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Abia APC governorship candidate, Ikechi Emenike,

Politics

2023: Ikechi Emenike says APC will record landslide victory

By Leonard Okachie Chief Ikechi Emenike, the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) Governorship Candidate in Abia, has said that the party…
Ann Agom-Eze, Gov. Dave Umahi

Politics

APC senatorial ticket: Why Umahi’s opponent Agom-Eze was expelled

Agom-Eze was Gov. David Umahi’s main challenger for the Ebonyi South senatorial ticket of the APC ahead of the 2023…
Governorship candidate of the APC in Enugu for 2023 election, Chief Uche Nnaji, unveils Chief George Ogara as his running mate.

Politics

Enugu 2023: APC’s Nnaji unveils Ogara as running mate

By Ifeoma Aka Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State in 2023, Chief Uche Nnaji, on…
Kogi people at the event to declare support for the APC presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate in Okene on Saturday

Politics

Kogi: Groups drum support for Tinubu

National Secretary, SWAGA Hon. Bosun Oladele also asked Nigerians to join the Asiwaju train, to take their country to an…
Ilebaye and Khalid: evicted from the BBNaija house.

Entertainment

BBNaija: Why Ilebaye, Khalid were evicted

Ilebaye's and Khalid's eviction from BBNaijassssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss did not come as a surprise, though both were evicted for different reasons.I
sekibo

News

Rivers APC spokesperson Finebone tenders resignation letter

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chris Finebone, the spokesperson of All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State Publicity Secretary,s finally tendered a letter…
Prof. Ifagbemi Awamaridi and Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour

Politics

Lagos 2023: Awamaridi fights Rhodes-Vivour for Labour Party ticket

By Adekunle Williams There is now confusion over who is the governorship candidate of Labour Party in Lagos State for…
Pat Utomi

News

Labour Party cautions Pat Utomi on appointments, rejects Odigbo

Labour Party said this while reacting to announcement of Charles Okadigbo as the as the leader of the communication team…
7,000 people dump PDP for APC in Sokoto

Politics

Over 600 PDP members defect to APC in Gombe

Alhaji Bappah Maru, a former member of the Gombe PDP Elders’ Forum said the efforts of the present administration in…
Edo police command reacts to claim that CP Abutu Yaro, illegally released suspected oil thieves after collecting ₦7 million bribe.

News

Kidnapping: Respite on Benin-Ekpoma road in the last 90 days

The only kidnapping activity witnessed in the state in the last 120 days was carried out along the Benin-Lagos express,…
Gov. Dave Umai appoints Rev. Fr. Abraham Nwali South East CAN Chairman head of the governing councils of Ebonyi and David Umahi Universities

News

Umahi gives S-East CAN Chairman Abraham Nwali 2 appointments

Nwali, who has been Special Adviser on Religious and Welfare Matters to Umahi since 2015 is also the chairman of…
Kogi Police Commissioner, Edward Egbuka

Metro

Kogi: Polytechnic staff arrested over murder of daughter

Sherrifah, the daughter of the Polytechnic staff was kidnapped on Aug. 4, at the family residence in Okenya along Itayi…
Rushdie

Art, Books

Salman Rushdie: The writer who hardly sleeps with two eyes closed

Rushdie is a multiple award-winning novelist, whose fame goes beyond borders and break boundaries, even though his freedom has been…
Chief Mbayin Ndoma, the traditional ruler of Orimekpang in Boki LG of Cross Rivers State: allegedly killed by cultists

Metro

Daughter narrates how C/River Chief Ndoma was murdered by cultists

Assailants murdered Chief Ndoma on Aug. 3 at his hometown, Orimekpang, in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River.
President Muhammadu Buhari, President, Federal Republic of Nigeria (2nd Right) having a handshake with Abdul Samad Rabiu, Founder & Executive Chairman, BUA Group (2nd Left) while Kabiru Rabiu, Group Executive Director, BUA Group (Left) and Niyi Adebayo, Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment (Right) looks on during the visit of Abdul Samad Rabiu and BUA Group Management Team, to the State House in Abuja, today.

