renewed Hope Agenda’. Adetimehin, in his goodwill message on the 2023 Democracy Day issued in Akure, said that the pains which trailed...
Civil servants in Benue will soon heave a sigh of relief, as Gov. Hyacinth Alia has assured them of payment of salaries by 25th of every month, beginning from June. Alia gave the assurance during his Democracy Day broadcast on Monday in Makurdi. “Indeed, as from 25th of this month,...
Premium Times Books, the book publishing arm of the Premium Times Group, is pleased to announce the release of a new title, Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria. The book, written by Omoniyi P. Ibietan, is officially making its way to physical and online bookshop...
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has pledged that the state will witness an ‘aggressive’ execution of life-touching projects in his second tenure. Mohammed made the promise on Monday in his goodwill message on the occasion of the 2023 Democracy Day. According to him, all ongoing projects will be...
Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has pardoned 80 inmates in various correctional centres in the state. The governor also approved the immediate payment of their fines, to enable the inmates rejoin their families. A statement by Alhaji Abubakar Usman, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), in Minna on Monday,...
Mrs Khadijah Okunnu-Lamidi, former presidential aspirant of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the 2023 elections, has charged government on protecting the voices and dignity of all citizens to enjoy dividends of democracy. Okunnu-Lamidi made the call in a statement titled: “Nigeria In Transition” on Monday in Lagos to...
TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON JUNE 12, 2023. Fellow Nigerians,
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – As Nigeria celebrates her 24 years of uninterrupted Democracy, the Nasarawa State chapter of the ruling All progressives Congress (APC), has assured of more better days ahead. A statement by party on Sunday evening said the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the...
A few years ago, I saw a post on the popular social networking site Twitter asking Nigerians what the “Nigerian Dream” means to them. Curious, I checked the comments to see what Nigerians consider the Nigerian Dream. Most respondents said the Nigerian Dream is to get an international passport...
Retired Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, a former Military President, has tasked Nigerian leaders to explore the gains of June 12, 1993 Presidential Election, toward deepening democracy in the country. Babangida spoke in Minna with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Nigeria’s democracy and the journey so far. “The gains...
Mr Dele Alake, Special Adviser on Media and Communication of the defunct APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), has assured that Nigerians in the Diaspora will be carried along in President Bola Tinubu’s administration. He gave the assurance at a Pre-Democracy Day world news conference where he represented President Tinubu...
Mr Boss Mustapha, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), says the hands of God are never too short to deliver Nigeria from whatever challenges it may be going through. He made the assertion at the 2022 Democracy Day interdenominational church service, held at the Abuja Christian...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has paid tribute to the heroes and heroines of Nigeria democracy, particularly those who sacrificed their lives in the struggle to enthrone democracy in the country. The party paid the tribute in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Agbo Major, in...