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By Edith Ike-Eboh Abuja, Nov. 2, 2020 The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiatives (EITI), has commended the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Malam Mele Kyari for deepening the culture of transparency and accountability in the corporation. Dr Kennie Obateru, the corporation’s spokesman in a statement in …

By Busayo Onijala Lagos, Nov. 3, 2020 When you safeguard independent media, you are protecting the country’s democracy, says Ronald Kayanja, Director, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Nigeria. Kayanja spoke at a virtual event held to commemorate the 2020 International Day to End Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists. The …

By Yunus Yusuf Ikeja, Nov. 3, 2020 The Management of Air Peace has announced the arrival of another aircraft ERJ-145 after undergoing C-Check abroad. Mr Stanley Olisa, spokesman for Air Peace, confirmed the development in a statement in Lagos on Tuesday. Olisa explained that the aircraft, with registration number 5N-BVD, …

Buenos Aires, Nov. 3, 2020 Diego Maradona has been admitted to hospital in Argentina although his condition was not thought to be serious, local media reported on Monday. The 60-year-old Maradona was reportedly taken to the Ipensa clinic in La Plata, about an hour from Buenos Aires. Maradona, who won …

By Chinyere Nwachukwu Lagos, Nov. 2, 2020 Mr Ibrahim Imam, Chairman, Board of Trustees (BOT) of the Tertiary Education TrustFund (TETFund), says plans are underway to construct facilities with provision for 2000 bed spaces across Nigerian universities. This is to cushion the effect of inadequate students’ accommodation. Imam disclosed this …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 2, 2020, re-arraigned the former governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, alongside his then Commissioner of Finance, Omodachi Okolobia before Justice Ahmed Ramat Mohammed of the Federal High Court Abuja for fraud. Both were, according to a statement by Wilson …

  TIMING OF TIME: TRIBUTE TO FRANCIS ARTHUR NZERIBE: OGBUAGU, OSHIJI, DAMANZE, AG’AKPA Y’AKPA. By Nze Ozichukwu Chukwu Words like winds, embody spirits, grow wings. Life blooms and glows. Meanings grow own lives, But change in time and place. Life is alive as you face it, live it; With a …

Nigerian Associations of Physicians in Diaspora have condemned the orgy of violence that followed the peaceful EndSARS protests in Nigerian cities, berating also, the security agents that brutally attacked the peaceful protesters. The Doctors’ Associations of great Britain, South Africa, America, Canada, and Germany, in a recent joint statement authored and signed …

President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday in Abuja recognised and celebrated the accomplishments of some youth innovators in Nigeria including the 20-year-old Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, engineering student Usman Dalhatu, who built a portable automatic ventilator to help people with breathing problems. Dalhatu was among the five Youth Innovators in different fields …

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, rolled out a major infrastructural overhaul in the Epe Division of the State, flagging off the reconstruction of Eti Osa-Lekki-Epe Expressway 40 years after. The Governor flagged off the first phase of the road project on Sunday at a ceremony held at the Pan …

As life gradually returns to normal after a tumultuous week of looting, arson, wanton destruction and death that followed the #EndSARS protests, many Nigerians are counting their losses. In Lagos, hoodlums attacked public and private facilities two weeks ago and burnt Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses in their terminals in Oyingbo and Berger Yards. Many …

With many countries proposing ban on use of fossil fuels, and the world transitioning from oil, Dr. Bashir Jamoh says maritime offers Nigeria a bounteous substitute in the country’s economic diversification drive. The Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) stated this recently in Abuja when he delivered …

  turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 There is no denying the fact that the Nigerian ruling class is scared stiff of social media and will give anything to kill – not regulate – it. The “regulation” of social media they claim to be after is a mere disguise; what they mean …

Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Ajibola Basiru, has debunked claims that the National Assembly was responsible for the deplorable state of roads in Benue State as alleged recently by the Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola. Fashola was quoted to have made the allegation on …

By Ebere Agozie Abuja, Nov. 1, 2020 The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, SAN, says the Federal Government is set to end impunity for crimes against members of the public including journalists. Malami made this known in a statement issued by Dr Umar Gwandu, …

Manchester (UK), Nov. 1, 2020 Arsenal ended their five-year wait for a Premier League away win against Manchester United with a second-half Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang penalty giving them a 1-0 win at Old Trafford on Sunday. The Gunners had not enjoyed such a win in 29 games since their victory at …

    By Harrison Arubu New York, Nov. 1, 2020 No fewer than nine Nigerian Americans are on the ballot in Tuesday’s general elections in the United States, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Running mostly on the platform of the Democratic Party, the candidates are bidding for different …

  William Attah, Gombe Leader of the Igbo Community and Welfare Association in Gombe State, Sir Ben Onu Oruonu, has called on State Governors from the Southeast region to emulate Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State by appointing Nigerians of Northern extraction into their cabinets. According to him, doing …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), 261 concerned Nigerians, civil society and media groups have filed a lawsuit against the National Broadcasting Commission [NBC] and Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, asking the court to “declare arbitrary, illegal, and unconstitutional the N9m fines imposed on Channels, AIT and …

William Attah, Gombe Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State has directed the reopening of all private and State owned tertiary institutions in the State on Tuesday 10th November, 2020. The State Commissioner for Higher Education, Mr. Meshack Audu Lauco, while briefing Journalists in his office Friday evening said, having …

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has advocated a restructuring that will cement the unity of Nigeria and engender a perfect union among its peoples irrespective of their ethnic, religious, cultural and linguistic differences. He also suggested an equitable revenue allocation formula that will speak to the federalism …

By Isaiah Eka Onna (Akwa Ibom State), Nov. 1, 2020 Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has commended the peaceful conduct of the local government councils’ polls in the state despite the low turnout of voters. Emmanuel gave the commendation on Saturday while at his polling unit for accreditation and …

Manchester (UK), Oct. 31, 2020 Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola on Saturday reiterated his desire to stay with the club. The Spaniard thus ruled out a return to his former club FC Barcelona when his contract expires at the end of the season. FC Barcelona have been in turmoil for …

October 30, 2020, Lagos – Boss Gidahyelda Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, and chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, will deliver the Eighth Anniversary Lecture of Realnews Magazine on Thursday, November 19, 2020 at the Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, by 10 am prompt. Managing the COVID-19 Global Pandemic …

Top political leaders and other dignitaries flocked around legal luminary, Barrister Theo Nwaigbo and his wife for their thanksgiving ceremony/child dedication on Sunday, October 25, 2020. It was joy unlimited and overflowing thanksgiving to God for His goodness to the Nwaigbo family. Among the top politicians that graced the event …