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By Joshua Olomu Abuja, Nov 12, 2020 The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), has appointed veteran Nollywood thespian, Sam Dede, as Chairman of its Disciplinary-Committee. Monalisa Chinda-Coker, the Guild’s Director of Communications, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. According to her, the disciplinary committee is saddled with the responsibility …

By Solomon Asowata Lagos, Nov. 12, 2020 The Federal Government’s drive to stimulate job creation has started yielding dividends with Techno Oil Ltd set to inaugurate an automated Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) terminal at Kirikiri in Apapa, Lagos. It is expected to generate 2,000 jobs. The Managing Director of Techno …

Abia State State Governor, Mr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has said that criminals who carried out last month’s coordinated attacks on public assets and private businesses in Lagos State orchestrated the violence to hurt the whole country. The Governor condemned the arson, stressing that Lagos remains a home for all Nigerians irrespective …

By Maureen Okon Abuja, Nov. 12, 2020 Nigerian traders in Ghana on Wednesday called on the Nigerian government to evacuate them from the country. The traders, in a Save-Our-Soul letter delivered to the Chairman of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said they were seeking a secure and …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has called for more financial and intellectual investments in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in the country with an appeal to the youths to take STEM learning and opportunities more seriously. Speaking …

President Muhammadu Buhari, Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP are among those that have joined the government and people of Kaduna State in mourning a former civilian governor of the state, Alhaji Balarabe Musa. President Buhari, in a …

New York, Nov. 11, 2020 The U.S. state of Georgia is to conduct a full manual recount of the Nov. 3 presidential election ballots in each county (local government area). Announcing this at a news briefing on Wednesday, Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, said the recount was necessitated by …

The trial of former minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Tanimu Turaki before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja was on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 adjourned till December 16, 2020. Turaki is being prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alongside his former special …

Ndigbo are key stakeholders in the Nigerian project but sadly, they are not treated as such in the scheme of things. Notwithstanding man-made setbacks, it is arguable whether there is any other ethnic group in Nigeria that has contributed to the development and unity of the nation like the Igbo …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Since March this year when the universities were shut down on the orders of the Federal Government, they are yet to re-open. While it can be said that the shutdown was occasioned by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, no one can say for certainty now …

Travel Writers in Bayelsa on Wednesday solicited support for its ongoing efforts at creating the needed awareness on tourism potentials at the grassroots to promote tourism development. Chairman and Secretary of the Travel Writers’ Corps, Mr Piriye Kiyaramo and Chief Aherhoke Okioma, respectively made the call while featuring on a …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is to appeal the ruling by Justice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos discharging Tuoyo Omatsuli, a former Executive Director on Projects, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in the alleged N3.6bn fraud trial. Tuoyo was facing trial alongside …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has approved free transportation for indigenes of the state who reside in other parts of the country and intend returning home to celebrate the festive season with their loved ones. The governor’s approval was contained in a statement by the Managing Director of Enugu …

William Attah, Gombe Chairman, House of Representative Committee on Nigerian Army, Hon. Abdulrazak Namdas, has called on the Federal Government to train and equip the Nigeria Police to be able to reduce the pressure on the Nigerian Army currently handling many security challenges bedeviling the country. Namdas, whose committee was …

From: Ruth Yarnap, Bauchi The  Executive Chairman of Primary Health Care Development Agency,  Dr Rilwanu Mohammed  has disclosed that 8 persons were confirmed dead from probable  yellow fever  while 8 person are confirmed  with active yellow fever in  Ganjuwa local government of Bauchi state . Dr Rilwanu revealed this to newsmen  …

By Funmilayo Adeyemi/Chinyere Nwachukwu Abuja, Nov. 11, 2020 President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate reinstatement of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos (UNILAG), following his acceptance of the recommendations of the special Presidential Visitation Panel constituted on the matter. The directive was handed down by …

After enjoying a run of uninterrupted supply of personal computers (PCs), laptops and other digital devices for nearly a quarter of a century, the world is currently in the middle of a major supply chain crisis that has seen global manufacturers struggle to meet growing demand. The situation is exacerbated …

Governor Babagana Umara Zulum is glad that for the first time in 11 years, there appears to be headway on tracking some alleged financiers of Boko Haram’s activities which has left thousands of citizens killed, millions displaced and private property and public institutions worth 9 billion dollars destroyed in Borno, …

It is all to keep the cost of governance low, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said Tuesday at the House of Assembly where he unveiled a 2021 budget proposal of N1,155 trillion. He drew applause as he broke the news. In the “Budget of Rekindling Hope,” the government will be investing heavily …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday dismissed mounting insinuation of possible scarcity of petroleum products following ongoing disagreement between the Federal Government and members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) on the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). …

By Nicholas Obisike Enugu, Nov. 10, 2020 Rangers International FC of Enugu has intensified its training session ahead of the Dec. 6 kick off of the Nigeria Professional Football League, an official has said. The Media Officer of the club, Norbert Okolie, made this known to newsmen on Tuesday in …

Excitement is sky-high among bargain-hungry shoppers as KongaYakata, the Black Friday sales of Nigeria’s e-commerce giant is known, kicked off in the early hours of today, Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Already, thousands of eager shoppers expectedly kept vigil on the Konga website – www.konga.com to be the first to grab …

Eminent Professor of Pharmacognosy, Professor Maurice Iwu, has said that collaboration between herbal and orthodox medicine practitioners at the national, continental and global levels, is key to the development of a cure for the coronavirus, otherwise called COVID-19. Professor Iwu, a former National Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, …

Contrary to reports by Bloomberg that Dangote Cement was granted sole approval to export cement through the land borders, information has emerged that other companies also got approval to export through the land borders. Nigerian Customs Service has reportedly revealed that BUA Group and a gas company have also received presidential …