By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri The Borno State Coordinator of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Barrister Jummai Usman Mshelia has said that 495 cases of Sexual and Gender Based Violence have been recorded in the state in 2022. Addressing the Press on Wednesday at the Mohammed Buba Marwa Hall , NUJ Centre Maiduguri as part of […]

By Biodun Busari French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday awarded medals to five World War II veterans at the French Embassy in Washington on Wednesday. The award, the Legion of Honour – the highest honour in France were conferred on 98-year-old Samuel Davis and 96-year-old Carl Felton. According to reports, the duo with ‘Legion d’Honneur’ […]

By Victoria Ojeme The Federal Government has paid US$100,324,011.33 to the Economic Community of West Africa (ECOWAS) as community levy this year alone. This was disclosed at the presentation of the Nigeria country report by the Nigerian delegation at the ongoing Second Ordinary Session of the ECOWAS Parliament in Abuja. The leader of Nigeria’s delegation […]

Uruguay great Luis Suarez refused to apologise on Thursday to Ghanaians over his infamous handball at the World Cup 12 years ago. The South Americans take on the Africans in a must-win Group H clash in Qatar on Friday that is a repeat of the notorious quarter-final in South Africa in 2010. Suarez deliberately handled […]

By Peter Duru, Makurdi A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, support group, the Atiku Grassroot Movement, AGM, has denied distrupting the senatorial campaign flag-off of the party held recently in Gboko Local Governmnt Area, LGA, of the state as alleged by the Benue Youth Forum, BYF. The group also decried the alleged attack on its members […]

By John Alechenu, Abuja The Vice Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Dr. Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has declared that orchestrated attempts  by opponents to denigrate the candidacy of the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, using false claims and attacks on his supporters will fail. He said this at a press conference, […]

The Ladi Adebutu Campaign Organisation has described the recent judgements that affirmed its principal as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in next year’s election as a victory for the party. The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, upheld the primary election that produced Oladipupo Adebutu as the governorship candidate of […]

By Biodun Busari The United States authorities have indicted a former agent with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Aaron Mitchell with three counts of a civil rights violation for sexually assaulting and kidnapping a minor victim, kidnapping a minor victim and misleading state investigators. This was stated in a press release by the Department […]

No fewer than persons were reported to have died from a ghastly accident involving the convoy of  Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state.  The crash involved a RAMP 2 Toyota Hilux van used by Head of Fintiri’s vigilante,  while en route Mubi for a campaign engagement. Read also: Nigeria’s not broke — Finance Minister According […]

By Ada Osadebe Nigerian Disc Jockey, Imohiosen Patrick professionally known as DJ Neptune, has reacted to Wizkid’s announcement which threw his fans into a panic mood. Wizkid, on Tuesday, shared a flyer for his concert, “Vibes on the Beach with Big Wiz,” on his Instagram story, scheduled to take place in Lagos on December 30, […]

By Dennis Agbo The Enugu State Primary Health Care Development Agency, ENS-PHCDA, will Saturday December 3rd begin free vaccination of Rotavirus vaccines, aimed at preventing diarrhoea among children. Diarrhoea is the cause of about 40 percent diseases among children which causes dehydration and hospitalisation. The vaccine has not been part of the routine immunization and […]

First Lady Aisha Buhari, is expected to testify against Aminu Mohammed, a student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa, who criticised her on Twitter. Vanguard that Aisha is among the five witnesses listed by the prosecution to testify against Mohammed in court. Read also: Poverty: Govs mum as FG accuses them of operating only in […]

By Biodun Busari The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has described the former leader of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), Chief Paul Iorpuu Unongo as “an apostle of excellence” while paying tribute to him. Vanguard reported that Unongo, the first Secretary-General of the defunct Nigeria Peoples Party, died after a brief illness on […]

By Victoria Ojeme The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof. Mahmood Yakubu yesterday lamented incessant attacks on INEC’s facilities and assets nationwide, stressing that only timely arrest and prosecution of perpetrators would end the trend. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who stated this at the opening of a two-day Induction Retreat for the […]

By Soni Daniel, Abuja Despite the rising cost of Iiving which has pushed the majority of Nigerians into multidimensional poverty the Federal government has insisted that Nigeria is not broke. The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed made the declaration at a news conference in Abuja to unveil the administration’s scorecard […]