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By Oluwatope Lawanson Lagos, May 7, 2022 A member of the Bola Tinubu Campaign Organisation, says the resignation of its Campaign Director General (DG), Alhaji Abdulmumin Jibrin from membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has nothing to do with Sen. Bola Tinubu, a presidential aspirant of the party. The …

By Douglas Okoro Abakaliki, May 6, 2022 The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to grant state pardon to Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Rev. Fr. Ibrahim Nwali made the appeal on Friday in Abakaliki while speaking on …

Presidential and governorship aspirants from the South West geo-political zone of the country met in Lagos on Friday. The meeting co-convened by former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and ex-Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande and former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, according to a …

The monthly Holy Ghost Service of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) holds today, Friday, May 6, 2022 with the theme “Open Doors.” Taking place at the Church’s Camp Ground on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, the General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye and other Anointed Ministers of God will be …

By Alex Enebeli Enugu, May 5, 2022 The Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide says that releasing the Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, from detention will restore peace and security in the zone. This is contained in a communiqué issued by the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, commended Governor Dave Umahi on the quality of projects in Ebonyi State, saying he is not surprised at the standard of work because the two-time governor is an engineer of repute. The President commenced his two-day visit to the State with the commissioning of projects …

  By Chukwuemeka Opara, Uburu (Ebonyi), Christian Ogbonna, Abakaliki, May 5, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Ebonyi on Thursday for a two-day official visit to the state. The president, who was accompanied by Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi among other top government officials arrived in the state at about …

  By Chukwuemeka Opara Abakaliki, May 2, 2022 The Police Command in Ebonyi has assured citizens and visitors to Ebonyi of adequate security during President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to the state on Thursday. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Aliyu Garba, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abakaliki while …

Foremost Yoruba self-determination nationalist and leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Professor Banji Akintoye, has advised the visiting United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, to make his fact-finding visit to Nigeria meaningful, impactful and worth the while by seeing facts on the ground and not fiction that the Muhammadu Buhari administration …

President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja said Nigeria remains grateful to the United Nations (UN) and some world leaders on their steadfast partnership in fighting terrorism, saying the spotlight on Russia and Ukraine could easily distract from other pertinent global challenges. President Buhari, who received the United Nations Secretary General, …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, May 3, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed doors with former Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one of the President’s Personal Photographers, Mr Sunday Aghaeze, confirmed this in pictorial reports on …

..We must not allow them destabilize Nigeria BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111, Tuesday, urged Nigerians to call a spade a spade by appropriately calling bandits their right name which, he said,is simply terrorists.  …

…No Humanitarian Intervention for IDPs in Chonoko Watch Video: https://youtu.be/6lmD4_TV7VA In the last three years, no fewer than 10,000 people have been displaced in Kebbi State, a PRNigeria investigation has revealed. The displaced persons are victims of ‘gruesome’ attacks launched by armed bandits, at communities within the Chonoko axis in …

By Ismaila Chafe Abuja, May 2, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari has assured families of those kidnapped by bandits in the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train service of March 28 that efforts were on-going to ensure their safe return. The president gave the assurance on Monday in Abuja when he hosted residents of …

Nigeria would be irretrievably grounded in 13 years’ time unless a president who knows what to do is elected in the 2023 general election, a petroleum industry expert, Professor Chijioke Nwaozuzu, has said, insisting that compatriots must recognise how crucial the upcoming polls are in order not to make an …

By Abiemwense Moru Abuja, May 1, 2022 Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja Catholic Archdiocese has advised Nigerians to keep voting on election days and never be tired or discouraged from doing do. “Nigerians must remain upbeat; we must keep hope alive. Those developing apathy in view of political developments and …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has said that the mischief, dishonesty, maneuvering and double-dealing over the issue of the zoning of the presidency of the country in 2023 “is because it is the turn of the South East to produce a president in Nigeria.” The apex pan Igbo organisation said this in a statement …

The recent accident associated with an illegal refinery site in Egbema/Ohaji area, Imo State in the Niger Delta region has reopened the debate on how to resolve this thorny issue. High youth unemployment, and a desire to get rich quick, no matter how, could be responsible for these activities. Illegal …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, April 30, 2022 Grammy Award-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, thrilled music lovers in New York with an electrifying performance on Thursday night at the prestigious Madison Square Garden. The historic concert with the caption ‘One Night In Space’, has made …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, April 29, 2022 The People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Screening Committee cleared 15 aspirants and disqualified two others on Friday in Abuja. Chairman of the committee and former Senate President, Sen. David Mark, who spoke with newsmen at the end of the exercise did not name …

Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Mr. Tony Elumelu has called for an urgent Marshal Plan to save Africa from poverty, unemployment, major infrastructural deficits, insecurity and such other serious challenges, insisting that if these continue unattended to, they will …

A frontline 2023 presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has assured Nigerians that if he is given the chance to pilot the affairs of the nation as the President, the wealth of the nation would be secure and prudently managed for the …

Whether at home or abroad, all Nigerians have the same burden and share the same desire to see our country working more effectively and becoming truly greater by harnessing all of the existing potentials and really transform the nation. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, according to a statement by Laolu …

Operatives of the Nigerian military intelligence service have arrested some civilians spying for the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, terrorists in the North East, PRNigeria learnt. The civilians, before their arrest, worked together with a soldier who killed himself after military troops discovered he was an ISWAP collaborator. …