You will be remembered for the lives you touched – Okowa
Governor of Delta State, Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa has said that people will be remembered by how they impacted on the lives of others, not by the number of years they lived.
Supreme Court’s ruling on Imo election painful – Abaribe
SENATE Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Abia South has warned against imminent weakening of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and some critical agencies of democracy.
Nigeria’s debt stock hits N26. 2tr – DMO
Emma Ujah – Abuja Bureau Chief The nation’s public debt stood at N26.215 trillion as of the third quarter of 2019. The Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Ms. Patience Oniha, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja Friday. She said the figure was about 2. 0 percent higher than the N25.701 trillion […]
Nigeria accounts for 50% of glaucoma cases in Africa — TCF
A medical foundation and eye hospital in Nigeria, the Tulsi Chanrai Foundation (TCF), yesterday, raised the alarm over the rising incidences of glaucoma and other eye diseases in the country, stating that Nigeria accounts for 50 per cent of Glaucoma cases in Africa.
Don calls for Sharia Courts in South West
Prof. Abdulmumini Oba a lecturer at the University of Ilorin has called for the establishment of Sharia Courts of Appeal in the South West to cater to the Muslim faithful. Oba, who lectures at the Department of Jurisprudence and International Law of the university made the call in a paper presented at the 189th Inaugural […]
Uzodinma: Make Sam Mbakwe Int’l Airport functional, APC chieftain tells FG
Following the return of Imo State to the All Progressives Congress, APC, a chieftain of the party and former senatorial candidate in the 2019 general elections in Imo State, Barrister Chyma Anthony, Friday, called on the Federal Government to consider making functional, the Sam Mbakwe International Airport, to boost commerce and industry in the state and the country in general.
Guardiola relaxed over Man City party with ‘Instagram models’
Pep Guardiola defended his Manchester City stars on Friday following reports they flew in 22 Italian Instagram models for their delayed Christmas party after last weekend’s 6-1 Premier League win at Aston Villa. The defending champions were not allowed to attend City’s own Christmas event as Guardiola was concerned there would be a repeat of […]
NEGLECT: Lagos monarch urges govt to empower community leaders
Irked by the neglect of traditional rulers in the country by government, a monarch, Chief Musbau Amole Jinadu, Baale of Agoro, Okobaba, Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos, has called for a change, maintaining that “governance originated from the royal institution.”
Eri, the Igbo testament of black history
From linguistics and genetic anthropology, the Volta-Niger subfamily of the Niger-Congo ethnolinguistic family is the oldest ethnolinguistic family. The group comprises of Yoruba, Igbo, Igala, Idoma and Nupiod languages who evolved and dispersed from the Southern Nigeria coast. Not only the source of humanity but that of civilization, as together they developed the world’s first […]
Breaking: Fr Mbaka storms Uzodinma’s office in Owerri
The Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (Amen), Reverend Father Ejike Camillus Anthony, Ebenezer Mbaka, has visited the Imo state governors office and dedicated the office and the entire building to God.
Finance Act will reposition economy — Expert
A Tax Consultant, Dr. McAnthony Dike, has urged the Federal Government to educate Nigerians on the importance of the new Finance Act in developing the nation’s economy. Dike, who is a former President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in […]
Africa Cup of Nations change a ‘catastrophe’ for Klopp
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has urged football’s governing bodies to ease the burden on the sport’s top players, calling the decision to switch the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations to January and February a “catastrophe”. The European champions face losing African player of the year Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Naby Keita for a significant […]
Buhari departs Abuja for London ahead of UK-Africa Investment Summit
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja for London to participate in the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit holding on Jan. 20. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president had earlier performed some official assignments, including his meeting with security chiefs, before leaving the presidential villa for the London trip. The president also joined […]
Lagos mass transit train: NRC to resume services soon — official
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says its suspended Lagos-Ogun mass transit train service will resume operations soon. Alhaja Khadijah Aroyewun-Adekomaiya, the Public Relations Officer of NRC, Lagos Railway District, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday. “We are likely to resume operations very soon though the […]
Missing Ondo child: Magistrate bars journalists from court, remands Prophet in prison
By Dayo Johnson A Chief Magistrate in Akure, Ondo State, Charity Adeyanju on Friday barred journalists from covering the ongoing trial of a Prophet Babatunde Alfa standing trial over the case of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole who went missing in his church in November 2019. Prophet Babatunde Alfa is the founder of the Sotitobire […]
