Year: 2022
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Health
Sokoto residents chase after moving water tankers as supply dries up
By Habibu Harisu Sokoto, July 10, 2022 As water scarcity bites harder, Sokoto residents now chase after moving water tankers…
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Local
Attacks on Buhari’s convoy, Kuje Prison: Reasons why youths must take back Nigeria, shun ethnic, religious sentiments; Birth new nation in 2023.
Washington, DC.- (Thursday, July 7, 2022). A group, Nigerian-American Coalition for Justice and Democracy (NACJD) has said that the recent…
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Local
Diri visits UN headquarters in New York … Meets Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General; Assures on SDGs; Seeks Niger Delta clean up
Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, says his government remains committed to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
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Local
Nigerian Midfielder, Joe Aribo, completes Southampton transfer; Wants to gun for Cups.
Super Eagles Midfielder, Joe Aribo, has joined English Premier league side Southampton ahead of the 2022/2023 Season. The versatile midfielder…
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Arts & Entertainment
For Mike Awoyinfa, the ‘Iniquity Man’ at 70 By Femi Adesina
Hahahahahaaaaaaa. I burst into an uproarious laughter as I write the headline above. What a way to celebrate your boss,…
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Afreximbank President, Benedict Oramah, to receive African Energy Person of the Year Award
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) President Benedict Okey Oramah will receive the African Energy Chamber’s inaugural African Energy…
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Business and Economy
Bakers in Ebonyi to withdraw services from July 13
By Chukwuemeka Opara Abakaliki, July 9, 2022 The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria (AMBCN), Ebonyi Chapter,…
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Lead Story
Eid-el-Kabir: Obi felicitates with Muslim faithful, urges Nigerians to sustain hope in nation
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has felicitated with all the Muslim faithful in Nigeria on…
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Local
Lawan, Akpabio: INEC insists on reports of A-Ibom, Yobe primaries; Counsels aggrieved to go to court
By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, July 9, 2022 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it stands by the reports…
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Local
‘Defection of PDP supporters to APC, proof of Omo-Agege’s attractive style of politics’
The Delta All Progressives Congress (APC) Gubernatorial Campaign Organisation has described the recent defection of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders…
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Local
2023: Coalition, LP to deploy 15 agents to each polling unit – Utomi
By Adeyemi Adeleye Lagos, July 9, 2022 Prof. Pat Utomi, the Convener, The Big Tent of the Third Force, says…
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Local
Forgery case: Akwa Ibom PDP Governorship candidate files ‘Confirmation of Result’ in court, new loopholes emerge
Justice Agatha A. Okeke of the Federal High Court (FHC), Uyo, Akwa Ibom State will listen to the case between…
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Local
Rehabilitate our orientation camp, NYSC asks Abia govt.
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has appealed to the Abia state government to rehabilitate their permanent orientation camp in…
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Local
Guterres, Biden mourn former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe
By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, July 8, 2022 United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres and U.S. President, Joe Biden, have paid…
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Local
Police rescue Chinese abducted in Kwara; Four victims freed in Ekiti after N1m ransom payment
By Afusat Agunbiade-Oladipo, Ilorin/Adedeji Egbebi, Oke-Ako (Ekiti State) July 8, 2022 Police in Kwara have rescued the Chinese national abducted by…
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Faith
Catholic Bishop says: Get your PVCs, be obedient; Declares RightChoice Electronics open, counsels youths
By Ijendu Iheaka The Catholic Bishop of Aba Diocese, Abia, Bishop Augustine Echema has called on every resident of the Aba…
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Local
Come “Scent, Sip and Shop” at The Fashion Souk
The Fashion Souk returns this summer, and it promises to be something different with a showcase of the best of…
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Local
“I won’t rest until I bring relief to Nigerians,” says Buhari
By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, July 8, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has again reassured that his administration would continue to address…
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Local
Defection: APC loses former Governorship aspirant, Bishop Sam Akpan, others to PDP in Akwa Ibom
Former Governorship aspirant and founder of the defunct AKPF, Archbishop Sam Akpan, has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC)…
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Lead Story
Well-armed security agents on ground refused to defend Kuje Prison – Aregbesola; Calls for inter-agency cooperation
By Yahaya Isah Abuja, July 8, 2022 The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has called for cooperation among the security…
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Health
Med-Direct Africa launches e-Pharmacy, promises reduced prices of drugs in Nigeria
Med-Direct Africa, a 21st Century retail pharmacy in Nigeria has positioned itself to redefine the health delivery landscape in Nigeria…
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Business and Economy
18 ships discharge petrol, other items at Lagos ports
By Chiazo Ogbolu Lagos, July 8, 2022 The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Friday said that 18 ships at the…
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Buhari receives highest national honour of the Republic of Senegal in Dakar
President Buhari receives The Highest National Honour of the Republic of Senegal, “L’ Ordre National De Lion Senegal” in Dakar…
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Local
Buhari commiserates with Japan on death of former Prime Minister
President Muhammadu Buhari has, on behalf of the government and people of Nigeria, extended “heartfelt condolences to the family of former…
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Arts & Entertainment
Eleven in contention for NLNG’s $100,000 The Nigeria Prize for Literature
The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature today Friday, July 8, 2022, released the longlist of 11 drawn…
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