There was confusion at the premises of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) as an early morning fire on Wednesday engulfed the headquarters of examination body in Yaba destroying parts of the buidling.According to reports, several people are still trapped in the building as the fire rages. The cause of the fire which started at … [Read more…]
Ahead of next year’s general election, the Independent National Election Commission INEC has declared over 93.5 million Nigerians as eligible to participate in the exercise as voters. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja during the third quarterly meeting with political parties. Noting that 12.29 million Nigerians successfully completed their registrations … [Read more…]
The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Wednesday, ordered the Federal Government to pay N500 million as damages to the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, for forcefully abducting and renditioning him from Kenya in June last year. Presiding Judge, Justice Evelyn Anyadike, also declared Kanu’s extraordinary rendition from Kenya … [Read more…]
Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom on Tuesday appeared to withdraw his support for the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. Mr Ortom accused the PDP candidate of dishonoring him as Governor and working against the interest of Benue residents. His comments came after a group of elder statesmen in Benue, Minda Leaders … [Read more…]
The crisis in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has worsened as the “sacked” directors at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja, Tuesday accused its national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, of operating “secret accounts” without the resolution of the National Working Committee (NWC). The “sacked” directors, in a statement, also accused the chairman of disregarding … [Read more…]
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the worst is over as far as insecurity is concerned. Mohammed stated this at a Ministerial Session at the ongoing UNESCO Global Media and Information Literacy Week. He added that the military and other security agencies were up to the task of protecting Nigerians and non-citizens. … [Read more…]
Former House of Representatives member, USA Igwesi has described the Enugu State Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) governorship candidate, Dr Peter Mbah as an asset to the people of the Coal city state. He told Daily Sun that President Muhammadu Buhari’s commissioning of $1 billion Pinnacle petroleum off-take facility in Lekki on Saturday has proved that Mbah is … [Read more…]
In demonstration of solidarity with their son and former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, the people of Mpu community in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State shut their market at the weekend to pray for divine intervention in his ongoing trial alongside his wife in the United kingdom over alleged organ harvest conspiracy. The … [Read more…]
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, issued an arrest warrant against the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, believed to be residing in the UK. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon granted the request, after counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Farouk Abdullah, made an oral application. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) … [Read more…]
I am passionate about the rapid development of Nigeria, starting with AlaIgbo because of the structural problems it has faced since the end of the Nigerian Civil War in 1970 and also because of its enormous technological and economic potential. If the 188-megawatt Geometric Power Plant in Aba or the Aba Power distribution firm in … [Read more…]
AS part of this year’s project for girl-child empowerment, the Rotary Club of Lagos Island, District 9110 has commenced the vaccination of 2,000 girls against cervical cancer. Speaking during the investiture ceremony of the 7th President of Rotary Club of Lagos Island, Anant Sabat, the District Governor, Omotunde Lawson, said: “We will empower and enlighten … [Read more…]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, told the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar not to expect the party in Rivers State to campaign and vote for him in the 2023 elections. The governor, who spoke while inaugurating Rivers State PDP Campaign Council in Port Harcourt, accused Atiku of … [Read more…]