President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the designation of Lekki Deep Seaport as a Customs Port and Approved Wharf. In a statement posted on the Nigerian Ports Authority’s (NPA) official social media handles on Friday, the President approved the new port for commercial vessel berthing via the Ministry of Transportation to the NPA’s managing director, Mohammed Bello-Koko. The NPA also stated …
According to the National Population Commission (NPC), some Nigerians are hesitant to be counted for the 2023 census. The NPC listed this as one of the challenges it was facing on Friday in Ebonyi. Darlington Okereke, Federal Commissioner, provided an update on the trial population and housing census. The official assured that the commission would get it right during the …
Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornell, veteran film stars, were kidnapped after leaving a filming location in Enugu. Monalisa Chinda, spokesman for the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), announced this in a post on her verified Instagram page. Chinda stated that her senior colleagues had gone missing after their families confirmed they had not returned from a film location in Ozalla …
Mohammad Abacha, the son of former military ruler General Sani Abacha, has taken the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to court over the Peoples Democratic Party’s last gubernatorial primary (PDP). Sadiq Aminu Wali, son of former Foreign Affairs Minister Aminu Wali, PDP, and Kano State PDP Chairman Shehu Sagagi, has also joined the suit. Abacha asked the court to declare …
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has warned all members of its staff and the general public in Nigeria about terrorists and bandits infiltrating the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and surrounding areas with the intent of kidnapping people for ransom. The West African regional bloc announced this in an Urgent Security Advisory dated July 27, 2022, as part …
Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), visited Ilorin, Kwara State, on Friday to seek the blessing of the Emir of Ilorin, Alh Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, for the realisation of his presidential bid. Kwankwaso was accompanied to the Emir’s palace by the NNPP’s gubernatorial candidate in the state, Prof. Shuaib AbdulRaheem, Alh Buba Galadima, and …
A FORMER Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, has petitioned an Abuja Federal High Court to disqualify All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidates Bola Tinubu and Abubakar Atiku from the 2023 general election. Nwajiuba, who resigned from his ministerial position to run in the APC presidential primary, also asked the court to declare him …
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has downplayed the possibility of leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the aftermath of the party’s presidential primaries. Wike stated that he would soon inform Nigerians of the truth about the PDP’s situation. He spoke to journalists on Friday at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State’s capital, shortly after returning from a …
Thugs disrupted the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise at St. Bridget Catholic Church in Ijesha, Surulere, Lagos State, on Friday. The thugs took the Continuous Voter Registration machines from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The incident occurred less than 72 hours before INEC closed the CVR. Following the incident, the Parish Priest locked the church and fled for …
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said the process of electing its new president is still ongoing and would be completed today, with a new president of the body unveiled. As a result, the association has denied reports that Rev. Daniel Okoh has been elected as its new president. According to a statement signed by Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, media assistant …
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Manchester United striker, has been told that he must make do with the Europa League because no one wants to sign him. With less than two weeks until the start of the new season, the Portugal international’s future at Old Trafford remains uncertain. However, despite his desire to join a Champions League team ahead of the new …
On Wednesday night, gunmen stormed Craneburg Construction Company’s construction site in Owo, Owo Local Government Area, Ondo State, and shot two security guards. The invaders were said to have launched dynamite, which exploded at 9:45 p.m., when the attack began. According to reports, the gunmen shot sporadically, damaging the windscreens of the vehicles and tractor parked at the construction site. …
Olumide Aderinokun, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate in Ogun Central, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of turning the nation upside down. Aderinokun claimed that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC had left Nigeria in a pathetic state, claiming that the country now “finds itself in a state of emergency with fears that the worst may happen to …
The federal government has announced plans to begin disbursing N20,000 to women and men in rural areas across the country through the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). The grant for vulnerable groups programme was launched in 2020 to support President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration’s social inclusion agenda. It is consistent with the national goal of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of …
I know that the dominant health topic right now is Coronavirus (or, if you prefer, Chinese Virus), but I feel compelled to draw attention to some egregious practises by some callous and cruel Nigerians that are destroying many lives in this country on a daily basis. These vile characters are able to inflict such heinous harm on unsuspecting Nigerians because …
The Kaduna State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has formed a committee to reconcile disgruntled party members in the state ahead of the 2023 elections. The reconciliation committee was tasked with reaching out to members who ran in primaries for the 2023 elections but lost. Malam Musa Mada, APC Zonal Publicity Secretary for North West, made the announcement …
Haruna Abdullahi, Acting Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Internal Revenue Service (FCT-IRS), has suggested that only 10% of registered taxpayers in the nation’s capital pay their taxes. This means that 90 percent of FCT residents who are registered for tax do not file returns. He made this remark during a day-long tax seminar in the nation’s capital aimed …
In an update to its global growth forecast released Tuesday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned of global economic risks that, if unchecked, could push the world into recession. The IMF blamed high inflation and the risks posed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for putting the global economy in jeopardy, adding that “worst case” scenarios are possible. According to IMF …
Former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, Buba Galadima, has stated that with the country’s lingering insecurity, it will not be surprising if the country’s number one citizen is kidnapped. Galadima was responding to the country’s insecurity in an interview with the BBC Hausa service. “These bandits despise the Buhari administration,” he said. Everyone was afraid of him (Buhari) at the …
The Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) held a peaceful protest for solidarity on Tuesday, in response to a directive from the Union’s national body regarding the prolonged industrial strike action launched by the Academic Staff Union Of University (ASUU). The state NLC, which had mobilised her members in solidarity, was seen holding a placard with the …
