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By Desmond Ejibas Port Harcourt, May 8, 2021 Gunmen attacked two police stations and checkpoints in Port Harcourt on Friday and killed seven police officers in the process. In a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Saturday, police spokesman in Rivers, SP Nnamdi Omoni, described the attacks as unprovoked and …

LAGOS, Nigeria, May 7, 2021 Heirs Oil & Gas (HHOG) (www.HeirsOilandGas.com), the leading African integrated energy company, has announced the appointment of Osayande Igiehon as Chief Executive Officer, effective May 4, 2021, together with a distinguished non-executive board, bringing together leading industry figures, with considerable global and regional experience. Heirs …

The Holy Ghost Service of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) for May, 2021 holds today, Friday, May 7 both online and onsite. The theme of the program is Overflowing Blessings and ministering will be the General Overseer of the RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye and other Anointed Ministers …

President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, said Nigeria was ready to raise the existing cordial relations with the Republic of Guinea Bissau higher to align them with the strategic and economic priorities of the two nations. President Buhari, in a statement by Garba Shehu, his Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity), described the relationship …

President Muhammadu Buhari, former President Goodluck Jonathan, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike are among Nigerians who have sent condolence messages to the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), his wife, Pastor (Mrs) Folu Adeboye, the Adeboye  family and the …

Gunmen have abducted a yet to be determined number of students of the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU). The incident happened Wednesday, May 5, 2021 along Okigwe-Uturu Road, in Imo State, Nigeria between 7:00pm and 8:00pm. The students, alongside other kidnap victims, were marched into the forest by the gang …

Pastor Dare Adeboye, the son of the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, is dead. According to The PUNCH report, the 42-year-old, who was the third surviving child of the revered cleric, died in his sleep on Wednesday in Eket, Akwa Ibom State, …

The Nigerian Presidency has cried out that some foreign interests in collaboration with “disgruntled religious and past political leaders” are plotting to “wreak havoc on the government, sovereignty and corporate existence of the country,” with the intention “to eventually throw the country into a tailspin, which would compel a forceful and …

By Alex Enebeli Enugu, May 4, 2021 Reactions have trailed the divorce announcement by the Microsoft founder, Bill Gates and his wife Melinda by Nigerians on Twitter. Some Nigerians attributed the cause of the duo’s divorce to lack of love and trust, adding that money could not buy true love. …

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 presided over the resumed Security Briefing in State House, Abuja, Nigeria. This is as the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, at the commencement of Tuesday’s plenary announced that the Service Chiefs will on Thursday brief the Senate on the security …

  Bill and Melinda Gates had been married for 27 years. New York, May 4, 2021 Philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates said on Monday that they were ending their marriage after 27 years. The pair disclosed this in a joint statement posted on Twitter by the Microsoft founder. “After a …

Former President of the Nigerian Senate, Chief Anyim Pius Anyim has alerted President Muhammadu Buhari that “reservations about the continued existence of Nigeria is building up to a dangerous time bomb.” Anyim, in an Open Letter to President Buhari, Monday, May 3, 2021 said that “military actions or even foreign …

By Fortune Abang Abuja, May 3, 2021 Nigerian traders in Ghana have urged the Federal Government to take urgent steps to stop the harassment that Nigerians living in that country are being subjected to by Ghanaian authorities. Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, President of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana …

President Muhammadu Buhari has recommitted to freedom of the press and urged media professionals “to wield freedom responsibly and without licentiousness.” He said this in a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, observed globally every May …

Nigeria’s Dangote Cement Plc is expected to pay a total of N40.39 billion in taxation to the nation’s treasury from its operational result in the first quarter of 2021. According to the financial result published by the country’s largest cement manufacturer on Friday, April 30, 2021, the amount is due …

A reception was recently held for Nigeria’s Ambassador to France, Ambassador Kayode Laro, by the President of the Franco Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The well attended event took place at the fabulous Sky Restaurant on the roof of the 12-storey Eko Hotel in Victoria Island. The leadership and …

The Presidency has said that Father Mbaka’s recent demand that President Muhammadu Buhari should resign or be impeached is because he came to the President with three contractors and asked for contracts and when he request was being subjected to due process, he got offended. A statement by Garba Shehu, …

The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting of CP Christopher A. Owolabi as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of Anambra State Police Command. The deployment of the new CP, according to a statement by CP Frank Mba, Force Public Relations Officer, …

Former President Goodluck Jonathan  has urged the National Assembly to make laws that would strengthen Local Governments and make them autonomous and empowered to generate their own revenues. He said that if he were a member of the National Assembly, he would mobilise others to amend sections of the Constitution …

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday urged the United States to consider relocating the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) from Stuttgart, Germany, to Africa, nearer the Theatre of Operation, admonishing the international community to support Nigeria and the sub-region in tackling growing security challenges to avoid spillovers.  According to a statement by Femi …

The Senate, on Tuesday, mandated its leadership to schedule an appointment with President Muhammadu Buhari to enable all 109 Senators meet with him in a closed session to discuss security matters in the country. This was just as the chamber resolved to summon the Service Chiefs to brief lawmakers on …

Some residents of Ikarama community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa have lamented the adverse impact of an oil leak from a nearby oilfield. The people on Monday advocated remediation of oil pollution from the April 7 leak from Shell’s 14-inch Okordia-Rumekpe pipeline which discharged crude into the ecosystem.. …

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, swore in Chukwuma Frank Ibezim to represent Imo North Senatorial District. Ibezim took the oath of office at exactly 11:02 am during the start of plenary. The oath was administered by the Clerk to the Senate, Mr. Ibrahim El-Ladan. Recall that the …

By Rachael Abujah Abuja, April 26, 2021 The, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria will receive 29.8 million doses of the single shot Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccines. The NPHCDA Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib made this public on Monday during the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) …