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Washington, Feb. 27, 2024 U.S. President Joe Biden has expressed optimism about an imminent ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant Hamas movement in the Gaza war. “My national security adviser tells me that we are close. “We’re not done yet. My hope is by next Monday we’ll have a …

Washington, Feb. 27, 2024 A month-long investigation by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has found systemic shortcomings in aircraft maker,  Boeing’s quality assurance. In the commercial aircraft division, the FAA commission found no standardised and clear way for employees to report quality deficiencies. Employees did not understand how to …

By Maureen Okon Abuja, Feb. 27, 2024 Nigerian middle-weight champion based in Houston, Texas, United States, Rapheal Igbokwe, has donated some  food items to Karu Children Home. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday reports that the middle-weight champion who is also known as “Raph Trouble” has won 18 …

By Ijendu Iheaka Aba (Abia) Feb. 27, 2024 The  Aba Integrated Power Project (IIP), owned by the Geometric Power Group (GPG), finally came on stream on yesterday, Monday, 20 years after it was conceived by its Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Barth Nnaji. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that …

By Taiye Olayemi Lagos, Feb. 26, 2024 Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the 14th Emir of Kano, is expected to lead discussions on the role of the creative industry at an economic summit to be held in London in May. Also on the panel of discussants are Chief Segun Awolowo, former …

By Ismail Abdulaziz Abuja, Feb. 26, 2024 The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the merging, scrapping and subsuming of some Ministries, Departments and Agencies of Federal Government in line with its policy of reducing cost of governance. Hajiya Hadiza Bala-Usman, Special Adviser to the President on Policy Coordination, made …

By Nicholas Obisike and Ijendu Iheaka Aba (Abia) Feb. 2024 Director General, World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has called on various governments in Nigeria to create proper regulatory environments to ensure success of investment in the power sector. Okonjo-Iweala made the call on Monday in her goodwill message, …

By Martha Agas Abuja, Feb. 26, 2024 The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has suspended its food disposal initiative following a stampede that claimed seven lives on Feb. 23. The unfortunate incident occurred during the distribution of 25Kg bags of rice at its Zonal Headquarters, Yaba, Lagos State The service announced …

By Nicholas Obisike/Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Aba, Feb. 26, 2024 President Bola Tinubu on Monday inaugurated the Geometric Power Generating Company in Aba to boost power supply in the commercial nerve centre of Abia. In a speech at the inauguration of the Integrated Power Project (IPP), Tinubu said that the plant would also …

The Super Falcons of Nigeria secured a crucial 1-0 victory over Cameroon, propelling them into the final qualifying round for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games women’s football event. Entering the second leg of their 3rd qualifying round clash tied on aggregate after a goalless draw in the first leg at …

  IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, with his lawyers in court on Monday By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Feb 26, 2024 A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, fixed March 19 for ruling in the bail application and preliminary objection to his trial commencement filed by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the …

By Deborah Coker Abuja, Feb. 24, 2024 Edo Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, says intimidation and harassment will not change his resolve in the pursuit of his political ambition. Shaibu said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Shaibu emerged the …

Cement and concrete are synonymous with strength ;the strength of the economy and infrastructural development. Cement is specifically an indicator of how we prioritise housing, roads, and other infrastructure projects that rely on it. When cement prices go up consistently, it reverberates across the country, sending cold chills down the spines …

Two wanted armed bandits’ leaders, Baldo and Baban Yara, together with scores of their foot soldiers, have been eliminated by Nigerian troops. The warlords were behind the coordination of movement and exchange of kidnap victims within camps in the Zamfara/Katsina axis. A defence intelligence source confirmed to PRNigeria that the …

By Deborah Coker Abuja, Feb. 25, 2024 The Ijaw National Congress (INC), has advised President Bola Tinubu to lift the ban on employment by Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) of government and combat insecurity as part of the strategies to fight hunger and poverty in the country. The INC President, …

Monday, 26 February, 2024 Preparatory to his exit from power last year, President Muhammadu Buhari warned all of us to let him be after office: “Nobody should ask me to come and give any evidence in any court; otherwise whoever it is, he will be in trouble because all important …

The leadership of the Labour Party (LP) has clarified that “the letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by a dissident group and former members of our party led by one Lamidi Apapa to recognise Anderson Uwadiae Asemote and Monday Ojore Mawa as the gubernatorial and deputy governorship candidates …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has reiterated its intention to proceed with its planned protests against what it describes as “mounting hunger and insecurity” in the country, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, affirmed this stance in a statement issued on Sunday, February 25, 2024, accusing the …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Nigeria’s governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr. Nyesom Wike “over their failure to account for the alleged missing N40 trillion federal allocations meant for local governments in the states and the FCT.” The suit …

February 25, 2024 So at plenary in the senate last week, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, rushed naked out of the bathtub. He raised his hand up. In the presidency’s search for scapegoat, Akpabio suddenly became Archimedes. Last week, he came forward to shout “Eureka!” He had found the No 1 …

By Nefishetu Yakubu Benin, Feb. 24, 2024 Patience Key on Saturday emerged the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate to fly the party’s flag in the September 21 governorship election in Edo state. Key was adopted by the party members and delegates in the primary election that took place at the …

Former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for the devolution of power and resources from the federal government to states and local governments as a means to address the ongoing economic crisis plaguing the nation. Obasanjo attributed the current crisis to a lack of productivity among Nigerians and the …

Bournemouth (UK), Feb. 24, 2024 Manchester City secured a hard-earned 1-0 victory at Bournemouth on Saturday as Phil Foden’s first-half goal moved them one point behind Premier League leaders Liverpool. Foden converted from close range in the 24th minute and it proved enough for Pep Guardiola’s side who were well …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Politics apart, the aggregate of opinion is that Nigeria is in a very bad shape; opinion is divided, though, on what needs to be done to return it to a better shape. Has this become a mission impossible? Can Nigeria be salvaged or is it beyond …

 By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Feb. 24, 2023 The Convener of the Northern Elders Forum, Prof. Abdullahi Ango, says Nigerians must go back to the drawing board as the country’s systems have failed to work. Abdullahi, a former Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, said this at the launch of …