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President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday reaffirmed the commitment of Nigeria to work with Guinea Bissau and other countries towards sustaining and strengthening democracy and good governance in the sub-region and the entire African continent. President Buhari gave the assurance in the course of a one-day State Visit to the embattled West …

By Cecilia Olgunagba New York, Dec. 7, 2022 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has arrived New York to attend a high-level meeting on African Carbon market in a bid to mobilise funding and technical support for the Nigerian Energy Transition Plan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Osinbajo arrived …

By Philomina Attah Abuja, Dec. 7, The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has confirmed the detention of Oladipo-Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as  D’Banj, over ongoing investigation into diversion of N-Power programme funds. Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, the Commission’s spokesperson said this in a statement issued on Wednesday …

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), that Nigeria will continue to make significant investments in the provision of aviation infrastructure for safe, secure, environmentally friendly and sustainable economic development of international civil aviation. President Buhari made the commitment Tuesday in Abuja when he received in …

The 2022 Annual Congress of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), with the theme DOUBLE PORTION has started on a glorious note at the Redemption City of the Church on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway in Nigeria. The programme kicked off yesterday, Monday, December 5 and will be concluded on Saturday, …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Sokoto directed the Nigerian Armed Forces to remain apolitical and continue to operate within the framework of the constitution to ensure the successful conduct of the 2023 general elections. Declaring open the Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference 2022, the President urged the Army …

The Bayelsa Progressive Vanguard (BPV) has accused a former Bayelsa State Governor and Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva, of politicising the relief materials he claimed he distributed to the flood victims in Bayelsa. The group, in a statement signed by its Coordinator, Daniel Amasentei, said its investigations …

Nigerian military fighter jets have eliminated seven wanted Zamfara terrorists’ kingpins, PRNigeria reports. The notorious bandits were eliminated in Kaduna State by airstrikes of two Nigerian Air Force, NAF, attack jets. PRNigeria gathered that those killed included Jibrin Gurgu, Isah Jauro and Tambowal from Zamfara State. Other kingpins eliminated are …

General Overseer (G.O) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, other Ministers and Christians from across the world, Friday, December 2, 2022, raised their voices in passionate pleas to God to have mercy on individuals, families, the Church and the nation Nigeria. The occasion was the …

Despite attempts to deny or downplay receipts of various huge sums of money from the President Muhammadu Buhari government, as sundry refunds, as revealed recently by Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, the Presidency has released details of the monies paid to the nine oil-producing states of the country in …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that one of its offices in Imo State has been attacked and set ablaze by yet to be identified persons. The Commission, in a statement by Festus Okoye Esq., its National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said the incident …

The one week fasting and prayer programme, declared by the General Overseer (G.O) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, ends today, Friday, December 2, 2022, with a mega praise and prayer session at the Redemption City on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria starting at 7:00PM, …

By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, Dec. 1, 2022 Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex socio-cultural organisation of the Igbo people, has condemned killings in parts of Enugu and Ebonyi states. Chairman, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Council of Elders, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, condemned the killings while addressing newsmen in Owerri, on Thursday. Iwuanyanwu, an elder …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Dec. 1, 2022 The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, says lack of internal democracy in political parties has become a persistent threat to Nigeria’s democracy. Anyim said this at the 2022 Annual Political Parties Summit  organised by the …

Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate for the 2023 general elections has expressed shock at the brutal killing of Mrs. Victoria Chintex, the Party’s Women Leader in Kaura, Kaduna State. Mr. Obi, in a tweet, stressed that such senseless loss of innocent lives across the country was …

By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, Nov. 29, 2022 Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has said that its support for the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, was based on its desire for equity, justice and fairplay in the country. The President General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Amb. …

By Philomina Attah Abuja, Nov. 29, 2022 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said it was an error to think that corruption pays. Osinbajo said this in Abuja at the unveiling of the Operation Manuals for Integrity and Zero Tolerance Clubs, organised by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). …

By Suleiman Shehu Ibadan, Nov. 28, 2022 The Oyo State wing of the Southwest Security Network (Amotekun Corps) has recovered AK-47 rifles, military camouflage and other items hidden in a forest in the state by suspected kidnappers. Commandant of the corps in Oyo State, retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, told newsmen …

• Insecurity, political instability, Russia-Ukraine war biggest concerns facing the region   President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday in Abuja, reminded legislators of the ECOWAS parliament on the need to align their programmes with those of the founding fathers of the sub-regional body. The President, who stated this at the opening session of …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that one of its offices in Ebonyi State has been set ablaze by as yet unidentified arsonists. A statement yesterday, Sunday, November 27, 2022, by Festus Okoye Esq., National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said that the incident occurred around 10.00 …

Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) signing the Oath and Allegiance of Office on Sunday as the sixth executive governor of Osun.   Stories by Victor Adeoti Osogbo, Nov. 27, 2022 Sen. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was on Sunday sworn in as the …

One Nasiru Idris, found in possession of 101 Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) has been sentenced to one year in prison by a Magistrate Court in Sokoto while another man, arrested by the Police in Kano State, who was found to be in possession of 367 PVCs has been charged to …

Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has appealed to Nigerians to interrogate those who seek to lead them in order to appraise their qualifications for the job. Obi said this while speaking weekend at the Annual Conference of the Nigeria Institute of Architects at the International …

The one week fasting and prayer programme, declared by the General Overseer (G.O) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, starts tomorrow, Saturday November 26, 2022, and will end on Friday, December 2, 2022. Citing 2 Chronicles 7:13-14, Pastor Adeboye had said that there is …

By Busayo Onijala Lagos, Nov. 25, 2022 The U.S. Mission has expanded the eligibility period for nonimmigrant visa renewals from 24 months to 48 months.   This was made known in a statement made available on Friday evening. According to the mission, applicants whose previous U.S. visa expired within the …