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By Deborah Coker Benin, Jan. 1, 2020 Chief Dan Orbih, National Vice Chairman, South-South of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed optimism that the South-South region of the country, and indeed Nigeria, will emerge from the “dark phase” being experienced. Orbih also said the emergence would begin a journey …

Archbishop Anthony Obinna, Archbishop of Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria, has officially announced the safe rescue from the hands of abductors, of Bishop Moses Chikwe, who was forcefully taken away with his driver, Mr. Ndubuisi Robert, on Sunday, December 27, 2020. Bishop Chikwe was, according to a statement by Archbisop Obinna, …

Some 147 Ex-Militants have filed contempt process against Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme Col Miland Dikio (Rtd) at Federal High Court Yenagoa for allegedly disobeying a judgment of the court. The ex-agitators are seeking the enforcement of the court judgement to compel Dikio to pay the judgement debt or …

Artisanal Fishermen Association of Nigeria (ARFAN), on Friday urged the Federal Government to leverage on its successes in containing the COVID-19 Pandemic to avert another lockdown in the new year. They equally appealed to the government to prevail on Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCO), to pay the $3.6 …

By Deborah Coker Auchi (Edo), Dec. 31, 2020 No fewer than 39 women from the six local government areas of Edo North have benefitted from the quarterly empowerment programme organised by the wife of the Deputy Governor, Mrs Maryann Philip-Shaibu. Philip-Shaibu, who said this on Thursday while addressing some of …

By Chinyere Nwachukwu Lagos, Jan. 1, 2021 Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila of the House of Representatives on Friday praised the University of Lagos management for doggedness that resulted in the construction of a 500-bed hostel for international students. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gbajabiamila made the commendation while …

By Lydia Ngwakwe Lagos, Jan. 1, 2021 The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF), on Friday in Lagos unveiled the TEF Entrepreneurship programme for 2021, to empower women and men across the African continent. The Chief Executive Officer of TEF, Mrs Ifeyinwa Ugochukwu, disclosed this during an Online news briefing with Journalists …

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum was yesterday at headquarters of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, in Abuja to demand food supplies to 800,000 internally displaced persons in critical need across 11 towns in Borno. Zulum in a letter, informed NEMA’s director general, AVM Muhammadu Alhaji Mohammed (rtd) that …

Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has wished Nigerians a more productive year come 2021, praying that the painful stories and challenges which faced the people in 2020 are conquered in 2021 with devotion …

Lagos State’s N1.163 trillion 2021 appropriation bill ratified, last Monday, by the House of Assembly has now become a law. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu signed the financial document into law on Thursday at a simple ceremony held at the State House in Marina, ushering Lagos residents into the New Year with …

By Itohan Abara-Laserian Lagos, Dec. 31, 2020 The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) hosted the Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, with a digital Closing Gong ceremony to mark the end of 2020 trading activities. The event which took place on Thursday was anchored by the Divisional …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged Nigerians, especially Lagosians to enter the New Year with a rekindled and renewed hope in themselves and the nation that things will get better in 2021. Governor Sanwo-Olu in his New Year message while speaking to journalists at the State House, Marina …

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent warm felicitations to former Director General/CEO of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr Dakuku Peterside on his 50th birthday, December 31, 2020. A statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) said that the President is joining Peterside’s “family …

The administration of Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwoolu is set to take another step in actualizing its vision for a Greater Lagos by replacing all streetlights in the State with smart LED lighting. The Streetlight Retrofit Project was unanimously approved by the Lagos State Executive Council in furtherance of the T.H.E.M.E.S …

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja issued stern warning to agencies of government saddled with generating revenue generation to work hard to meet their targets. The President, according to a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President(Media and Publicity), issued the warning after he signed the Thirteen-Point- …

When the year 2020 popped out of the womb of time, nobody knew that it was going to be what Yoruba people call Ogbologbo. Rough and tough. Unpredictable. Hungry and angry, consuming anything and everything it could lay its jaws on. Across America, Europe, Asia, Africa, indeed, all continents, time, …

William Attah, Gombe Gombe State Commissioner of Finance, Malam Muhammad Gambo Magaji, has attributed the increase in the State’s personnel cost in the 2021 budget to the reinstatement of the payment of the new minimum wage expected to commence by 2021. The payment of the N30,000 new minimum wage was …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has directed the immediate reopening of Kidney Island for the operators. A statement by the Rivers State government said this happened after a meeting between Governor Wke and the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mele Kolo Kyari in …

Abuja, December 31, 2020: Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman /CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has condemned in strong terms the killing of Mr George Nkencho, a 27-year-old Nigerian in Ireland. In a statement, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, NIDCOM Head of Media and Public Relations, described the killing of the young Nigerian by …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Comparing notes with Comrade Issa Aremu a few days ago, we wondered why things are always upside down here (apologies to Fela). Issa Obalowu Aremu clocks 60 on January 8th, 2021; more of that here next week, God willing! Christmas is the period when prices of …

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to shun ethnic, tribal and religious sentiments, and focus on competence and credibility, when electing leaders into public offices, saying that the country has continued to suffer under the burden …

Lagos, December 30, 2020: The family of Suleimon Olufemi, a Nigerian, who has been on death row in Saudi Arabia for 18 years, have appealed for clemency and forgiveness for their son from the Saudi Arabian authorities. The family, according to a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media and …

By Kemi Akintokun Lagos, Dec. 30, 2020 The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) says it is currently investigating a video circulating on the social media alleging that fake COVID-19 results could be obtained at the institute. Prof. Babatunde Salako, the Director-General of NIMR, said in a statement on Wednesday …

Borno Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday met Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama to conclude intergovernmental efforts for voluntary repatriation of thousands of Borno citizens currently taking refuge in parts of Cameroon, after fleeing from Boko Haram attacks in batches, within the last six years. Before Thursday’s …