The Labour Party and Progressive Peoples Alliance, have joined the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, in refusing to hang the portrait of President Muhammadu Buhari in their secretariats. The parties said, the ruling All Progressives Congress, before it came to power, allegedly refused to hang the portrait of former President Goodluck Jonathan in […]
Continue ReadingThe All Progressives Congress, APC, Rivers State has received with joy the cheery news of the release of Ms Dornu Kogbara by his abductors 12 days after she was forcefully taken away by gun men from her family home in Port Harcourt. The APC in a statement signed by its Publicity Secretary, Chris Finebone and […]
Continue ReadingVice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN has called on Nigerian leaders to aspire to win the people’s heart rather than enrich themselves with state resources. According to him “our history reminds us of the visionary leaders in Nigeria, who fired our imagination through their vision, diligence and selfless service, who did not live or fight to […]
Continue ReadingThe police in Rivers has confirmed the release of Vanguard Newspaper columnist, Donu Kogbara, abducted from her residence 11 days ago. The Police Public Relations Officer in Port Harcourt, Ahmad Muhammad, said Ms. Kogbara was freed in the early hours of Saturday. He said the state commissioner of police, Musa Kimo, had already visited Ms. […]
Continue ReadingLatter Rain Assembly Pastor, Tunde Bakare has said former governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, is not in the same class with the former premier of Western Region, Obafemi Awolowo, and does not deserve to take the place of Awolowo as the leader of the Yoruba race. Although, Bakare acknowledge that both leaders made unique […]
Continue ReadingPresident Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with his Majesty, King Salman, the people of Saudi Arabia and the worldwide Islamic community over the tragic loss of lives in yesterday’s crane collapse at the Grand Mosque of Mecca. As details of the deaths and injuries sustained in the unfortunate incident unfold, President Buhari, according to Garba Shehu, SSA […]
Continue Reading(PremiumTimes) President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered more security at all camps harbouring internally displaced persons in the country, after a bomb explosion killed seven people at the Yola IDP camp early Friday. Twenty people were injured in the attack, the National Emergency Management Agency said. Mr. Buhari condemned the attack as “heinous and cowardly”. He […]
Continue Readingworld number one Novak Djokovic will on Sunday battle Roger Federer in the US Open final. The two leading players in the world of tennis have punched their ways to the final spots in like manner, trouncing their opponents in three straight sets. Djokovic defeated defending champion, Marin Cilic, 6-0, 6-1, 6-2. Federer defeated his […]
Continue Reading…Says it is baseless and wicked By Njamanze Fidel Mr. Henry Ebireri, the Chief Press Secretary to the Delta State House of Assembly Speaker (Hon. Igbuya), on Thursday rebutted allegation that 23 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the Delta State House of Assembly contributed a sum of N5million each with which to compromise the […]
Continue Reading(TheNews) Nigerian athletes continued to garner more medals at the ongoing All-African Games in Congo Brazzaville to place fifth on the medals table at the end of Thursday’s event. A statement issued from Congo on Friday by Steven Nelson, Deputy Director, Press, National Sports Commission (NSC) and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria […]
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