The All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal’s judgement for dismissing the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The tribunal, led by Justice Mohammed Garba, affirmed that President Muhammadu Buhari is the winner of the 2019 presidential election. The APC in a statement […]
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Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, housemate, Cindy has won this week’s Head of House, HoH, challenge for the ‘Pepper Dem’ edition of the reality TV show. The position of HoH is usually assumed by the winner of the weekly task as instructed by Biggie. Last week, for the first time in the history of Big Brother […]
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Men of 22 Brigade Super Camp of the Nigerian Army in Dikwa, Borno State, have dealt heavy blows to Boko Haram terrorists in Gworege village in Dikwa Local Government Area. Col. Sagir Musa, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, in a statement on Sunday, disclosed that the operations was carried out in conjunction with the Civilian […]
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Former Brazil international, Marcos Evangelista de Morais, known as Cafu has lost his son who suffered a heart attack while playing football with friends on Wednesday. The news was confirmed by Cafu’s former team-mate and friend Paulo Sergio. Reports in Brazil suggest Danilo Feliciano de Moraes, 30, had complained of feeling unwell after playing for […]
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The British parliament has voted down a motion by Prime Minister Boris Johnson for the United Kingdom to hold a snap general election. Johnson and his government were defeated on Wednesday after only 298 voted in favour of the motion and 56 against, thereby leaving 133 short of the required 434 votes. The opposition Labour […]
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The Kaduna state command of the Nigeria Police Force says it has rescued three students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, abducted along Abuja-Kaduna highway on Monday. The command’s public relations officer, Yakubu Sabo, announced this in a statement issued on Wednesday. He said three other persons were still being held by the kidnappers. “The Command wishes […]
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Both medical and non-medical staff of Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH), Irrua, Edo State, on Wednesday embarked on indefinite strike action in protest of the abduction of the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Hospital, Professor Sylvanus Okogbeni. Okogbeni was kidnapped on Monday at at Ramat Park, in Benin, by unknown gunmen after killing two […]
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NIGERIA – President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, appointed a former deputy governor of Edo state, Dr. Pius Odubu, as chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Odubu served as the deputy of Adams Oshiomhole when the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was the governor of Edo state. Olusegun Adekunle, permanent secretary […]
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and astute media consultant, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze has described the conferment of the highest rank in the Catholic Church on the former Governor of Rivers State and erstwhile Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Dr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as a confirmation of his undistorted commitment to the […]
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo has condemned the attack on the former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Germany. Ekweremadu was attacked by IPOB members at an event in Nuremberg as seen in a video that went viral on Saturday, an act that has received condemnation by well-meaning […]
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