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Ongoing desilting of drains on Douglas Road, Owerri on Monday. By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, Feb. 5, 2024 The Imo Government has begun massive desilting of drains in Owerri and its environs ahead of the return of this year’s rainy season. The Director of Operations, Imo State Waste Management Company (ISWAMAC), …

By Aminu Garko  Kano, Feb. 5, 2024 Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State says he will meet President Bola Tunibu over the economic hardship being experienced by residents of Kano and Nigerians in general. “I will personally meet President Tinubu to intimate him about the hardship the people of Kano …

By Dorcas Elusogbon Ile-Ife (Osun), Feb. 5, 2024 The  Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has pacified disengaged staff members of the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTHC), Ile-Ife, with the sum of N10 million and 1,000 bags of rice. Ooni Ogunwusi announced the donation while addressing the …

By Nathan Nwakamma Yenagoa, Feb. 5, 2024 A middle aged man at Kabeama coastal settlement in Sagbama Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa, simply identified as Tony, has allegedly beheaded his girlfriend, Ebibraaladei Maxwell. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the tragic incident involved the unmarried, but live-in …

In furtherance of his resolve to maintain peace and security in Akwa Ibom State, the State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has commissioned a state-of-the-art Security Centre, “Safe City Center,” by the Department of State Services (DSS). Speaking at the event, the Governor said the State must remain safe for its …

Hacey Stand at the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon Games Village, Teslim Balogun Stadium providing free HIV/AIDS screening for intending runners. By Olanrewaju Akojede Lagos, Feb. 05, 2024 The organisers of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon have partnered a private firm, Hacey, to support and provide awareness  for people …

President Bola Tinubu has said that all Nigeria’s celebrity artists and 2024 Grammy Awards nominees, Burna Boy, Davido, Olamide, Tems, Asake and Ayra Starr are winners. Though the music sensations failed to emerge winners in the categories in which they were nominated, the President still hailed them in superlative terms. In …

President Bola Tinubu has expressed a deep sense of loss at the demise of a creative icon, Mr. Jimi Solanke, describing the departed actor, dramatist, folk singer, poet, and playwright as a “literary and cultural virtuoso.” In a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, his Special Adviser, Media & Publicity, the President …

Prof. Pat Utomi, founder CVL, Mr. Mustapha Njie, Promoter, Taf African Global, Mr. Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of Labour Party at the 21st CVL Annual lecture and International Leadership Symposium on Monday in Lagos By Rukayat Adeyemi Lagos, Feb. 5, 2024 Mr. Peter Obi, Presidential candidate of the Labour Party …

  Speakers/dignitaries at the 21st CVL Annual lecture and International Leadership Symposium in commemoration of Prof. Pat Utomi’ By Rukayat Adeyemi Lagos, Feb. 5, 2024 Prof. Pat Utomi, Founder CVL and a Political economist, has said that the Federal Government needs to transition Nigeria from a focus on consumption to …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is working in collaboration with the United States Department of State and international management consultancy firm, Deloitte, to meet its net-zero carbon goals by embarking on a project aimed at reducing the emission of methane and other greenhouse gases from its upstream …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested the General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, Apostle Theophilus Oloche Ebonyi, for defrauding church members and other Nigerians using fake grants from the Ford Foundation to the tune of N1, 319,040,274.31 (One Billion Three Hundred and …

By Peter Amine Jos, Feb. 5, 2024 Mr. Daniel Asama of the Labour Party (LP), has been declared winner of Saturday’s Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency rerun election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Prof. James Damen, declared the result in the early hours of Monday. Damen said that …

Monday, 5 February, 2024 Sports, especially football, have opiatic effects on Nigerians. I call it kinetic booze. The ongoing Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) football competition has been remarkable in numbing the people’s terrible pain and pangs of hunger. Since this thing started, morbid fears of violent death and of …

05 February 2024 For eight years, former President Muhammadu Buhari, his first family, their hangers-on and political bootlickers treated Nigerians with contempt in the manner they embarked on frivolous foreign trips on the bill of taxpayers. Buhari spent a record 225 days attending to his medicals in London. Eight months …

OSOGBO: Governor Ademola Adeleke on Sunday visited the Ogiyan of Ejigbo, HRM Oba Omowonuola Oyeyosin and the families of late Prof Richard Idowu (Adeoriokin), describing the incident as “a highly disturbing occurrence” “ Kabiyesi,I’m here with mixed feelings. We are supposed to be celebrating but the sad event is a …

The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, weekend, concluded a three day Performance Management retreat where the Agency’s Executive Directors signed a performance bond with the Director General/CEO, on behalf of departments under their Directorates. The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Chief Adegboyega Oyetola CON, …

Babajide Awoyinfa Lagos, Feb. 5, 2024 In a shocking turn of events at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles, on Sunday, Nigerian music sensations, including Davido and Burna Boy, faced a disappointing defeat as they lost in all their nominated categories. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division of the Nigeria Army, Sokoto, Major General Godwin Mutkut has appealed to officers and men of the force to strive to consolidate on the many successes recorded in 2023. General Mutkut, who spoke at the end of the 2023 …

The new Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization, IMO, Arsenio Dominguez Velasco, met with Nigeria’s Alternate Permanent Representative at the IMO, Prince Abdul Dirisu and his team, to discuss issues related to maritime safety and security with particular attention given to the current situation in the Red Sea. Velasco …

On Sunday, August 15, 1971, the United States economy was literally facing a firing squad. The Dollar was in a mess. Price gougers were everywhere and foreign exchange was cruel to the Dollar. The newspaper headlines were of scorn and ridicule but President Richard Nixon did one thing. He faced …

By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, Feb. 4, 2024 The Chairman, Imo Football Association, Mr. Ifeanyi Dike,  has hailed  the Super Eagles of Nigeria for their qualification for the semi-final game in the ongoing AFCON tournament. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the senior national team defeated their Angolan counterpart …

The Young Progressives Party (YPP) has secured triumph in the rerun elections for the Ikono/Ini federal constituency and the Ibiono Ibom state constituency in Akwa Ibom state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted the elections on Saturday, February 4, amid sporadic incidents of unrest. Results announced by Nabie Jude, …

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has disbursed the winning bonus for the Super Eagles’ victory over the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in the 2023 African Nations Cup (AFCON). The players and officials received an alert of $12,500 for their 2-0 win in the Round of 16. The Super Eagles secured …

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Feb. 4, 2024 The Court of Appeal, Abuja has ordered the First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to pay the sum of N540 million damages awarded against it for alleged defamation of Prophet Emmanuel Omale and his wife, Deborah. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that …