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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, May 26, 2022, met with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) before departing Abuja to participate in the African Union Extra-ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, with special focus on security. Vice President Osinbajo is participating in …

By Ijendu Iheaka Aba (Abia) Prof. Maduike Ezeibe has called on Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to verify the efficacy of MSAMS on monkeypox through clinical trials in order to save lives. Medicinal Synthetic Aluminum Magnesium Silicate (MSAMS) is a mineral-based drug formulated by Ezeibe which has positive and …

Abuja, May 25, 2022 Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and also withdrawn from the presidential race on the platform of the party. Obi announced his resignation in a letter titled “Resignation From PDP and Withdrawal from …

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto Yet to be apprehended terrorists, also identified as gunmen, Wednesday midnight May 25, 2022 broke into the Rectory of St Patrick Catholic Church, Gidan Maikambo, Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State and kidnapped two of Reverend Fathers as well as two other boys from the …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has said that the frightening security situation in the country, manifesting as the Boko Haram menace, banditry, unknown gun men, kidnappings, Fulani herdsmen- farmers’ clashes, Monday Sit at Home, etc, is evidence that “Satan is on the prowl to cause mayhem in Nigeria.” The apex pan-Igbo socio-cultural organisation, …

The Coalition for Peter Obi (COP) has asked the former governor of Anambra state to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and contest in the 2023 presidential election on the platform of another political party. The support groups warned Peter Obi that he should not be part of what Nigerians …

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Kano lauded the Nigerian Air Force for living up to its constitutional responsibilities of securing the nation, and in the process, justifying the investments of the government of the day in the force. Speaking at the ceremonial parade to commemorate its 58th anniversary, the President …

  By Chijioke Okoronkwo, Abuja/Hussaina Yakubu, Kaduna May 23, 2023 The Emir of Damaturu, Hashimi II El-Kanemi, says the emirate will support and join Vice President Yemi Osinbajo in prayers so that God will make him the president of Nigeria in 2023. El-Kanemi made this pledge while receiving the vice president who …

A former Governor of Anambra State and frontline aspirant for the 2023 presidency, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the problem with Nigeria as mostly economic. Obi was speaking on Monday in London shortly after the meeting of selected persons among the Commonwealth countries with the Prime Minister of Britain, Mr. …

Tokyo, May 23, 2022 The United States (U.S.) would defend Taiwan militarily if it was attacked, U.S. President Joe Biden said at a news conference in Japan. Biden added that China had no right to seize the island by force. Asked by a journalist whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan …

By Emmanuel Mogbede   Abuja, May 22, 2022 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the screening of its 2023 presidential aspirants earlier scheduled for Monday, May 23. Mr. Felix Morka, the party’s National Publicity Secretary announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the party regretted any inconveniences …

By Chimezie Anaso Awka, May 22, 2022 Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has condemned the killing and beheading of Mr. Okechukwu Okoye, a member of the state House of Assembly and Director of his campaign organisation, Mr. Cyril Chiegboka. The heads without (trunks) of Okoye and Chiegboka were discovered around …

A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Dr Okechukwu Okoye, who was earlier kidnapped, has been beheaded. The lawmaker, popularly known as “Okey Di Okay” was kidnapped late on Sunday. Until his unfortunate kidnap and death, Okoye was representing the Aguata North constituency, the same community as the …

The Kano Police Command has cracked down on a car loaded with bomb-making devices and sophisticated weapons in the state. PRNigeria gathered that with security challenges in some states in the North-west, civilians in Kano have been cooperating with security operatives by reporting suspicious movements. The latest discovery and similar …

By Ahmed Kaigama Bauchi, May 21, 2022 Police in Bauchi have ordered an investigation into the crisis that erupted at Katanga Community of Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Friday. Police spokesman in Bauchi State, SP Ahmed Wakil, stated in Bauchi on Saturday that some irate youths set …

Chairman, South East Governors Forum and Governor of Ebonyi State, Chief Dave Umahi says it is difficult to have a consensus Presidential Aspirant for the zone for the 2023 Presidential election because of the caliber of persons vying for the exalted position. He said the best thing that should be …

By Yunus Yusuf Lagos, May 20, 2022 The Airport Police Command on Friday said it had commenced an investigation into the death of a man whose body was found on Runway 18R at the wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. DSP Olayinka Ojelade, the Police Public Relations …

    By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, May 18, 2022 The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N169.7bn for the reconstruction of four roads under the tax credit scheme. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola announced this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting …

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, May 18, 2022 A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed May 26 for ruling in a motion filed by leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, seeking an order discharging the earlier order revoking his bail. Kanu, in the application filed …

By Taiye Agbaje IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu in court with his lawyers Abuja, May 18, 2022 Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Wednesday, told a Federal High Court, Abuja that he has been a fan of Liverpool Football Club from childhood. Kanu, who disclosed …

Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that education remains very critical to development, and remains the key to the many problems facing Nigeria. Obi spoke after a breakfast meeting with the Chief Executive of Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council, Rosie Glazebrook, in Lagos on Tuesday. Obi, …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, May 17, 2022 The United States of America says it will impose visa restrictions on anyone who promotes violence as Nigeria holds its general elections in 2023. America’s Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Mr  Michael Gonzales, handed out the warning at an international conference …

By Habibu Harisu Sokoto, May 16, 2022 Police on Monday said that the corpse of Deborah Samuel is still in a mortuary at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, even as it arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci over the lynching of the 200-Level Home Economics student …