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FG invests in NAF to enhance professionalism – Buhari

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), for living up to its constitutional role of securing the nation, while noting that the investments of the government in the NAF in acquiring new platforms and other support equipment for the military and other security agencies, as well as...

Opera Singer Grace Bumbry Dies At 86

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

American opera singer Grace Bumbry died at age 86 in a hospital in her chosen hometown Vienna. Operawire reports that the singer’s adopted son, David Brewer, confirmed the news on Monday. According to the platform, the mezzo-soprano singer died on Sunday in Vienna, Austria. She suffered an acute ischemic stroke...

Flying Eagles Arrive In Argentina Ahead U-20 World Cup

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

Nigeria’s Flying Eagles have arrived in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, for a 10-day camping programme ahead of this year’s FIFA U20 World Cup finals. This was made known in a video shared on the Nigeria Football Federation Instagram page on Monday. The video was captioned, “ The Flying...

Lugard House: Okeme And The Call For Inclusiveness

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

By Abubakar Haruna The great Confluence State of Kogi is on the March again, seeking a worthy and an inclusive Governor as the Alhaji Yahaya Bello era winds down in a few months. This time the challenge before the people of Kogi State is the call for a broad-based Kogi...

Libya Police Bust Nigerian Human Trafficking Gang

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

The Libyan Criminal Investigations Agency has revealed that it busted a human trafficking gang from Nigeria and rescued five Nigerian girls forced into prostitution in Tripoli. This was made known by the Libyan Observer on its Twitter page on Sunday Sharing a photo, the Libyan Observer said, “The Libyan Criminal...

Poll: Action Alliance withdraws petition against APC, Tinubu, INEC

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

By Nicole Augustine The Action Alliance, AA, has withdrawn the petition it filed against the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and All Progressives Congress, APC. The party, on Monday, through its team of lawyers led by Mr. Oba Maduabuchi, SAN, applied to discontinue further proceedings...

Kenneth Okonkwo, Others Represent Obi At Presidential Election Tribunal

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

Veteran Nigerian actor and spokesperson for the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Kenneth Okonkwo, has revealed the lawyers representing the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, in the court of appeal. He made this known in a post on his Twitter page on Monday. Okonkwo said, “We have a formidable team...

129 Nigerian Evacuees Arrive In Abuja

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

One hundred and twenty-nine Nigerians fleeing war-torn Sudan arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Monday. According to the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission in a statement shared via its Twitter handle, the 129 evacuees are the eighth batch bringing to a total of 1,600 evacuees so far....

Obi Arrives Presidential Election Tribunal In Abuja

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, Peter Obi, has arrived at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja. The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal began pre-hearing the petitions challenging the outcome of the February 25 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared that...

DJ Maphorisa Arrested For Assaulting Girlfriend

NewsDeskNgMay 8, 2023May 8, 20230

South African Disc Jockey, Themba Sonnyboy Sekowe, also known as DJ Maphorisa, has been arrested for allegedly attacking his actress girlfriend, Thuli Phongolo. According to City Press, the Amapiano music producer was reported to the police by Phongolo after the domestic incident which happened at her Sandton apartment in Johannesburg....