I still can’t believe that Obinna Nwafor globally known as Saint Obi is dead. In fact, I’m still in tears and shock over his painful and sudden demise. Obi, a true and thoroughbred Nollywood giant reportedly died on Sunday, May 7, 2023, after battling a protracted illness in Jos, Plateau …

By Ikenna Uwadileke Abuja, May 20, 2023 Niger governor-elect Mohammed Bago has pledged to leverage opportunities in the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector to boost small businesses in the state. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by Mr. Mustapha Ndajiwo, a member of the Niger …

By Peter Okolie Owerri, May 20, 2023 Gunmen ambushed and killed two policemen at the popular “Okpala Junction’’ at Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of Imo on Saturday. The attack came one month after five policemen and a couple were killed at the same junction on April 21. On March 27, …

By Lydia Ngwakwe Lagos, May 20, 2023 The Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) has said that its revenue rose to N2.06 billion in the year ended 2022. Dr Ken Opara, President/Chairman of CIBN, said this at the 2023 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Institute held on Saturday …

By Wandoo Sombo Abuja, May 20, 2023 The Labour Party (LP) and its Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi have told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that they will call no fewer than 50 witnesses to testify in their petition. LP and Obi are challenging the election of Sen. Bola …

By Moses Omorogieva Lagos, May 20, 2023 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says allegations of two million dollars bribe leveled against the Chairman of the Commission, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa by Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara is false. This is contained in a statement by spokesperson for the commission, …

Abuja:  May 18, 2023. Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, says Irish Diaspora Engagement should serve as strategic partnership for Nigeria’s sustained engagement with her Diaspora. Dabiri-Erewa stated this when she received Irish Ambassador to Nigeria Mr. Peter Ryan in her office in Abuja against the backdrop …

Being the welcome address by Mrs. Grace Yussuf at the Public Presentation of her Book, The Journalist, The Woman and Her Faith, (Memoir of a Female Nigerian Journalist) on May 9, 2023, at the National Press Centre, Abuja Protocols The decision to write this book came out of a desire to …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, May 19, 2023 UN and partners on Friday appealed for nearly US$400 million to prevent widespread hunger and malnutrition in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states, in the north-east of Nigeria. Associate Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Ms. Stephanie Tremblay, made the appeal at a news …

By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, May 19, 2023 Mr. Ferdinand Ekeoma, the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, on Friday, urged the public to disregard the purported sack of his principal by a Federal High Court in Kano. Ekeoma made the request while reacting to the media report at …

Imo State-born Nze Ozichukwu Fidelis Chukwu was National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), South East zone, for eight years. A national leader of the party and a member of the Imo Elders Council, the cerebral political leader, with his usual candour, answered major questions relating to Imo State, …

The Appeal Court, Abuja Division, has set aside the injunction granted by the High Court of Kogi State restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from the investigation and prosecution of officials of the state.   The EFCC had, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, filed a motion before the …

By Douglas Okoro, Abakaliki, May 18, 2023 A onetime Senator representing Ebonyi South Senatorial District, Anyim Ude, has died at the age of 82. The announcement of the death of the politician is contained in a statement signed by Mr Nnanna Ude, his eldest son, on Thursday in Abakaliki. According …

By Ramatu Garba Kano, May 19, 2023 A Federal High Court Judge, Justice Muhammad Nasir-Yunusa, has denied nullifying the candidature of the Abia Governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti. The court, however, said it nullified the election of the candidates for Kano Labour Party (LP) that contested during the 2023 General Election and …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, May 19, 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari’s National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS), an initiative aimed at reducing poverty across Nigeria, has impacted on millions of Nigerians, a presidential spokesman says. The Steering Committee of NPRGS is chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. A media update …

May 19, 2023 Hiroshima (Japan) Representatives of the seven major democratic industrial nations (G-7) began their summit in Hiroshima, Japan on Friday. The summit started by remembering those killed by the atomic bomb dropped on the city at the end of World War II. The heads of state and government …

By Francis Onyeukwu Awka, May 19, 2023 Security operatives have rescued two workers of the United States Consulate Lagos, abducted in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra on May 16. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Anambra Police Command Spokesman, said in a statement issued in Awka on Friday that the two were …

Polaris Bank Plc has expressed dismay at the resort to misleading social media posts by one of its customers, Anthony Olasele, in spite of efforts by the Bank so far to treat the customer’s protest. In a bid to clarify the misunderstanding on the customer’s account, the management of the …

By Kadiri Abdulrahman Abuja, May 18, 2023 The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared the sum of N655.932 billion revenue for April to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils (LGCs). According to a statement issued by Bawa Mokwa, the Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of the …

Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 27, 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has cried out that there are people who are still trying to deceive his supporters and other Nigerians by duplicating and mimicking him. Recently, there was an incident in the United Kingdom (UK) involving …

A group of concerned Nigerians have approached the Federal High Court in Abuja with a suit that is seeking to halt the scheduled swearing-in of All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, as Nigeria’s new President on May 29. The group in a motion ex-parte it filed alongside …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has secured a 7-year conviction of two fraudsters, Aso Adasa Morrison and Frank Biobarakuma. The suspects, according to a statement by Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, Spokesperson, ICPC were first arraigned sometime in March 2013 before Hon. Justice B. A. Georgewill of …

By Douglas Okoro Abakaliki, May 18, 2023 An environmentalist, Dr Kelechukwu Okezie, has called on the governments of the South-East geopolitical zone to take action to stem illicit land grabbing and forest degradation to save the environment. The expert made the call at a press conference on Thursday in Abakaliki …

The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom, Justice Ekaette Obot, has charged relevant Security Agencies in the country to regulate properly the transfer of the Prosecuting Officers of Financial and Other Related Crimes Agencies to avoid delay of criminal matters in Court. Obot made the call during an interactive session with …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto May 18, 2023 (NAN) Police in Sokoto State and the NDLEA have tightened collaboration to fight criminality in the state. NDLEA’s spokesman in Sokoto State, Mr Mohammed Dahiru, stated on Thursday that the collaboration was discussed when the police commissioner, Mr Ali Kaigama, visited the NDLEA’s …