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By Leonard Okachie/Chimezie Anaso Umuahia, Jan. 19, 2020 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia and Anambra on Sunday marched round the major streets of Umuahia and Awka capital cities to protest the Supreme Court’s judgment that sacked Chief Emeka Ihedioha as governor of Imo. Ihedioha, who was PDP’s candidate …

Liverpool (UK), Jan. 19, 2020 Liverpool came through a high-octane tussle with old rivals Manchester United to win 2-0 at Anfield and move 16 points clear at the top of the table on Sunday. The win sparked a chorus of “we are going to win the league” from their now-expectant …

By Muhammad Nasir Bello Sokoto, Jan. 19, 2020 Some communities in Sokoto State on Sunday organised special prayer sessions ahead of Monday’s Supreme Court judgment for the success of the state and Gov. Aminu Tambuwal. The grand finale prayer session was led by Malam Tukur Rijiyar-Zaure to seek God’s intervention …

By Victor Adeoti Osogbo, Jan. 19, 2019 The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo field Office, has sealed 10 Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) skid stations for operating without valid licences in the state. It’s Operations Controller, Mr Ademola Makinde disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday …

Cross River State Commissioner for Environment, Mr Mfon Bassey (right) during the demolition exercise By George Odok Calabar, Jan. 19, 2020 The Cross River Government has destroyed over 100 illegal shops including containers erected within the premises of the popular Etim-Edem Park in Calabar metropolis. The State Commissioner for Environment, …

By Ayinde Olaide Bauchi, Jan.19,2020 Some politicians and other stakeholders in Bauchi are having ‘sleepless nights’  as they await the outcome of the Supreme Court verdict on the governorship election, to be delivered on Monday. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondent monitoring the development reports that for the past one …

Some President Muhammadu Buhari support groups have exposed “alleged plots  by dubious  political  double-dealers, paid  merchants and insidious elements to hatch smear campaigns to discolour the rising political and professional profiles of some eminent pro-Buhari figures  in the Buhari administration,” warning that the true  identities of those sponsoring the attempts …

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, January 19, 2020 Thirty-one Nigerian academics and research interns including nine professors and four senior lecturers were last week inducted for a one-year sabbatical programme and research internship in Shell companies in Nigeria at a ceremony held at the Port Harcourt Headquarters of Shell Petroleum Development Company …

  Only the other day, I read a published piece titled Peter Obi and the Rest of Us, written under the name of Donatus Ikem Nwabugwu. I later scanned through a follow-up piece he did under the name of Israel Chinedu. Going by his and his cohorts’ infamous style of …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court to: “declare the life pension edict/law 2019, passed by the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) null, void, illegal and unconstitutional; and to restrain and stop AMAC, its chairman; deputy chairman; speaker; legislature and/or …

  There is a saying, Justice cannot just be seen, it must be felt, in the hearts of the people and in the soul of the country. The judiciary is often said to be the last hope of the common man, but now it seems a mirage, especially with the …

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in London said that the partial closure of Nigeria’s borders is not meant to punish her neighbours, but to strengthen the country’s security and economy. At a meeting with a select group of the Nigerian Community in the United Kingdom, the President, according to a statement …

By Olanrewaju Akojede Lagos, Jan. 18, 2020 The Group Managing Director (GMD) of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, on Saturday said physical fitness was very crucial to workers’ well-being towards attainment of optimal performance. Kyari, while speaking after the closing ceremony of the 12th NNPC Sports Fiesta in …

The Bayelsa government has surpassed a target of 16,000 jobs for youths with a World Bank loan and grant component finance from the European Union (EU). The bilateral fund administered under State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) Project has impacted some 17,685 youths with temporary jobs for a one …

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday made a case for a more inclusive political process that would lead to greater involvement of women and the youth at all levels of leadership in the country. Dr Fayemi who delivered a paper at the Daily Trust Dialogue: Twenty Years of …

Billionaire businessman and Chairman, Eleganza Group of Companies, Chief Akanni Rasak Okoya celebrated his 80th birthday in Lagos on Sunday, January 12, 2020. Dignitaries from all walks of life graced the occasion, including former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, billionaire business man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, National …

A foremost Gombe philanthropist and Managing Director of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO), Dr. Jamilu Isiyaku Gwamna, has offered automatic scholarships to ten less privileged indigenes of Gombe State to study in two Moroccan universities. Gwamna said he selected the students from different parts of the State to study different …

By Stanley Nwanosike Enugu, Jan. 17, 2020 Police Command in Enugu State on Friday paraded two suspected child traffickers who specializes in moving children from Plateau State in North Central zone to River State in South-South zone. Parading the suspects in Enugu, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Abdurrahman, …

By Mustapha Sumaila Abuja, Jan. 17, 2020 The African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA) will top discussion as Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of African Development Bank (AfDB) is expected in London for the milestone investment summit. The bank’s Communication and External Relations Department made this known in a statement …

President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja Friday for London to participate in the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit holding on Monday, January 20, 2020. Hosted by the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, the event, according to the organisers, is expected to bring together African leaders, international business chief executives and heads …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has described the recent burning of the hostel of Patterson Grammar school, Awada, Onitsha, owned and managed by the Anglican Diocese on the Niger as a national calamity which should be treated as such. Obi said this during …

Walking with Shadows, a film co-produced by Funmi Iyanda and Olumide Makanjuola, has been scheduled for screening at the 2020 Göteborg Film Festival in Gothenburg, Sweden. Directed by Irish writer/director, Aoife O’Kelly, the film is an adaptation of Jude Dibia’s critically acclaimed novel of the same title. It will be …

The leadership lectures of the Institute of Christian Leadership Inc and Power Ministries International Inc, USA have commenced in the New Jersey office of the organisation in Morris Avenue. The classes started on Thursday, January 16, 2020 and are meant to mold the students into ultimate Christian leaders. This is …