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Timi Frank condemns $15bn illegal Railway MoU by NDDC’s MD, urges EFCC, ICPC to wade in

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Sunday, strongly condemned a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a $15billion Trans-Niger Delta Railway Project entered into by the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Samuel Ogbuku, with Atlantic Global Resources Inc....

Obaseki Unveils New Female Hostel In UNIBEN

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has unveiled a new female hostel in the University of Benin, the state capital. The hostel, named after Senator Daisy Danjuma, was unveiled on Saturday with the senator present at the event. General T.Y Danjuma was named as the donor of the hostel,...

Skit Maker Funnybros Celebrates As He Matriculates Into Nigerian Varsity

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

Budding skit maker and content creator, Onwuka Ugochukwu Richard aka Funnybros, has celebrated as he matriculated into Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia State. The skit maker shared pictures of himself wearing the matriculation gown in a post shared via his Instagram account on Saturday. He captioned the...

Northwest political group insists on Sen. Jibrin, rejects deputy senate position

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

The Arewa Political Forum, has urged Sen. Barau Jibrin to vie for the position of President of the Senate, rejecting the call for him to run for deputy. The group made the declaration after an emergency meeting on Sunday, in Kaduna. The group said the north had already ceded the...

Taraba APC: Group describes Sabo-Kente’s expulsion as illegal, say some people bent on destroying party

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

The Conference of Civil Societies for Transparency and Accountability, has described the purported expulsion of a frontline governorship aspirant under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Taraba, Chief David Sabo-Kente, as illegal and unfortunate. National Convener of the groups Haruna Abdulsalam, who stated this in a news...

A Unique Army Chief, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

By Sani Usman Kukasheka In the next few days, the Nigerian Army Chief, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, will clock two years in office. Recall that he was appointed after the unfortunate plane crash that claimed the lives of erstwhile Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and some of...

Gov. Adeleke calls for inter-state policing to check cross-border crimes

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has called on police formations and commands to strengthen inter-state policing, to stem the tide of cross-border crimes. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson to the governor, Mallam Rasheed Olawale, on Saturday and made available to newsmen in Osogbo. He said...

You are “shameless sore losers” – FG replies opposition attacking Buhari

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

The Federal Government has described the opposition attacking President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent comment on the 2023 Presidential elections as “shameless sore losers”. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the President’s analysis on the reasons for the opposition’s loss...

Ortom praises Benue workers for their support, resilience

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed appreciation to workers in the state for their unalloyed support and resilience over the years. Governor Ortom in a solidarity message to workers as they mark the 2023 Workers’ Day said in spite of the harsh economic environment, the workers have “remained undaunted...

Why Tinubu can’t be prosecuted over US drug case – NDLEA

NewsDeskNgApr 30, 2023April 30, 20230

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has argued that Nigeria’s President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, cannot be prosecuted over the US drug case. This is contained in a preliminary objection filed against a suit instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and a chieftain of the party, Dino Melaye, against...