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By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Oct. 21, 2021 A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday fixed Nov. 10 for hearing the application of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, challenging the competency of the charge preferred against him by the Federal Government Justice Binta Nyako fixed …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, October 21, 2021 received Security Briefing from Service Chiefs at the State House, Abuja. Photos by Tolani Alli shows some of those at the briefing.

Nigerian business mogul, Valentine Ozigbo, who is the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has secured another victory as the Supreme Court of Nigeria declares him the authentic candidate of the party for the November 6 election. The apex court, in a judgement delivered at the Supreme Court Complex …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it” – Aristotle. Those who profess to favour freedom and yet depreciate agitation are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; …

By Emmanuella Anokam Abuja, Oct. 20, 2021 Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has inaugurated the governing boards of the new entities comprising the regulatory framework for the oil and gas industry as provided for by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The new entities are the Nigerian …

Yinusa Ishola Ado-Ekiti, Oct. 20, 2021 Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), on Wednesday, said the series of measures introduced to curb impersonation and examination malpractices had started yielding positive results Oloyede made the assertion in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, while delivering the 10th Annual …

Valentine Ozigbo, the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 6, 2021 election, has called for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, an activist and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from detention even as he called for a different approach in addressing the agitations …

By Kazeem Badmus In recognition of his immense contributions to the fight against human trafficking, the Southwest Diaspora Focal Point Officers (SwDFPOs), in collaboration with Make Mee Elegant Foundation has bestowed on the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the “Nigeria Ambassador Against Human Trafficking” award. Presenting the award at …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Oct. 20, 2021 An independent UN human rights expert, Olivier De Shutter, says although poverty and privilege “continue to reproduce themselves in vicious cycles,” it is possible to break the chain and shift the paradigm. Shutter who told the General Assembly on Wednesday while presenting …

By Deborah Coker Benin, Oct. 20, 2021 The management of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, Uhogua, Edo, says that 90 per cent of the IDP students who sat for the June/July National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) were successful. Pst. Evelyn Omigie, the Assistant Coordinator of the camp, …

By Fortune Abang Abuja, Oct. 20, 2021 Some Nigerian visa applicants to India, on Wednesday, decried the undue delays by the India High Commission, in Abuja, to process their travel documents, saying that this had impacted them negatively. The applicants, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in …

  By Chinyere Nwachukwu Lagos, Oct. 20, 2021 The University of Lagos’s waterfront is in need of urgent adequate shoreline protection as its ageing perimeter fence has collapsed, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, said  on Wednesday. Ogundipe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in …

….Turkey, Nigeria sign eight major agreements on energy, defence, industry, mining, others President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja heaped praises on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for opening his country’s borders to accommodate millions of refugees in dire need of humanitarian support. Speaking at a joint press conference on the …

Leaders of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, paid a welcome back visit to All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu in his Bourdillion, Ikoyi, Lagos home. The team was led by Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and included Chief Supo Sonibare, Oba Olaitan Oladipo …

Presidential aspirant on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has unveiled his agenda for the Nigerian youth if elected president of Nigeria in 2023. Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and a presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, in …

Former Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Barrister Emma Okah has called on the United Kingdom (UK) to withdraw the travel advisory warning her citizens not to travel to Rivers State. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office flagged Rivers and eleven other states in Nigeria as unsafe for travels. The …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Oct. 20, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, who is on a two-day official visit to Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the visiting president arrived at the presidential villa at about 11.10a.m, and was …

By Zubairu Idris Kano, Oct.19, 2021 The Police Command in Kano state has arrested two persons for allegedly supplying fuel to bandits in Katsina state from Kano, the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, said in a statement on Tuesday, in Kano. He identified the suspects as Musbahu Rabi’u, …

Paris, Oct. 19, 2021 (Reuters/NAN) Paris St Germain’s Kylian Mbappe and Lionel Messi found their groove as they inspired their side to a 3-2 comeback victory at home to RB Leipzig in a Champions League thriller on Tuesday. Mbappe was the first to strike and Messi had the France forward …

All is now set for the 17th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC), starting on Thursday, October 21, 2021, with Publisher of Premium Times, Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi; Editors-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP Newspaper, Azu Ishiekwene; Minister of Works, Mr. Babatunde Fashola; Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari; Chief …

…MTN, Most Popular Brand  For the fourth time in a row, Dangote Group, a fully integrated Conglomerate and proudly Nigeria brand has again emerged as the most Valuable brand in Nigeria while the MTN Nigeria trailed as the Most Popular brand in the new Top of the Mind (TOM) survey …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Oct. 18, 2021 Nigerians in the United States of America (U.S) have appealed to political leaders in their home country to ensure that they deliver on their campaign promises to their people so as to alleviate their sufferings. The Chairman, Board of the Organisation for the …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Tuesday disowned a fake quiz competition trending online which claims to celebrate its 50th anniversary. In the purported quiz contest, unsuspecting participants are encouraged to answer four questions on their knowledge of the Corporation, with the eventual winner standing the chance of winning …

“Any politician, no matter how highly placed he is, if found harbouring or sponsoring thugs, we will deal with him accordingly. This administration will not condone any act of indiscipline,” Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has warned. The governor gave the warning on Monday at the Government House, Maiduguri while addressing …

Primary health care is a grassroot approach towards universal and equitable health care for all. However, some primary health care centers in the country often lack the capacity to provide essential health-care services, due to challenges like inadequate equipment, poor infrastructure and lack of essential drugs. In addition to her …