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The Who is Who in the Ghana Diaspora Community in the United States of America (USA) turned out recently to celebrate the West African nation’s 66th Independence Anniversary. Organised by the National Council of Ghanaian Associations (NCGA), INC in collaboration with the Ghana Mission, New York, the program was graced …

  By Victor Okoye Abuja, March 27, 2023 Wing forward Moses Simon utilised a penalty kick for Nigeria’s Super Eagles to defeat Guinea Bissau 1-0 on Monday in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the win helped them to reclaim …

Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Aziz Abubakar has charged members of the Management of the Commission to ensure strict compliance with the provisions of the country’s Public Procurement Act. The NIMC helmsman gave the charge in Lagos on Monday, while …

The Bayelsa Development Initiative (BDI) has raised the alarm over desperate moves by the Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, to destabilise the Labour Party (LP) ahead of the upcoming state’s governorship election. BDI in a statement signed by its Secretary, Michael -Sam Rodamini, said its investigations revealed that stopping …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, March 27, 2023 UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has urged Africans to fight slavery’s legacy of racism through education, noting that the history of slavery is one of suffering and barbarity that shows humanity at its worst. Guterres said this at an event on Monday …

 By Victor Nwachukwu Owerri, March 27, 2023 Unidentified Gunmen have killed two personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo and two persons working on a telecommunications mast. Commandant of the NSCDC in Imo, Mr. Matthew Ovye who confirmed this to newsmen in Owerri on Monday …

….As party Guber Candidate heads to court ..REC denies allegations By Sixtus Uket (Calabar) Cross River State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade in collusion with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner …

By Onyeje Abutu-Joel Makurdi, March 27, 2023 A Makurdi High Court on Monday granted an ex-parte application seeking an interim injunction to restrain Mr. lyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Ayu was dragged before the court by Mr. Conrad Utaan, Chairman …

  Strategy sets out how UK can make the best use of new technologies while countering malign influences on tech New tech envoys and new Technology Centre of Expertise announced to boost UK influence around the world UK will focus efforts on five critical technologies of tomorrow: AI, quantum, semiconductors, …

The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Bank Plc, Dr. Ebenezer Onyeagwu, was on Saturday, March 25, 2023, conferred with a Doctorate Degree in Business Administration by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The award, which is in recognition of his immense achievements as Group Managing Director/CEO of Zenith Bank …

Monday, 27 March, 2023 “The ides of March are come,” Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar says in utter derision and dismissal of a life-and-death warning. And the soothsayer replies “Ay, Caesar; but not gone.” And truly, they were not gone. The 2023 elections should be over by now but they are not. …

March 26, 2023 “If you are unlucky not to have a representative in the judicial council, even if you are innocent, you can be found guilty – B’eyan o l’eni ni’gbimo, bo ro’jo are, ebi lo mi a je.” This very profound saying of the Yoruba, translated into a pithy …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, March 26, 2023 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has, Sunday, departed Abuja for the UK, where he will deliver a public lecture at King’s College, London. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement in Abuja, said the lecture was part of activities for the school’s annual Africa …

  NIMASA committed to Ease of Doing Business – Jamoh The Management of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), have agreed to work closely with relevant stakeholders as NIMASA inches closer to developing a regulatory framework to provide operational guidelines for Submarine …

Nigerian elections and Nigerian marriages have a lot in common. Both should be sacrosanct. They are conducted with pomp and fanfare, and promises are made but kept in breach. Professions of loyalty and honesty are like a singsong. Like a marriage cements the relationship between two consenting adults supposedly in …

Ehigimetor Igbaugba Calabar, March 26, 2023 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will challenge the outcome of the March 18 Governorship election in Cross River. This is contained in a statement by its Governorship candidate in the state, Sen. Sandy Onor and made available to newsmen in Calabar on …

By Emmanuel Afonne Abuja, March 26, 2023 Three sports journalists based in Abuja on Sunday urged the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to relieve Jose Peseiro of his Super Eagles Head Coach job before it is too late. They made the call following the Eagles’ 0-1 loss to Guinea Bissau on …

•PDP National Chairman, Ayu The Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Igyorov Ward of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State has suspended the National Chairman of the party, Iyorchia Ayu, with immediate effect. They suspended Ayu for anti-party activities after passing a vote of no confidence …

By Alex Enebeli Enugu, March 26, 2023 The Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has said that Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu never referred to Yorubas as political rascals, describing the report as a lie from the pit of hell. Ohanaeze said the report was “a typical falsehood, fabricated by social …

  The coalition president at the middle briefing newsmen By Angela Atabo Abuja, March 26, 2023 Labour Party Coalition for True Democracy (ECTD), on Sunday called for a review of the Enugu Governorship election result due to what it called “some irregularities”. The call was made by the coalition’s President, …

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, March 26, 2023 A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja has issued an order attaching funds standing to the credit of Oyo State Government and its agencies in four banks. Justice A. O. Ebong issued the order while ruling on a motion ex-parte …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to “urgently seek the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate allegations of electoral violence and other electoral offences including bribery against any state governors and their deputies during the just …

By Abiodun Lawal Abeokuta, March 26, 2023 Former Chief of General Staff under Gen. Sani Abacha’s government, retired Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya (GCON), is dead. The former military governor of Ogun died at the age of 79. His death was announced on Sunday in a statement by his son, Oyesinmilola Diya. …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, March 25, 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Feb. 25 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday denied validating the outcome of the poll. INEC returned Sen. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election. “I …

A 29-year-old commercial motorcycle (keke) rider in Akwa Ibom State, Ephraim Udo, who was arrested and incarcerated in the Uyo Correctional facility on the orders of a Policewoman (names withheld) for attempting to marry her daughter, has regained his freedom after four years in prison. Udo, a native of Ikono …