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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature, Abdulrazak Gurnah, a former lecturer in Bayero University Kano. In winning the prize, the Swedish Academy highlighted the Tanzanian novelist’s ”uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effect of colonialism and the fate of the refugees in …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 The Presidency or, better still, the Attorney-General of the Federal Government and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has reportedly threatened Anambra state with a state of emergency; his ostensible reason being the killing spree ongoing in the entire South-east region, Anambra inclusive. Some have attributed the …

The recent statement credited to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami revealing the possibility of the Federal Government (FG) to invoke a state of emergency in Anambra State is a political gambit that should be roundly rejected by all lovers of genuine democracy. It is …

By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Oct. 9, 2021 Nigerians living in the U.S. on Saturday converged on New York in a carnival to celebrate the 61st Independence Anniversary of their homeland. The Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the annual event, which usually features parade and carnival …

The Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) have called off their planned strike action. The development, according a statement by Garba Deen Muhammad, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, came after intensive engagement involving the leadership of the PTD, NNPC officials and other government agencies. “NNPC wishes to appreciate …

By Rotimi Ijikanmi Abuja, Oct. 10, 2021 The Federal Government has taken delivery of 10 of the 12 A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets expected from the U.S. and their deployment has changed the tide in the fight against terror in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaj Lai Mohammed, …

By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, Oct. 10, 2021 Former Head of State Yakubu Gowon on Sunday commiserated with the family of the first Military Head of State, the late Maj.-Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, over the death of their matriarch, Mrs. Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi. Mrs. Victoria Aguiyi-Ironsi was the First Lady of Nigeria between …

The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has condemned the report linking the 2019 Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, describing it as a hatchet job which failed the integrity test of media ethics. According to CLO, the report was a “hatchet job taken too far …

Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has returned to Nigeria, Friday, after undergoing a surgery on his right knee in London. A statement by his media office, which said the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is “fully healed,” after undergoing “rigorous post-surgery physiotherapy on the said …

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigerian-born Dr. Osahon Enabulele on his election as the President of the World Medical Association (WMA) for the 2022-2023 Executive year. The President, in a statement by Femi Adesina, his Special Adviser (Media & Publicity) recognised that at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged …

Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa has received the approval of the Bayelsa House of Assembly to restructure the state’s commercial debts with some banks, to ease the state’s monthly debt servicing obligations. Diri had in September 2020 secured the approval of the Bayelsa House of Assembly to obtain N17 billion …

The Police Command in Bayelsa has attributed the  drop in crime within the waterways in Bayelsa to intensified collaboration amongst the security agencies and called for review of procedures at checkpoints. Mr. Emmanuel Asufi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police spoke at the sidelines of the just concluded 7th Annual Lecture …

*Urges journalists to tap into opportunities in global media space The advisor to Inoyo Toro Foundation, Mr Udom Inoyo has inaugurated a five-man committee for the Ray Ekpu Award for Investigative Journalism for journalists practicing in Akwa Ibom State. In his remarks to the committee, Mr Inoyo who is the …

President Muhammadu Buhari says the Federal Government will do everything within ambit of the law to protect citizens from onslaught of criminals, which include insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and politically motivated killings. Speaking on Saturday in Kaduna at Passing Out Parade for Cadets of 68 Regular Course (Army, Navy and Airforce), …

The Edo State Government and the Zinox Group, Nigeria’s leading tech conglomerate, will on Monday, October 11, 2021 sign an agreement for the supply of Information Communication Technology (ICT) tools to deepen reforms in the state’s civil and public service. Addressing journalists in Benin City, Special Adviser to Edo State …

By Nana Musa Abuja, Oct. 8, 2021 Muhammad Nami, the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has said that only 41 million pay taxes in Nigeria out of the over 200 million population in the country. Nami made the disclosure at the ‘Public Presentation and Breakdown of the …

By Kingsley Okoye Abuja, Oct. 9, 2021 Nigerians from different walks of life, on Saturday paid glowing tribute to late Rear Adm. Ndubuisi Kanu, who died on Jan. 13, 2021, at the age of 77. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd), former Chief of Army Staff, in his tribute, said that late …

Elder (Engineer) Simon Awofesobi recently celebrated his birthday in the United States of America (USA). Family members, friends and associates joined him as he marked the milestone with Thanksgiving to God at the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Dominion Cathedral, Orange, New Jersey, USA. Elder Awofesobi and his wife, …

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), swelled in ranks on Thursday with the induction of 21 new members. The induction was part of the activities of the fifth annual conference of GOCOP held at Sheraton Hotels, Ikeja in Lagos. The Conference was chaired by the Governor of Lagos State, …

By Deborah Coker Benin, Oct. 7, 2021 The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has threatened to fight the menace of `over speeding’ drivers in Edo through total enforcement of the use of speed limiting device by commercial drivers. Mr Ayodele Kumapayi, Zonal Commanding Officer (ZCO), zone RS 5, comprising Edo, …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said the Agency would not do anything to frustrate the future of Nigerian youths, but rather try to salvage the youths when they try to go astray. The Akwa Ibom State Commander, Mrs. Obot Bassey, said this on Friday in Uyo while …

  By Chinenye Offor Abuja, Oct. 8, 2021 The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited had made history for being the company with the highest share capital in the country. The Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Alhaji Garba Abubakar, revealed this on Friday, in …

October 8, 2021 A 44-year-old woman is at the verge of quitting her marriage because her husband is tired of continuously “wasting his time, energy and body fluids” without any child to show for it. Getting him to sleep with his wife who is desperately and anxiously waiting on God …