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PDP replaces Ayu, names Acting Chair

NewsDeskNgMar 28, 2023March 28, 20230

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has replaced its suspended National Chairman Iyorchia Ayu with one of his deputies, Amb Umar Damagum. Damagum, who was the Deputy National Chairman (North), will occupy the seat in an acting capacity pending the determination of the substantive suit restraining Ayu from...

‘You’re nothing’, Doyin blasts Whitemoney for calling her ‘little girl’

NewsDeskNgMar 28, 2023March 28, 20230

Big Brother Naija star, Doyinsola Anuoluwapo David, better known as Doyin, has pulled up her senior colleague, Whitemoney, for calling her a “little girl”.

Messi Honoured With ‘Baton Of Football’, Statue

NewsDeskNgMar 28, 2023March 28, 20230

South America football governing organisation, CONMEBOL, has honoured Argentine superstar footballer, Leo Messi, with the ‘Baton of Football’. A life-sized statue of Messi holding the World Cup was also made in his honour. The footballer shared photos from the event on his Instagram page on Monday. He wrote, “Thanks to...

Bauchi State detects 7,806 cases of tuberculosis

NewsDeskNgMar 28, 2023March 28, 20230

Bauchi State recorded 7,806 cases of tuberculosis in 2022, Dr Sani Mohammad, Executive Secretary, Bauchi State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Leprosy and Malaria said on Monday in Bauchi. He made the declaration at a news conference to mark the 2023 World Tuberculosis Day. Mohammed represented the Commissioner...

Eagles don’t need Peserio to deliver, says ex-NFF board member

NewsDeskNgMar 28, 2023March 28, 20230

Sani Fema, a former board member of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) said the Super Eagles are a group of talented players without good coordination and head coach. Fema, who is now a Special Assistant on Sports to Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, made this known on Monday in Abuja, in...

International Military Sports Council lauds Nigerian referee

NewsDeskNgMar 28, 2023March 28, 20230

The International Military Sports Council has lauded the certification of Bayelsa-born international wrestling referee, Maj. Timipre Okou, by United World Wrestling (UWW) and subsequent admission into the International Military Sports Council. UWW is the international governing body for amateur wrestling which oversees wrestling at the Olympics. The News Agency of...

NiMet, CBN partner on food security

NewsDeskNgMar 28, 2023March 28, 20230

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on improving food security in the country through precise weather forecast. NiMet`s Director- General, Prof. Mansur Matazu, who disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when a delegation from the CBN visited...

IGP assures INEC of collaboration to prosecute 781 electoral offenders

NewsDeskNgMar 28, 2023March 28, 20230

Inspector- General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Babaa, has assured the Independent National Electoral Commission IINEC; that the Force will collaborate with it to expeditiously and transparently prosecute the 781 electoral offenders apprehended from a total of 489 major electoral infractions across the nation According to Force Public Relations Officer,...

Diphtheria: Nigeria records 102 new infections, 6 deaths

NewsDeskNgMar 28, 2023March 28, 20230

Since the outbreak of Diphtheria in January 2023, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has continued to record new infections and fatalities in the country. NCDC in its latest situation report from weeks six to eight shows that a total of 377 suspected cases were reported from seven states...

Court sacks Ayu

NewsDeskNgMar 28, 2023March 28, 20230

… restrains him from parading himself as PDP National Chairman A High Court sitting in Makurdi, has granted an interim order restraining the embattled National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, from parading himself as chairman of the party. The exparte motion in suit No. MHC/85/2023,...