Mr. Ojitevwobo Agberhiere Foremost Youth Leader in Delta State and Logistics Mogul, Mr. Ojitevwobo Agberhiere, has said, he is not contesting for Okpe Sapele and Uvwie Federal Constituency seat in 2023. Agberhiere, was reacting to a news published by some online platforms, that he was vying for the Federal Constituency seat. He said his main focus …

Buhari to Present 2021 Budget Next Week — Senate Says Nigeria was confronted with over $14 Billion Revenue Gap because of Over Dependence on Oil Confirms receipt of PIB By Henry Umoru – Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari will next week present to the Joint National Assembly, the 2021 Appropriation Bill for subsequent consideration by both the …

Tordue Salem – Abuja The House of Representatives has withdrawn its controversial National Water  Resources Bill, 2020. The House was thrown into a turmoil on Tuesday, while considering a Matter of Privilege, raised by Rep. Benjamin Mzondu(PDP-Benue) to be heard on the contentious National Water Resources Bill, 2020. Mzondu’s motion sought the withdrawal of the …

National Judicial Council By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – A group Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) over the granting of bail to a murder suspect which it is alleged were granted under questionable circumstances.    The letter signed by the President of the group, Comrade Curtis Ugbo and the Acting …

By Chioma Onuegbu  – Uyo There is panic in Inen Ikot Esse village in OrukAnam local government area of Akwa Ibom, as gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded a Pentecostal church, during Sunday service, and shot one of the church elders identified Elder Friday Ufenang It was gathered that the suspected cultists numbering over 10 …

Photo: Erosion challenge at Trinity street Akawkuma in Owerri North local government area of Imo state. By Chinonso Alozie, Owerri The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said that the Imo state government has started the desilting of underground tunnels and drainages in the state, as part of the measures to checkmate the erosion challenges. The Head …

…Eyes power generation from small rivers, solar cells from sand By Michael Eboh The Energy Commission of Nigeria, ECN, Tuesday, disclosed that the Federal Government has adopted strategies aimed at making investments in the renewable energy sector, especially for electricity generation, attractive and profitable for investors and the private sector. This was even as the Minister …

President Muhammadu Buhari …As Senate confirms receipt of PIB President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari would next week present the 2021 budget estimates to a joint sitting of the National Assembly. Lawan made this known on Tuesday during plenary in a speech delivered to welcome lawmakers back from the Senate’s …

PDP and its colour flags The National Campaign Council of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, for Ondo Governorship Election, yesterday condemned Ondo state Governor,  Rotimi Akeredolu’s comments on the duo of Olusegun Mimiko, the immediate past governor of the state and a former Chief Judge of Ondo state Justice Sehinde Kumuyi. The PDP in a statement …

By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja The Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker/Extraordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress APC has appointed a six-member reconciliation committee for the party’s Ekiti State Chapter. The committee chaired by the Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai was inaugurated by the Secretary of the APC Caretaker Committee, Sen. John …

By Gabriel Ewepu THE Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator George Akume, said with Federal Government’s intervention and supply of first tranche of 2000 buses to various cooperatives across the country will reduce impact of poverty. Akume delivering his keynote Tuesday, at the Inter-Ministerial Stakeholders Meeting on the Supply of 2000 Buses to Cooperative …

By Emma Una, Calabar A middle-aged man whose name was simply given as Akpan shot his wife dead on allegation of infidelity before hanging himself over the weekend in Cross River State. The incident happened in the village of Bashua in Boki Local Government Area in the Central Senatorial District of the state where the man …

By Ola Ajayi, Ibadan A former staff of a first generation bank, Oreoluwa Adesakin, has been sentenced to 98 years imprisonment by an Oyo State High Court for stealing millions of naira from her employer. Justice Muniru Olagunju who delivered the judgment said the court found the woman guilty of financial fraud against her employers to …

By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia A 36-year-old Malaysia based Nigerian, identified as Mr. Samuel Kalu, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen while having a haircut at a barbing saloon located at Umuibe Street, Ndiegoro, in Aba, Abia State. Vanguard gathered that the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based Kalu visited Nigeria before the Covid-19 lockdown and was …

Minister of state for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba By Emmanuel Elebeke The federal government has begun the process of drafting policies and instruments to assist in the urgent diversification of the Niger Delta economy into agriculture. The plan is in collaboration with technocrats and development partners and backed by the Rome-based Agencies …

File photo: A 15-year-old girl (names withheld) has reported her father to the office of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), Ekiti, over alleged attempt to force her into marriage against her wish. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the girl fled her home in Plateau state to Ekiti on Sept. 17, to …

El-Zakzaky Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty to the eight counts bordering on alleged culpable homicide filed against him in a Kaduna High Court. Justice Gideon Kurada took the plea of the IMN leader at the resumed hearing of the motion in a no-case-submission filed by …

All is now set for the premiere and release of a video from the stable of Ibadan-based broadcaster and actor, Dr Bayo Faleke, popularly known as Bayo ooo. The video, titled: “Epistle to ‘Baba Mai Gaskiya’ is scheduled to be premiered online @TvAfrikana, Kaakaki Radio, Facebook and YouTube channel on Wednesday, 30th September, while it …

By Demola Akinyemi  – Ilorin The Kwara State Government on Tuesday said it that it has set aside the sum of N135,500,000 under the Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP) as an interest-free loan to 1,119 private school owners across the state. The amount is in form of assistance to cushion the effect of COVID-19 …

By Harris Emanuel, Uyo Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC), has stated that nine political parties would contest the October 31 local government polls in the state. Its Chairman, Elder Aniedi-Abasi Ikoiwak, gave the confirmation at a training of trainers on polling and counting procedures by AKISIEC staff in Uyo. According to him, the duty …