News

BUA Group Chairman announces N10bn security initiative

He noted that under President Buhari's administration, the BUA Group has built over 10 factories with two of the Group’s…
Ogun governor and beneficiaries of his 'oko owo dapo' empowerment scheme

News

50,000 women benefit from Ogun ‘Oko’wo Dapo’ scheme

Abiodun, who made this known at the validation exercise of ward facilitators of the scheme, held at the Oba's Complex,…
FILE PHOTO: A forest reserve

News

Ogun refutes rumours on sale of forest reserves

The Ogun State Government has refuted rumours making the rounds that it has sold parts of forest reserves in the…
Saddiq Dzukogi’s collection of poems, Your Crib, My Qibla

Art, Books

The unbearable memory of loss in Saddiq Dzukogi’s Your Crib, My Qibla

Dzukogi’s collection of poems, Your Crib, My Qibla is indeed a journey not just into lyrical sound but one laced…
Investigators discover the bodies of 28 migrants next to a detention facility in the desert in southern Libya

World News

20 dead migrants found at Sudanese-Libyan border

The authorities assume that the 28 people were migrants trying to cross the border into Libya in two vehicles.
Tension brews in health sector over appointment of two acting medical directors by the FG for each of its 3 new National Orthopedic Hospitals.

Metro

Group seeks stakeholders’ collaboration to strengthen healthcare system

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A group of non-governmental organisation, the Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN) has called…
Chris Finebone far (right),Governor Nyesom Wike, Siminalayi Fubara,PDP, Governorship Candidate and Dr Davies Ikanya

Politics

Defection rumours trail Rivers APC spokesperson meeting with Wike

But as expected, the rumoured defection of Finebone has elicited jubilation in PDP.
UNIBEN student, Jeffrey Omoregie: Crushed to death 20 days before his scheduled departure to Canada for post graduate studies

Metro

Canada-bound UNIBEN graduate crushed to death in Benin

The incident occurred on Tuesday, 9 August, 2022, when Jeffrey Omoregie, a petroleum engineering graduate attempted to cross the Benin/Lagos…
Dr. Dawari Ibietela George

Politics

2023: AA affirms George as Rivers governorship candidate

Earlier, Mr. Beke Anyalemechi, who is the Spokesman for Dr Dawari Ibietela George, he affirmed that George remains the party's…
Governor Nyesom Wike has come under attack by groups and opposition in Rivers over his appointment of 14,000 advisers, 319 ward Liaison Officers and 40 local government area liaison Officers on Tuesday.

Metro

Youth group asks Wike to fulfill 5,000 jobs promise

On the 2023 general elections, the group asked youths to go about the electioneering processes peacefully, shun violence and thuggery.
St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, where the massacre occurred in June

News

Owo church attack: Ebira youths open up on arrest of kinsmen

Obiyo Ateiza Aliyu, EYC President-General said the group is miffed by the action of the suspects, emphasizing that Ebira people…
Shaibu (in jersey No. 40, addressing his team mate during training)

Metro

Edo deputy gov. Shaibu retires from active football

It would be recalled that Shaibu inspired Insurance FC to gain promotion from NNL to NPFL in 2018/2019 football season.
Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau State

News

How we will pay N18bn gratuities, pension arrears – Plateau Govt

The civil servants have a choice because it is going to be discounted at a rate, so it is subject…
Mrs. Obaseki presenting appointment letter to one of the appointees

News

2023: Obaseki warns politicians, says ‘everybody is waking up’

She noted that increased political awareness leading up to the 2023 general elections has changed the narrative in politics
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

Metro

How gunmen abducted man in broad daylight in Rivers

According to an eyewitness account, a woman was among the gang of gunmen who kidnapped the yet to be identified…
St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, where the massacre occurred in June

Headlines, News, Top Stories

Just In: Two more ISWAP terrorists arrested over Owo church attack

The Chief of Defence State, General Leo Irabor had at a media briefing on Tuesday announced the arrest of an…
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