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ABUJA, NIGERIA: JULY 31, 2021 As part of its contribution toward helping to reduce the housing shortage in Nigeria, Stratech Properties Limited, a real estate brokerage company, has launched new home ownership product for doctors and other critical off-taker groups. In his address during the products launch which took place …

Niggers – no more We have educators. Negroes – no more We have inspirers, And Black – proudly I am Cause – we are all Africans. Civilization started with us That’s not hilarious. Being back on the bus No longer makes us nervous Oh Africans ! Unite Afro-Diaspora – Unite …

In less than six agonising years, Nigerians have looked on with shock and utter disgust as the Muhammadu Buhari-led government frittered away the goodwill and optimism that greeted his emergence as winner of the keenly fought 2015 general elections. Gradually but surely, the deafening ovations of change and a break …

• State records 30 deaths in few days • Gov: ‘Moderna Vaccine comes in days, Astrazeneca supplements too’ The rise in the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19)-related fatalities recorded in the last one week presents a worrying trend of the third wave of the pandemic in Lagos State. From the last …

·  Assures the IRT will remain focused in the discharge of its professional mandate Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has been replaced as the Head of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT), a crack special squad of the Inspector General of Police (IGP). The United States of America …

turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 I heard this joke on social media: A man was asked to define the difference between the PDP and APC; he said: Under PDP, when someone dies, cows are slaughtered to bury the person; but under APC, when a cow dies, human beings are slaughtered to …

July 31, 2021 …Lagos Bible App now available for download . Mr. Lungfa Maikarfi – FAITH COMES BY HEARING Coordinator (NORTHERN NIGERIA), Evangelist Edwin Ebeniro – CHAIRMAN (LAGOS), NIGERIA EVANGELICAL MISSIONS ASSOCIATION, Mr. Lanre Oguntuase – BIBLE SOCIETY OF NIGERIA Campaign Coordinator, Mr. David Oken – FAITH COMES BY HEARING Coordinator …

  By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, Aug. 2, 2021 UN Secretary-General António Guterres is encouraging everyone across the world to participate in the literal race against the climate emergency, inaugurated by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). OCHA, on Monday launched #TheHumanRace campaign, a global challenge to …

By Dennis Udoma, Uyo Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO), Akwa Ibom State Branch has petitioned the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly to probe the running of the State-owned Five-Star Hotel located at Nwaniba, in Uruan Local Government Area of the State. In a letter dated July 26, 2021 signed by …

William Attah, Gombe Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) 2021 Gombe State Ward Congresses Committee, Dr Danjuma Dabo, has given reasons why the exercise in the State took over 24 hours before conclusion. He told journalists shortly after he started receiving results from the 114 electoral wards of the State, Sunday …

Minister, Niger Delta Affairs Ministry, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has described the victory of the state-owned football club, Akwa United, in this year’s football league as “a good omen which signposts the strides our youths are recording in sport development.” A release by his Chief Press Secretary, Jackson Udom, quoted the …

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has explained that political leadership and the job of delivering good governance to the people remains a serious business for the young and active and not for the elderly. Obi, who spoke at …

The Akwa Utd Football Club of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on Sunday lifted the 2020/2021 Nigeria Professional Football League trophy. Akwa Utd won Mountain of Fire Ministry FC by five goals to two in the week 37 match played at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium. Speaking at the post match …

Last week we started a series about possible scenarios in our match to the decisive year 2023. The year 2023 represents a watershed of a sort because the forces at play today in the political space and national life constitute a credible threat to National Unity. We have never been …

By Polycarp Auta Jos, Aug. 1, 2021 Unidentified gunmen have killed seven persons and razed down 250 houses in some communities in Miango chiefdom of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau, according to a statement by the Iregwe Development Association (IDA) on Sunday, in Jos. The statement signed by Mr …

The outgone month of July, 2021 has definitely gone down as one resplendent with intrigues, drama, political shenanigans and a dose of bad tidings. Grab a front row seat and a drink as this writer attempts to highlight some of those eventful moments in no particular order of their occurrence. …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced that its downstream subsidiary, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), recorded ₦234.63 billion revenue from the sale of white products in the month of March 2021 representing a 24.7% increase from the ₦188.15billion sales recorded in the previous month of February 2021. …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto Aug. 1, 2021 Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi, has appealed to members of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State to remain committed to the party’s unity and ensure its success at all levels. Dingyadi, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …

Abuja, Aug. 1, 2021 Below is the current medals table of the ongoing 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo at the end of Sunday’s events across all the sports and at all the venues: Rank         Country             Gold       Silver …

The 69th Annual Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) begins today, Monday, August 2, 2021 with the theme: “A New Wave of Glory.” Ministering at the international program will be the General Overseer of the Church, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye and other Anointed Ministers of God from …

By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Aug. 1, 2021 Mr Ebenezer Onyeagwu, Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Zenith Bank Plc, has called for increased impact investing in Africa, to enable the continent achieve its full potential. A statement by the bank issued to newsmen on Sunday, in Lagos, said Onyeagwu made the …

By Monday Ijeh Abuja, Aug. 1, 2021 The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has directed immediate suspension of Mr Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police, following the high-profile bribery and fraud allegations made against him. The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank Mba, made the disclosure in …

By Dennis Udoma, Uyo Forum of Chapter Caretaker Chairmen of the All Progressives Congress Party (APC), in Akwa Ibom have rejected the ward congress conducted yesterday (Saturday, July 31, 2021) calling for its cancellation as the exercise, they say, was predetermined. Observing that the Dr. Ita Udosen – led State …

World energy giant, Shell, has named Elohor Aiboni as the Managing Director of its Nigeria deep-water business, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) with effect from 1st August 2021. Elohor is the first female to lead a Shell exploration company in the over 60 years of Shell’s operations …

By Muhammad Lawal Birnin Kebbi, July 31, 2021 Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu, Minister of State, Works and Housing, on Saturday, disclosed that the Federal Government had refunded N143 billion to five states for constructing federal roads. He made the disclosure during a visit to Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, at …