John Alechenu, Abuja Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has enjoined Nigerians to punish the ruling All Progressives Congress, by denying it votes in the forth coming 2023 general elections.  Atiku made the appeal in a personalized letter to his supporters via email, on Sunday.  He explained that for a country to […]

By James Ogunnaike, Abeokut Ogun State chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said that no single Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, depot has fuel, blaming the current scarcity on the cooperation and Federal Government. IPMAN, in a statement signed by the Mosinmi Depot Chairman, Otunba Femi Adelaja, and made available […]

By Bashir Bello A woman, Balaraba Shehu, and her man friend, Amadu Sale have been arrested by operatives of Police in Jigawa State for burying their newborn baby alive in the state. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Lawan Shiisu who confirmed the development said, Balaraba after delivering the baby out of wedlock conspired with Amadu to […]

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) is jolted by a publication  it called “demonic journalism”, expressing rage over an allegation that, since 2013, Nigeria’s military had run a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the North-East terminating at least 12,000 pregnancies among women and girls. The DHQ declared that the military had […]

•PDP presidential candidate defends action •It’s PDP adopting PDP  – APC candidate •Support out of tune with reality – LP •Voters don’t take such endorsement seriously – Kachikwu By Clifford Ndujihe, Omeiza Ajayi & John Alechenu THE adoption of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, for the 2023 poll by northern  […]

Iran has scrapped its morality police after more than two months of protests triggered by the arrest of Mahsa Amini for allegedly violating the country’s strict female dress code, local media said Sunday. “Morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary” and have been abolished, Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was quoted as saying […]

Governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, said the Federal Government is to blame for the rising level of poverty among Nigerians. The NGF stated this, in a statement signed by its Director of Media and Public Affairs, AbdulRazaque Bello-Barkindo. Read also: Buhari failed in many areas, commendable on 13% derivation release – […]

Neymar will return for Brazil’s World Cup 2022 second-round clash against South Korea on Monday after recovering from an injury that kept him out of the team’s last two group-stage matches. Brazil topped their group despite scoring just three goals in three games in Qatar, their worst showing in front of goal in the group […]

By Luminous Jannamike and Ezra Ukanwa ABUJA—AHEAD of the 2023 presidential election, clergymen across Nigeria have been calling on Nigerians, irrespective of their ethnic or religious leanings, to seek the will of God for a new leadership. Specifically, the North East Nigeria conference President, Seventh Day Adventist Church, Pastor Joshua Mallum, advised Nigerians to embrace […]

By Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has declared an Abuja drug lord, Ibrahim Momoh, popular as ‘Ibrahim Bendel’ wanted. Operatives of the NDLEA had stormed the warehouse of the notorious drug lord and ex-convict, where 81 jumbo bags of cannabis weighed 1,278kgs.  Read also: Again, hoodlums attack Imo INEC […]