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Ahead inauguration: Natives celebrate Tinubu’s victory, thank APC govs, NWC

NewsDeskNgApr 28, 2023April 28, 20230

Ahead of May 29th inauguration of thhe new President, a pro-democratic and anti-sabotage group, The Natives has taken a solidarity walk to the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Natives with over twenty million members across the country, comprises of all the tribes, ethnic nationalities and...

Nigeria, Italy reaffirm commitment to global counterterrorism efforts

NewsDeskNgApr 28, 2023April 28, 20230

L-R: Mr Steven Hill, Executive Secretary IIJ. Ms Francesca Santoro, Head of Department Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, retired Rear Adm. Yaminu Musa , Coordinator National Counter Terrorism Centre at the Global Counter Terrorism Forum (GCTF) 7th Plenary Meeting in Malta. Nigeria and Italy have reaffirmed their...

Aisha Buhari makes case for children with special needs

NewsDeskNgApr 28, 2023April 28, 20230

First Lady Aisha Buhari has urged wealthy Nigerians to support the on-going effort at providing a conductive learning environment for children with special needs in the country. Buhari made the call on Thursday when she visited the site of the on-going construction of a befitting school for children with special needs...

Apply for SDG Action Awards, UN urges activists

NewsDeskNgApr 28, 2023April 28, 20230

The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action Campaigner, Ms Marina Ponti, has urged activists striving to achieve a more just equitable future for all people and planets to apply for a UN Action Awards. Ponti, who made the call in a statement on Thursday, said activists should apply for the...

Tinubu tasks progressive governors on unity, support

NewsDeskNgApr 28, 2023April 28, 20230

The President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has charged All Progressives Congress (APC) governors to work with the party’s leadership and lawmakers on the election of principal officers of the incoming 10th National Assembly. According to a statement issued by Mr Tunde Rahman, one of Tinubu’s Media Aides, on Thursday in Abuja,...

Over confidence ‘killed’ oppositions in last elections – Buhari

NewsDeskNgApr 28, 2023April 28, 20230

President Muhammadu Buhari has asserted that while the All Progressives Congress (APC) was working hard to retain power in the recent elections, the combined opposition was a victim of over confidence. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said the president stated this at his residence in the...

Declare suspended Adamawa REC wanted, Ezenwa tells police

NewsDeskNgApr 28, 2023April 28, 20230

By Augustine Aminu Ezenwa Nwagwu, Chairman partners for Electoral Reform has asked the police to immediately declare Hudu Yunusa Ari, the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Adamawa State wanted, if he is not ready to voluntarily submit himself to police investigation as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Nwagwu made...

10th Assembly: Coalition rules Kalu out of Speakership position

NewsDeskNgApr 28, 2023April 28, 20230

By Michael Oche As the tussle over the leadership of the 10th Assembly continues, a Coalition of Civil Society Organizations has called for a proper scrutiny of those jostling for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly. The Coalition said the position of the Speaker of the House of Representatives...

‘Japa’: Nothing wrong with relocating abroad for opportunities, says Femi Adesina

NewsDeskNgApr 28, 2023April 28, 20230

Femi Adesina, presidential spokesperson, says there is nothing wrong with young Nigerians relocating abroad. There have been growing concerns in recent times over the relocation of youths, especially health workers, to foreign countries. Reacting to the issue in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday, Adesina said the trend —...

Agabi leads 11 SANs to retrieve Ombugadu’s ‘Stolen Mandate’

NewsDeskNgApr 28, 2023April 28, 20230

CivicHive: Declaring AA. Sule winner ‘shocking’ A former Attorney -General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Kanu Agabi, SAN, and eleven Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) are counsels to Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Nasarawa State, Hon. Emmanuel David Ombugadu, at the governorship elections petitions tribunal. Ombugadu,...