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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)  has published the “Notice of  Poll” for the November 6, 2021 Anambra governorship election at its State and all Local Government offices in Anambra State. According to a statement by Festus Okoye Esq., National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, dated …

Lisbon, Oct. 21, 2021 Bayern Munich FC coach, Julian Nagelsmann, has tested positive for the coronavirus in spite of being fully vaccinated and heads into quarantine, the 2020/2021 Bundesliga champions said on Thursday. Nagelsmann was not on the coaching bench in Bayern Munich’s 4-0 UEFA Champions League win at Portugal’s …

By Lucy Ogalue Abuja, Oct. 21, 2021 The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended indefinitely train services along the Abuja-Kaduna route due to an explosion on rail track which occurred in the evening of Oct. 20. In a statement signed by the management, the corporation apologised to passengers for inconveniences …

Pan Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has said that the production of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in court, Thursday, October 21, 2021, is largely due to “the diplomatic engagements” of the organisation under the leadership of Ambassador (Professor) George Obiozor. A statement by  Chiedozie …

A vivid account of how a Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) passenger train was attacked by armed bandits on the Abuja-Kaduna rail corridor has been given by a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) official in Abuja. The official, DCC Okafor C. P, DACs Abuja District, NSCDC, in a report, said that …

By Glory Abuh-Adejoh Abuja, Oct.21,2021 An FCT High Court sitting in Jabi on Thursday ordered that the former board chairman of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), Ngozi Olejeme, be remanded in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s ( EFCC) custody, until Friday. The judge, Justice Maryam Hassan gave the …

By Moji Eniola Ikeja, Oct. 21, 2021 The absence of a defence witness on Tuesday stalled the defence of Segun Razak, the son of late Chief Lanre Razak, the late Balogun of Epe who passed away on Aug 15, 2020. Segun is charged before an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual …

Manchester (UK), Oct. 21, 2021 (Reuters/NAN) Cristiano Ronaldo scored a late header to secure victory as Manchester United came from two goals down to beat Atalanta 3-2 in a pulsating Champions League Group F at Old Trafford on Wednesday. Mario Pasalic put Atalanta ahead in the 15th minute, turning in …

By Wandoo Sombo Abuja, Oct. 21, 2021 There was tight security at the Federal High Court Abuja as the court set to continue the trial of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),Nnamdi Kanu. A large number of security personnel were deployed to the court premises and …

By Taiye Agbaje Abuja, Oct. 21, 2021 A Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday fixed Nov. 10 for hearing the application of leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, challenging the competency of the charge preferred against him by the Federal Government Justice Binta Nyako fixed …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, October 21, 2021 received Security Briefing from Service Chiefs at the State House, Abuja. Photos by Tolani Alli shows some of those at the briefing.

Nigerian business mogul, Valentine Ozigbo, who is the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has secured another victory as the Supreme Court of Nigeria declares him the authentic candidate of the party for the November 6 election. The apex court, in a judgement delivered at the Supreme Court Complex …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 “It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it” – Aristotle. Those who profess to favour freedom and yet depreciate agitation are people who want crops without ploughing the ground; they want rain without thunder and lightning; …

By Emmanuella Anokam Abuja, Oct. 20, 2021 Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has inaugurated the governing boards of the new entities comprising the regulatory framework for the oil and gas industry as provided for by the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The new entities are the Nigerian …

Yinusa Ishola Ado-Ekiti, Oct. 20, 2021 Prof Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), on Wednesday, said the series of measures introduced to curb impersonation and examination malpractices had started yielding positive results Oloyede made the assertion in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, while delivering the 10th Annual …

Valentine Ozigbo, the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 6, 2021 election, has called for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, an activist and the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), from detention even as he called for a different approach in addressing the agitations …

By Kazeem Badmus In recognition of his immense contributions to the fight against human trafficking, the Southwest Diaspora Focal Point Officers (SwDFPOs), in collaboration with Make Mee Elegant Foundation has bestowed on the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the “Nigeria Ambassador Against Human Trafficking” award. Presenting the award at …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Oct. 20, 2021 An independent UN human rights expert, Olivier De Shutter, says although poverty and privilege “continue to reproduce themselves in vicious cycles,” it is possible to break the chain and shift the paradigm. Shutter who told the General Assembly on Wednesday while presenting …

By Deborah Coker Benin, Oct. 20, 2021 The management of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, Uhogua, Edo, says that 90 per cent of the IDP students who sat for the June/July National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) were successful. Pst. Evelyn Omigie, the Assistant Coordinator of the camp, …

By Fortune Abang Abuja, Oct. 20, 2021 Some Nigerian visa applicants to India, on Wednesday, decried the undue delays by the India High Commission, in Abuja, to process their travel documents, saying that this had impacted them negatively. The applicants, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in …

  By Chinyere Nwachukwu Lagos, Oct. 20, 2021 The University of Lagos’s waterfront is in need of urgent adequate shoreline protection as its ageing perimeter fence has collapsed, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, said  on Wednesday. Ogundipe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in …

….Turkey, Nigeria sign eight major agreements on energy, defence, industry, mining, others President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday in Abuja heaped praises on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for opening his country’s borders to accommodate millions of refugees in dire need of humanitarian support. Speaking at a joint press conference on the …

Leaders of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, paid a welcome back visit to All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu in his Bourdillion, Ikoyi, Lagos home. The team was led by Afenifere leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and included Chief Supo Sonibare, Oba Olaitan Oladipo …

Presidential aspirant on the platform of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Professor Kingsley Moghalu, has unveiled his agenda for the Nigerian youth if elected president of Nigeria in 2023. Moghalu, a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and a presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, in …

Former Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Barrister Emma Okah has called on the United Kingdom (UK) to withdraw the travel advisory warning her citizens not to travel to Rivers State. The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office flagged Rivers and eleven other states in Nigeria as unsafe for travels. The …