All is set to mark this year’s National Diaspora Day Celebrations with the theme: “Diaspora Engagement in Global Challenges Times for National Development.” Hon (Dr) Abike Dabiri-Erewa Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NIDCOM), stated this at a Press Conference in Abuja as part of activities ahead of July 25, 2022, National Diaspora day Celebrations. The NIDCOM Boss stated further that ... Read More »
Following criticisms that greeted his choice of Senator and former governor of Borno State, Kashim Ibrahim Shettima, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Wednesday, said he had made the hard choice. In a statement on his verified Twitter handle, the former governor of Lagos state, averred that he made the hard choice because he ... Read More »
The Christian Association of Nigeria on Wednesday dissociated itself from Bishops who attended the unveiling of the vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Kashim Shettima, saying they were desperados who went there for themselves. The organisation said that although the presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was free to “hire mechanics and other artisans and sew ... Read More »
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) have resumed discussions to find constructive ways of addressing all encumbrances to the participation of inmates in the electoral process. Both organisations had been meeting to determine the best way of giving prisoners the opportunity to exercise their franchise. A Federal High Court sitting in Benin had, in ... Read More »
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday presented the certificate of return to Osun State Governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke. The certificate presentation to Adeleke by the INEC National Commissioner, Supervising Osun, Ogun and Oyo states, Prof. Kunle Ajayi, was preceded by the presentation to the deputy governor-elect, Prince Kola Adewusi. The presentation came about 72 hours after Adeleke was declared ... Read More »
DUCHESS INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL, IKEJA GIVES UPDATE ON VP OSINBAJO’S CONDITION The Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, GCON continues to make good progress at the Duchess International Hospital, Ikeja. Following a successful operation to repair a fracture of his right femur (thigh bone) on Saturday, His Excellency is now receiving physiotherapy and ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja unveiled the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited), affirming that the company is mandated by law to ensure that Nigeria’s National Energy Security is guaranteed. Speaking at the historic occasion at State House Conference Centre, the President said Africa’s largest National Oil Company (NOC) would also support sustainable growth across other sectors ... Read More »
• Says Kwara among few states paying 100% salary as allocation shrinks • Speaks on Colleges of Education’s strike Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday said the state is not immune to the steady decline of revenue, adding however that the administration will continue to make payment of full salaries a first line charge because of its wider implications ... Read More »
Fresh from the successful conduct of two end-of-tenure off-season governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has again assured Nigerians that the 2023 general election will be taken a notch higher. Prof. Yakubu made the pledge when he received a delegation from the International Republican Institute (IRI) and the ... Read More »
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has met with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, following the controversy trailing the Muslim-Muslim presidential preference of the ruling party. WE had reported yesterday that Tinubu had set up a team of eminent persons with whom he was scheduled to meet ... Read More »
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