By Dirisu Yakubu – Abuja The President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has fixed Tuesday, February 9, for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Kano-Maradi railway project, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, disclosed on Sunday. The 284km standard gauge rail project, Vanguard reports is contracted to a Portuguese firm, Mota-Engil Nigeria Limited. Amaechi in a release yesterday issued […]

Singer, Tare Okiri, also known as Harrysong has taken to social media to announce his forthcoming wedding. Announcing the news via his Instagram handle, Harrysong who also shared a photo of himself and his fiancée, Alexer Peres Gopa wrote: “all shades of beauty, I got it right this time”. Harrysong was once married to former […]

By Chinonso Alozie – Owerri Former governor Rochas Okorocha and the Senator Representing Imo West Senatorial district, yesterday assured the traditional ruler of Uzoubi Umuna Autonomous Community in Orlu local government, Eze Boniface Okereke, that he (Okorocha) would assist him (Okereke) in making sure his petition get to the relevant authorities regarding the humiliation the monarch […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has called for a comprehensive reform of the structures and operations of the African Union, to make it more functional in meeting its targets. 

By Ochuko Akuopha – Obiaruku Chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ukwuani Local Government Area, Delta State for the March 6 council elections in the state, Mr Chidi Uwabuofu, has said that his running mate, Mr Onah Onyeka, was never any time, a card-carrying member of the Allied Peoples’ Movement, APM, as […]

Simon Ifeanyi Ezeh The title of this article is opposed to the popular belief that God is in control of everything that goes on in this world and might offend many, especially the classical Christians but that is the position of Jesus Christ. Before we proceed, it’d be pertinent to mention the grounds on which […]

Chief Eze Nwachukwu, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi, says there is no leadership crisis in the state chapter of the party, as alleged in some media reports. Nwachukwu, also the state’s Commissioner for Inter Governmental Affairs disclosed this at a news on Saturday in Abakaliki. He said that the reports were […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti The Ekiti State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Olawale Fapohunda has sued the Inspector General of Police over the dismissal of Olajide Omolola, the pregnant unmarried female corporal. In the law suit, Fapohunda seeks an order of court declaring Section 127 of the Police Act and Regulations which provides for […]

Kenyan Peter Waweru Kamaku will officiate the final of the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) between defending champions Morocco and Mali on Sunday, 7 February, 2021, at the Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaounde. Waweru, a lecturer of the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, will lead the team of match officials as the curtains on […]

By Sola Ogundipe The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant of COVID-19, the results of a new trial have suggested. Early data from a trial conducted at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand and Oxford University showed the two-step vaccine had significantly reduced efficacy […]

By Sola Ogundipe The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine appeared to offer only limited protection against mild disease caused by the South African variant of COVID-19, the results of a new trial have suggested. Early data from a trial conducted at South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand and Oxford University showed the two-step vaccine had significantly reduced efficacy […]

…Say many of them abandoned, forgotten A cross section of President Muhammadu Buhari’s supporters and stakeholders of his defunct Congress of Progressives Change (CPC) in the Southwest geo-political zone have raised an alarm over what they described as lopsided political appointments in the region. The aggrieved supporters expressed their disappointment barely days after President Buhari […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia Stakeholders of the Isiala Ngwa North and Isiala Ngwa council areas, have condemned the burning of the Omoba police station and killing of a policeman in the area and urged the Police fish out those behind the act. Recall that yet to be identified hoodlums, numbering about 20, had razed […]

The National Assembly has reassured that it will submit the Electoral Act Amendment Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for his assent before the end of February. Sen. Kabiru Gaya, Chairman, Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Committee (INEC)disclosed this when he spoke at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. “We […]

Punch Newspapers reporter Okechukwu Nnodim, abducted on Feb. 3 with two other persons at their houses in Kubwa, Abuja has been released, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Nnodim’s wife, Mrs Oluchi Nnodim, confirmed the release of the journalist on Sunday, saying that her husband was released at midnight on Saturday. She said that […]