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President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja urged lawmakers in the country to always place interest of the people first in all deliberations and negotiations, while pointing out that the autonomy of state legislatures has been constrained by the constitution. Receiving the Conference of Speakers at the Presidential Villa, President Buhari …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Nov. 21, 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday met with speakers of the 36 states Houses of Assembly of the federation at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the speakers were led by their Chairman, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, who is …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Nov.20, 2019 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has nothing against former President Goodluck Jonathan over the just concluded Bayelsa governorship election. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Wednesday after a meeting of the party’s National …

By Edith Nwapi Abuja, Nov. 19, 2019 The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday affirmed the victory of Emeka Ihedioha in the March 9 governorship election in Imo. The appeals were filed against the judgment of the Imo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which upheld the election of Ihedioha. …

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja called on the National Assembly to fast-track the passage of the Special Crimes Court Bill. Speaking at the National summit on ‘‘Diminishing Corruption in the Public Service’’ organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in collaboration with the Office …

ENERGY giant, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has outlined re-orientating the thinking of undergraduates in Nigerian universities as one of the critical actions to challenge them on the use of emerging technologies to enable innovation and allow Nigeria to actualize the National Association of Petroleum Explorationists’ …

United Nations, Nov. 18, 2019 President of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, will on Wednesday begin a five-day official visit to Nigeria. His spokesperson, Ms Reem Abaza, said in a statement on Monday that the PGA was travelling to his home country to participate in a …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Nov.18, 2019 The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipreye Sylva has `thanked’ Gov. Serike Dickson of Bayelsa for making it much easier for the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), David Lyon, to win the Nov. 16 election. He disclosed this after …

Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that he remains Rivers State Governor because of the intervention of God who dislodged forces of darkness who were primed to rob the Rivers mandate on March 9, 2019. Speaking during the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Holy Ghost Rally at …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, Nov. 16, 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari says the ongoing reorganisation at the presidency is aimed at enhancing service delivery to Nigerians. A statement by the President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday, said the president stated this when he fielded questions from State House …

By Anita Eboigbe Abuja, Nov. 15, 2019 (NAN) Acclaimed global artist, Njideka Akunyili-Crosby has been profiled in the 2019 Time Magazine ‘100 Next’ list. Time’s ‘100 Next’ is an annual listicle of the 100 influential people in the world who are actively contributing to change the world through their craft. …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that only a revolution will save Nigeria and launch her into the league of countries towing the paths of development. Obi made the submission while speaking at Baze University, Abuja, on Wednesday. The …

Jerusalem, Nov. 13, 2019 Bar-Ilan University (BIU) in central Israel reported on Wednesday that Israel and Germany would establish a joint international centre to research  the process of aging and extending healthy longevity. Due to the constant increase in life expectancy, the German government decided to invest in a multi-disciplinary …

By Victor Asije Lagos, Nov.13, 2019 The United States Government on Wednesday said it would extend its longstanding commitment to supporting the conduct of free, fair, transparent and peaceful election in Bayelsa State on Saturday. The U.S Consul-General in Lagos, Ms Claire Pierangelo, made the promise in Lagos while briefing some …

Pneumonia killed 162,000 children under the age of five in Nigeria last year Nigeria has highest number of pneumonia deaths globally Health and children’s agencies launch appeal for action Content and case studies are available here All data source on pneumonia in this press release is from UN Inter-agency Group …

Pneumonia – a preventable disease – kills more children than any other infection  LONDON/NEW YORK/BARCELONA (November 12, 2019)— Pneumonia claimed the lives of more than 800,000 children under the age of five last year, or one child every 39 seconds, according to a new analysis. Most deaths occurred among children …

 LAGOS, Nigeria, November 11, 2019/ — Halima Aliko Dangote has been appointed as the Group Executive Director, Commercial Operations of Dangote Industries Limited (DIL) (www.Dangote.com), one of Africa’s largest and most diversified business conglomerates. According to a release by the company, Halima Aliko Dangote is returning to the Group after …

Olawale Jokotoye Kajola (Ogun) Nov. 9, 2019 Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday, inaugurated the Wagon Assembly Plant at Kajola in Ifo council area of Ogun as part of efforts to boost the ongoing railway modernisation programme of the federal government. Osinbajo in his address said the development followed an agreement …

After the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenge by Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the February 2019 presidential poll last week, two things flashed across my mind. One was a song, the other, a quote from William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, which I’d read over 40 years …

Nigerian-born Joseph Udumeze Chukwueke, has been elected Mayor of Woodlynne, a borough of Camden County of the State of New Jersey in the United States of America, US. Chukwueke, from Ovim in Abia State of Nigeria will take over from the incumbent Mayor, Democrat Jeraldo Fuentes, whose term of office …

By Perpetua Onuegbu Abuja, Nov. 7, 2019 The Federal Government is to establish a local railway and rolling stock assembly and manufacturing plant in Kajola, Ogun State, Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, said on Thursday in Abuja. Amaechi, in a statement signed by his media aide, Mr Israel Ibeleme, …

The Hague, Nov. 7, 2019 The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday sentenced former Congolese warlord, Bosco Ntaganda, to 30 years imprisonment. Ntaganda faced the possibility of life imprisonment after he was found guilty on 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in July. Nicknamed the “Terminator,” Ntaganda …