“I think we have been able to achieve that significantly. The speed and commitment the National Assembly has shown in working on the PIB and reaching where we are today shows that we have chosen the right path.

The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Abutu Yaro, says the police have directed an in-depth investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Uguchi Unachukwu, who was allegedly killed on May 31 in Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased was shot dead near Sam Mbakwe Airport during a […]

“In 2019, Ifa said there would be a pandemic but the world paid little or no attention, tagging it as idol worshiping. But the COVID-19 came to prove it right, thank God that we were spared from the evil wave.”

The Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Sustainable Development Goals, Mark Obi, has resigned his appointment. In his resignation letter which he signed and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Calabar, Obi said that “as a founding member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), he would not defect […]

Following the suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria by the Federal Government, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has directed all broadcasting stations in Nigeria to suspend the patronage of Twitter immediately.  The Commission asked all broadcast stations to deinstall their Twitter handles and desist from using it as a source of information gathering for News […]

By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka Aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State rose from a meeting in Nnewi yesterday and vowed to support any of them that wins the ticket of the party at the primaries. The meeting, hosted by the former national publicity […]

Total Grace Oil and Gas on Sunday increased the number of its filling stations in Ibadan, Oyo State to 12 so as to reduce the number of unemployment in the state.

By Ugochukwu Alaribe, Umuahia People with disabilities under the aegis of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disability, JONAPWD, South-East zone, has decried the high state of insecurity in the South East and sued for peace in the zone. The Association who stated this during a visit to the Methodist Bishop and Co-Chair of […]

“On the Twitter ban, I can’t sit here with all the responsibilities that I have and flay the Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces, who is having all the prognosis of the security I don’t have, I can’t not begin to say what he has done is right or wrong.

…Says he’s preoccupied with helping to find solutions to Nigeria’s challenges By Dirisu Yakubu Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has said he has nothing to do with the campaign posters which surfaced in Abuja recently, linking him and Professor Charles Soludo to the 2023 Presidential election. Atiku in a statement signed by his […]

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 11 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 166, 767. The centre said the 11  new infections were recorded in Lagos with nine cases, the FCT-one and Kano-one. The NCDC also said that there are 1, 544 active cases of COVID-19 in […]

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has so far registered 1.2 million Nigerians into the National Identity Database and has issued them with the National Identification Number (NIN) in Bauchi. Malam Isa Abdulmumin, NIMC Bauchi state coordinator, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria NAN in Bauchi. He said the exercise […]

Established to bridge the gap in access to finance for women, impact investment platform, SME.NG is set to launch an e-market platform with the aim of empowering women-owned businesses with economic opportunities and business sustainability tools against the negative effects of the pandemic and economic downturn.

Worried by the worsening gridlock on the access roads leading to the country’s two busiest ports in Apapa, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has met with the Lagos State Government to map out strategies to tackle the menace. A statement by Olaseni Alakija, NPA General Manager, Strategic and Corporate Communications, indicated that NPA’s Acting Managing […]

The World Food Safety Day (WFSD) is celebrated June 7 annually to draw attention and inspire actions to help prevent, detect and manage food borne risks, thus contributing to food security, human health, economic prosperity, agriculture, access to the markets, tourism and sustainable development.