President Muhammadu Buhari has once again issued fresh directives to security agencies to rescue all those in captivity across the country and advance the acquisition of intelligence. The National Security Adviser, Babagana Munguno disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the National Security Council meeting held on Thursday and...
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Ex-Anambra State Governor and Presidential aspirant, Peter Obi has promised to turn the country around in four years if elected into office in 2023. Mr Obi stated this in Awka, Anambra State capital during the Anambra Central Senatorial District stakeholders’ briefing/town hall meeting organised by Senator Uche Ekwunife to...
The President of Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide, Arogungbogunmi, Pastor Henry Ojo, has said that God told him that only two of the presidential aspirants who have disclosed their intentions so far have the love of the country at heart. He urged Nigerians to shun ethnic and religious sentiments by...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mr. Martins Griffiths has allocated US$15 million emergency funding from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support urgently needed humanitarian assistance in north-east Nigeria. “The food security and nutrition situation is deteriorating,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – For Nigeria to continue to be relevant as a major player in the global oil and gas industry, it must come up with innovative ways of exploiting and exploring its abundant oil and gas. The minister of Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva stated this on...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has said that Dubai, United Arab Emirate (UAE), had now become the destination of choice of victims of human trafficking. Mr. Nduka Nwanwenne, Zonal Commander, NAPTIP, Benin Zonal Command, made the disclosure on Wednesday, in Benin, at the...
Bode George, chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the party will be “roundly defeated” in the 2023 presidential election if zoning is jettisoned. The PDP is yet to make a decision on which region of the country will produce the party’s 2023 presidential candidate. The development has...
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received 158 Nigerian returnees from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The Director-General of the Agency, Alhaji Mustapha Habib, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Habib said that the returnees were...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has called on all the party’s presidential aspirants not to attack one another in the course of seeking its ticket. The Party’s National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, made the call when the NWC gave audience to one of the presidential...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to resist agents of destabilisation. He said the agents were bent on causing a breakdown of law and order in the country, assuring that no individual or group would be allowed to destabilise Nigeria. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has called on Distribution Companies (DisCos) to respect the rights of electricity consumers. The Commission also urged the companies to be mindful of their commitments to customers in this period of severe electricity shortages and customer...
Nigerians should stop looking for consensus candidate and look for “problem solvers’’ as presidential materials for 2023. Mr Peter Obi, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential aspirant made the declaration at Abakaliki on Tuesday, while addressing newsmen during his consultation with PDP faithful in Ebonyi. “Nigerians want a person who...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has lambasted the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) accusing it of paying lip service to the myriad of challenges facing the country. Governor Wike also decried the lack of capacity of the ruling party in the management of the...
The Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa on Agriculture, Mr Aneke Ifemeni, has assured that the state will become Nigeria’s major coconut producing hub. Ifemeni, who made this known while speaking with journalists on Monday in Asaba, also assured coconut farmers that coconut business has come to stay...
Legal icon and elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola, says an interim government should replace the current administration at the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari tenure in 2023. Babalola told a news conference in Ado-Ekiti on Monday that the interim government should be in office for six months to chart...
Nigeria’s under-17 women national football team on Sunday defeated they Egyptian counterparts 4-0 in their third round first leg match in the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifying Competition. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah has criticized the inability of President MUhammadu Buhari led administration to tackle the rising wave of insecurity bedeviling the country. Bishop Kukah noted that if genuine and urgent actions to halt the ever increasing degree...
Osinbajo prays for restoration of peace, prosperity in Nigeria as Christians celebrate Easter Sunday
Osinbajo prays for restoration of peace, prosperity in Nigeria as Christians celebrate Easter Sunday
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – As Christians in Nigeria join other faithful worldwide to celebrate Easter Sunday, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has assured Nigerians of the restoration of peace and a more prosperous future for all regardless of current challenges. Prof. Osinbajo stated this today in a chat with...
Shatta Bandle is reportedly one of the richest and most influential social media celebrities in Ghana, the young billionaire has recently shared a new video on social media. In addition, the video clip was shared through the verified Instagram account of Shatta Bandle the moment he was showing off...
PDP Presidential aspirant and Rivers governor Nyesom Wike has said that he would replicate Rivers’ socio-economic growth and infrastructural development at the centre, if elected President in 2023. Wike said this on Saturday in Jos when he addressed delegates expected to decide the fate of Peoples Democratic Party aspirants...