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Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has stated that Nigeria is falling apart under the Government of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Secondus made the claims on Monday while speaking at a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) mega rally…
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the COVID-19 has fixed December 3 as the take-off date for the second stream of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The Chairman of the PTF, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this during the task force’s media briefing…
The Federal Government on Monday in Abakiliki launched the Transporters Track programme for the South-East zone. The programme is under the National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Survival Fund and Guaranteed Off-Take Stimulus Scheme. A member of the Board of Trustees…
The Federal Government (FG) through the Ministry of Interior, on Monday, provided an update on the ongoing recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The Ministry informed the general public that the Computer…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has announced that beneficiaries of diaspora remittances through the international monetary transfer operators (IMTO) will now receive such inflows in foreign currency (US Dollar) through the designated bank of their choice. CBN in a statement signed by…
A security expert and political analyst, Lekan Jackson-Ojo, has described the alleged plan to make the former President Goodluck Jonathan stage a comeback to the presidency as a gimmick of the Northern political elite. He said that the present ruling “APC came…
Real estate experts in Nigeria have tasked the Federal Government to explore options of investing in rural-urban housing development to support the nation’s economic growth. The developers say if Nigeria must succeed in its quest to reverse the current recession, then the…
Some aggrieved Nigerians on Monday called for the immediate resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari. They made the call following the spate of insecurity in the country and Boko Haram’s latest killings in Borno State. Recall that Boko Haram terrorists had beheaded over…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that membership registration and revalidation has been scheduled to begin from Dec. 12 to Jan. 9, 2021. NAN reports that Gov. Mai Mala Buni, Chairman, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee made this known…
The Nigerian Government, through the Federal Ministry of Health, on Monday inaugurated a committee on the provision of health insurance for retirees and the elderly in society. The event was organised by the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. The Ministry of Health,…
Three persons have been sentenced to death by hanging in Ondo State for their involvement in the kidnap two Reverend Sisters and a driver. The convicts, Reuben Akinbehinje, John Imoleayo Uche and Seun Iseoluwa Akintan were found guilty of the crime by…
The Rivers State government will soon present the 2021 Appropriation Bill of over four hundred and forty-eight billion naira to the State House of Assembly. State Commissioner for Finance, Isaac Kamalu dropped the hint while briefing newsmen at the Government House Port…
Former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has advised the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to immediately change its strategy in dealing with insecurity in Nigeria. Duke speaking on Channels TV on Sunday was reacting to the recent killing of farmers in…
As the rumour of defection of more Nigerian Governors continues to trend in the media following the defection of the Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi to the All Progressives Congress, and with the claim by a former Governor of Abia State, Chief…
Senator Ali Ndume has eulogised former President Goodluck Jonathan. At the weekend in Abuja, he apologized for criticising his adminisration strongly. The Borno South lawmaker stated: “Nigerians don’t value what they have until they lose it.” Ndume made the comment at the…
Information currently in circles and on social media has it that Big Brother Naija 2020 winner, Laycon is set to tour the oil rich Akwa Ibom State on December, 2 to 3, 2020. The GoTV Tour in Uyo is as part of…
Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Mohammed, has said the country is at the mercy of terrorists because the country is being denied access to acquire needed weapons to fight insurgency. Mohammed stated this on Monday in Makurdi, the Benue…
The controversy over the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, election, in Enugu State is far from over. ND REPORTERS reports that the election, which first held several months ago, was annulled after it turned violent. It led to an intervention by the NMA…
The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has described the alleged brutal killings of farmers by Boko Haram terrorists as a manifestation of a failed government. ND REPORTERS had reported that some rice farmers while working on rice farms in Koshobe, Borno State…
Olusegun Bamgbose, Esq., National Coordinator, Concerned Advocates for Good Governance, CAGG, has said that Muhammadu Buhari is no longer fit to be called the President of Nigeria. According to Bamgbose, the intractable insecurity in the nation has clearly shown, that Buhari has…
A former Adviser on National Assembly Matters to ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan, Senator Mohammed Abba Aji has called on the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria to exonerate former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon from the allegation of siphoning of…
Villa Marina Hotel, a three-star hotel base in the Oil city of Eket in Akwa Ibom State celebrated its 20th Anniversary yesterday with award of scholarship to indigenes of host communities studying at different levels in Tertiary institutions. The Award which came…
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said the 43 farmers killed by Boko Haram on Saturday, did not have military clearance to be on the rice farms when the attack happened. Shehu stated…
The Ebonyi state Police Command has warned against the illegal use of sirens and tinted vehicles in the state. The command also warned against covering of vehicles number plates by unauthorized persons. Mr Philip Maku, Ebonyi Police Commissioner, in a statement by…
The Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Ben Kalu has disclosed that the House will consider the deregistration of political parties that fail to submit their audited accounts to the Independent National Electronic Commission (INEC) in the new electoral bill. Kalu stated…
