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 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), just like the Nigerian Police, has cleared Zinox Technologies Ltd., Zinox Telecoms as well as Technology Distributions Ltd. (TD) and its staff of any infraction based on a series of petitions written by Benjamin Joseph, the owner of Citadel Oracle Concept Limited, a …

No fewer than 100 unemployed graduates from the South eastern part of the country have benefited from a four day training programme in poultry production by the Federal College of Horticulture, Dadin-Kowa, Gombe State. According to the Provost of the College, Professor Fatima Sawa, the programme is a Federal Government …

Danjuma James, Sokoto Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has urged eligible voters in the country to vote out the current All Progressives Congress, APC, led-government at the centre in order to actualise the real change for the nation. Tambuwal made the call at the PDP campaign rally at …

David Amusa, Port Harcourt The Rivers state Liaison office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme has been commissioned in Port Harcourt. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Dokubo, said the essence of the Rivers …

  Over Hundred Thousand Rivers people from the 23 Local Government Areas of the state on Monday formally declared their endorsement of  Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Candidate, Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to lead Nigeria out of the woods. Making reference to President Buhari’s remarks at the weekend in …

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has said the insultive statements made against him in Ilorin today (Monday) by former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, were expressions of their frustration over the imminent loss …

By Abiemwense Moru Abuja, Feb. 11, 2019 Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has expressed sadness over the death of former House of Representatives member and ex-President of Pan-African Parliament, Mr Bethel Amadi. Dogara made this known in a statement on Monday signed by his Special Adviser …

By Abdullahi Isah  Maiduguri. The Nigerian Police has called for the full co-operation of all stakeholders to ensure peaceful, free and fair federal and state elections on February 16 and March 2, 2019, respectively. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting in preparations of Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 16 …

  By Wandoo Sombo Abuja, Feb. 11, 2019 The Incorporated Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa has asked the Federal High Court Abuja to disqualify the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar from contesting the Feb. 16 presidential election. The group wants Atiku disqualified over the …

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  In another first in the Nigerian oil and Gas industry, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), has trained three Nigerians in special seabed survey, a discipline largely dominated by expatriates in the country’s offshore exploration activities. Iwinosa Aghedo, Peace Adepoju and Oluwapelumi Okewusi have completed master’s degrees in …

Prof. Oye Ibidapo-Obe, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos has advised tech start-ups to emulate the new Konga. He gave this charge in a recent engagement with budding entrepreneurs, business owners and other Ph.D. students in Lagos. According to Prof. Ibidapo-Obe, Konga has sprung a surprise in the …

Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election, the coalition of governorship candidates of political parties in Enugu State has unanimously endorsed Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for re-election “to complete the good work you have started in our state”. Briefing newsmen during a solidarity visit to the Government House, Enugu, the candidates of …

By Martins Odeh Abuja, Feb.11, 2019 The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Monday constituted a Preliminary Complaints Assessment Committee,  to decide on the petitions against Justices Walter Onnoghen, suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and Muhammad Tanko, Acting CJN. Mr Soji Oye, Director Information of the Council said this in …

A fresh record in political mobilization in electioneering  was set in Kano on Sunday as the Presidential Campaign train of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, arrived the commercial nerve céntre of the North. The awesome crowd was unprecedented as the city was locked down that even the wheel of the Atikulation …

Enugu, Feb. 11, 2019 A new Commissioner of Police for the Enugu State Command, Mr Sulaiman Balarabe, on Monday assumed duty in the state. Balarabe took over from outgoing Commissioner, Mr Mohammed Danmallam, who had been redeployed to Force Headquarters in Abuja. Addressing personnel of the command after taking over, …

By Bolaji Buhari/ Ismaila Chafe Lagos, Feb. 9, 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said that his administration would recover all looted public funds and deal decisively with perpetrators of corruption. Buhari made the declaration in Lagos while speaking at the All Progressives Congress(APC) Presidential rally. The rally attracted a …

By Salisu Sani-Idris Abuja, Feb. 9, 2019 The UN has advised stakeholders in the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria to avoid messages of hate, politics of acrimony, bitterness and rancour to avoid undermining the peace and stability of Nigeria. The Special Representative of the  UN Secretary-General and Head of the …

By Clara Egbogota Lagos, Feb. 9, 2019 The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) plans 77 hours of praise to celebrate the 77th birthday of its General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, according to its National Music Director, Pastor Kunle Ajayi. Ajayi told newsmen at a news conference in Lagos on …

Robert Awokuse The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) said that it might close Ladipo Market in Mushin, till further notice, if the waste situation continued unabated. LAWMA’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Obinna Onyenali, who spoke to Global Patriot Newspapers, GPN, on Friday, February 8, said that the attention of the …

By Emmanuel Oloniruha Abuja, Feb. 9 2019 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its Presidential Mega Rally, earlier scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 9 in Abuja. In a statement issued by the Director, Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan on Saturday in Abuja, PDP said the …

  The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has called on traders not to allow Nigeria to collapse. He made this call on Friday while campaigning in selected markets across Anambra State. Obi, who visited Ose Okwodu, Bright, Main Market, Ochanja and Upper Iweka …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Feb. 8, 2019 Chief Olusegun  Osoba, former Governor of Ogun, on Friday at the Presidential Villa Banquet Hall shared with President Muhammadu Buhari memories of his train ride in 1958 from Abeokuta to Osogbo. Osoba was the book reviewer at the presentation of `Nigeria on Firmer …

By Leonard Okachie Umuahia, Feb.8, 2019 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been commended over its plan to reprint the 319 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) destroyed in last Sunday’s fire in Abia. The Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Abia, Dr. Alex Otti’s campaign organisation …