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  Members of the Borno State assembly were amazed by “countless projects” sited in their constituencies by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum, Speaker Abdulkarim Lawan has said. Lawan, in a statement issued Sunday, reacted to announcement by the state executive, unveiling 326 capital projects and 49 programmes and policies being executed …

To reaffirm its status as the biggest cement producer in Africa, Dangote Cement has set the pace with the exportation of 27,800 metric tonnes of clinker to a neighbouring African country. With this historic maiden voyage from its Export Terminal located in Apapa Port, Lagos weekend, Dangote has gradually made …

Sunday Bassey 08029472002 Eket (Akwa Ibom) June 14, 2020 A heavy downpour resulting in flood has destroyed 100 houses and displaced 300 persons in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the heavy down pour which started about 3a.m in the early …

Former Managing Director of Diamond Bank, Dr Alex Otti, has, in what can be described as laying the truth bare, cleared the air of doubts in the minds of cynics who believe that the N75 billion savings the Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, left for the state …

By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko Ibadan, June 14, 2020 The General Overseer (GO) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, says he and his prayer warriors will not rest in prayers until the perpetrators of rape are accorded stiffer penalty. Adeboye said during a live programme on DOVE …

Let’s begin with this story a retired Colonel of the Nigerian Army told me recently about the man Muhammadu Buhari, who was assuming duty as General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Mechanized Infantry Division, in January 1981. “I was a Captain then,” the retired Colonel said. “General Buhari had just been …

By Douglas Okoro Abakaliki, June 13, 2020 Chief Abia Onyike, former Commissioner for Information and State Orientation in Ebonyi, has explained reason behind his present ordeal with Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi. Onyike in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abakaliki, explained …

The Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has condemned in the strongest terms the incessant killing of Nigerians on the country’s highways. Obi was reacting to the killing, on Thursday, of a popular Kogi-based businessman, Mr. Chuks Ofodile, along the Gegu-Koton …

By Ebere Agozie Abuja, June 12, 2020 The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, says no names were dropped in the case of Taraba alleged kidnap kingpin, Bala Hamisu, also known as Wadume. He disclosed this on Friday in Abuja through a statement issued by …

  Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Friday, amid jubilation, inaugurated multiple development projects in the University town of Nsukka, executed by his administration, as part of the activities commemorating this year’s Democracy Day celebration. The projects included a modern complex of eight Magistrate Court Halls and another complex …

By Muhammad Adam Yola, June 13, 2020 The Police in Adamawa has confirmed the alleged killing of 18 suspected kidnappers by thunderstorm in neighbouring Republic of Cameroun and not in the state. This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesman of the state police command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, …

By Abujah Racheal Abuja, June 12, 2020 Nigeria records 627 new COVID-19 cases, another high for two consecutive days, the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control(NCDC) says. In a tweet on Friday, the centre said Nigeria now has 15,181 cases of the COVID-19. The NCDC also said that as at June …

By Chidi Opara Owerri, June 12, 2020 Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo has said his government would raise the state’s monthly internally generated revenue (IGR) to N5 billion in the next few years. Uzodinma, who made the promise at the maiden stakeholders’ forum held on Friday in Owerri to mark …

  William Attah, Gombe Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, has celebrated the June 12 Democracy Day with the commissioning of projects worth millions of naira in health, education and infrastructural sectors. Commissioning the projects at the State Specialist Hospital which included a new Accident and Emergency, General Outpatient Departments, …

NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ON DEMOCRACY DAY, JUNE 12TH 2020 Fellow Nigerians, 1. The 2020 celebration of Democracy Day marks 21 years of uninterrupted civil administration in our dear country. This day provides us an opportunity to reflect on our journey as a nation, our achievements and struggles. …

Turin (Italy), June 13, 2020 Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty kick as hosts Juventus were held to a 0-0 draw by 10-man AC Milan on Friday. But the Turin side still squeezed into the Coppa Italia final as the season restarted following a three-month stoppage for the novel coronavirus. Juventus …

By Deborah Coker (Benin)/ Bolaji Buhari (Lagos)/Deji Abdulwahab (Abuja) June 12, 2020 A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chieftain in Edo, Chief Dan Orbih, on Friday asked the All Progressives Congress (APC), to apologise to Edo people over its varying positions on the person of Gov. Godwin Obaseki. Orbih, the immediate …

The Federal Government has congratulated media entrepreneur and filmmaker Mo Abudu over her partnership with leading global streaming service Netflix to create two original series as well as multiple Netflix-branded films. In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the …

Some key aides attached to the First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, have reportedly been arrested by personnel of the Nigerian Police. The aides were said to have been taken away by unidentified security operatives. The reason behind their arrest was still shrouded in secrecy, though PRNigeria was told by a …

Football is the greatest instrument that unites Nigeria. Whenever the national team, the Super Eagles, is on song all Nigerians become united in an astonishing togetherness. There was the Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967-70 that could have divided the country forever. At the end of the war in 1970, then Head …

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, will meet with President Buhari to discuss security challenges arising from the activities of Boko Haram insurgents and bandits in parts of the country. The resolution to so do was reached after the Senate …

As the country celebrates her Democracy Day today, Friday, June 12, Vice Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has reminded Nigerians that democracy remains the bedrock on which the country is built. He urged all to hold on to every democratic ideal …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha  Abuja, June 11, 2020 The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has declared a state of emergency on sexual and Gender-Based Violence (GBV).   The forum made the declaration in a communiqué signed by its Chairman and Gov. of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday in Abuja after the governors 10th …

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered over 1000 ghost workers in the payroll of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) and a cash recovery of over N138, 000, 000 (One Hundred and Thirty-eight Million Naira) from the state’s treasury looters. Head, …