A Former minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has called for an assessment of the physical and mental capability of President Muhammadu Buhari over the affairs of the nation. Ezekweili demanded that a medical panel be set up to assess the President, adding…
A 50-year-old man has been nabbed in Akure, the Ondo State capital for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl. The culprit, Kamoru Smaila committed the act at Adelabu street, Danjuma axis of Akure South Local Government area of the State. Smaila, who was…
Former Abia State Commissioner of Finance, Mr. Obinna Oriaku and ex-commissioner for Works and Transport, Hon. George Nnanna Kalu have dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State. Speaking while being received into the APC…
Biafra Nations League, BNL, has condemned the bomb attack at a church in Port Harcourt, Rivers State attended by the father of Governor Nyesom Wike. The group described the incident as evil, adding that religious centres deserves to be respected and excluded…
The 2018 local government council chairmen in Imo State, who served under former Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha have rescinded their decision to forcefully take over offices of the 27 LGAs. The take over was earlier scheduled for today, November 30, 2020. In…
Teachers in Esan North-East Local Government Area have issued a 7-day ultimatum to the Acting Education Secretary, local government education authority, Oseghale Mary to reverse the deployment and subsequent demotion of one Ikiakhele Agatha, the head teacher of Efandion primary school in…
A Former minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has called for an assessment of the physical and mental capability of President Muhammady Buhari over the affairs of the nation. Ezekweili demanded that a medical panel be set up to assess the President, adding…
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has said there is nothing wrong with calls for the restructuring of the country, but insists getting rid of hunger and poverty is more critical to the federal government. Amaechi stated this on Sunday, while speaking…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for an emergency meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC). The agenda would include evaluating the performance of its Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee and also look at extending its six-month mandate which ends by…
A former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke has alleged that most weapons used by Boko Haram terrorists are obtained from security operatives. Duke said this, even as he called on the federal government to investigate the security forces and flush…
A PDP Chieftain and current Commissioner for Information in Abia State, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, has said that the State will never be surrendered to those he described as “political hatchet men masquerading as opposition politicians in the state”. Chief Okiyi stated…
A former presidential candidate in the last general elections, Kingsley Moghalu has said President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is not capable of protecting Nigerians. Moghalu said this on Sunday while reacting to the killing of 43 farmers by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has arrested one Mary Ime, a resident of Umoh Obot in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, who reportedly butchered her mother, Eka Ime on Friday, 27th November, 2020, and sliced…
Bianca Ojukwu, Nigeria’s former Ambassador to Spain, has opened up on what her late husband, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, told her about Nigeria’s unity and survival as a political entity. Mrs. Bianca Ojukwu said her late husband always lamented the fact that Nigeria…
Popular Nigerian rapper, Illbliss, on Saturday called out those responsible for the eight months strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Illbliss said Karma would visit all those in the position of power who allowed ASUU strike to linger for…
The Bayelsa State Government has ordered that the medical bills of the victims of a shooting by police personnel in the Etegwe/Edepie area of the state capital, Yenagoa be settled. NAN reports that some policemen in a patrol van had reportedly inflicted…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has rescued no fewer than 83 victims of human trafficking in Ondo State. With three suspected traffickers currently being prosecuted at various courts in the state, the agency disclosed that the…
Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has lambasted the United States, United Kingdom Ambassadors to Nigeria and the International Criminal Court (ICC), over their silence in the recent massacres in Obigbo, Rivers and Borno States. Kanu lamented that these…
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has confirmed that the nation’s electricity grid experienced multiple trippings on Sunday morning, which led to the collapse of the system. Mrs. Ndidi Mbah, the TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, in a statement on Sunday also…
Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has condemned the killing of over 40 farmers by Boko Haram in Borno State. Gbajabiamila called for more military action against Boko Haram insurgents, adding that the lives of the farmers should not…
Nigeria has been plunged into total blackout following the collapse of the nation’s power grid. The power grid was said to have collapsed in the early hours of Sunday. Eko Electricity Distribution Company, confirmed the collapse of the national grid collapse on…
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to urgently call Dave Umahi, the Governor of Ebonyi State to order so as to avoid crisis in the state….
The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria, Mr. Osita Okechukwu has urged a former National Vice Chairman, South-South, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Hon Hilliard Eta to withdraw the suit he filed against the party. Eta is before the Federal High Court…
The caretaker committee chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Fred Udogu, at the weekend, said his party will appeal the court judgment which restrained the national working committee, NWC, of PDP from dissolving the former executive of the party in…
Mixed reactions have continued to trail plans by the private sector Coalition Against COVID -19 (CACOVID), to spend N100 billion in rehabilitating all the 44 damaged and destroyed police stations nationwide, during the End SARS protests. Some respondents, who spoke with the…
The Provost of Abia State College of Education Technical Arochukwu, Dr. Phillips Nto has described as mischievous and misleading an insinuation that Governor Okezie Ikpeazu was not performing. Nto said the governor has positively transformed the state in the areas of education,…