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Uzodinma’s comment on Ikenga Ugochinyere strengthens our suspicion – Imo PDP

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has asked the Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma to quickly explain to Nigerians the role of his regime in the attack on Barr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, PDP candidate for Ideato Federal Constituency. The opposition party opined that the Governor’s comment...

PRESIDENCY: Money politics can’t take Nigeria out of present woes – Buhari

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

Social Democratic Party (SDP) Vice Presidential candidate in the February 25 election, Engr. Yusuf Buhari has declared that money politics cannot take Nigerians out of the present challenges. Buhari made this disclosure while addressing a press conference in Ibadan, Monday evening. At the media briefing were the gubernatorial candidate of...

Pastor, Wife Die Trying To Rescue Drowning Son

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

A Brazillian pastor, Felisberto Sampaio, 43, and his wife, Inalda, 42, have died while trying to save their teenage son from drowning. According to Daily Mail UK, on Monday, the couple had jumped into the ocean when they noticed that their 13-year-old son, Ian, was struggling in the water during...

Worries as Osun tops list of politically violent States

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

A civil society group, Peoples’ Advocates has expressed worry over the SBM Intelligence report ranking Osun as top State with highest political violence in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed by its Chairman, Bayo Alade while assessing some new policies of Governor Ademola Adeleke-led government. SBM Intelligence, a...

Form Three Lines! Obasanjo Shouts At Old Students As Alma Mater Marks Centenary Anniversary

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

Form Three Lines! Obasanjo Shouts At Old Students As Alma Mater Marks Centenary Anniversary Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, played the role of a senior prefect as old and current students of the Baptist Boys High School, Abeokuta, embarked on a road walk to mark the centenary anniversary of...

LETTER: Kogi Govt Rejects Monarch’s Response To Query Over Inappropriate Title

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

The Kogi State Government has rejected the response of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Ado Ibrahim, to the query issued to him on why he failed to welcome the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to the state when he visited in December, to unveil Governor Yahaya Bello’s projects. The...

Inflation rate declines, food rate increases in December 2022

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), says Nigeria’s headline inflation rate declined to 21.34 per cent on a year-on-year basis in December 2022. This is according to the NBS Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation report for December 2022 released in Abuja on Monday. The report said that the rate...

Access Bank Reaffirms Commitment to Gain More Ground in Kenyan Market

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

By Eric Ojo Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest lender, Access Bank PLC, has reassured that in spite of the discontinuation of its Sidian Bank acquisition, it is poised to deepen its presence in the Kenya market. The discontinuation ends Access Bank PLC’s binding agreement with Centum to acquire the entire 83.4 percent...

NGO sensitises Kaduna polytechnic academic staff to need to prevent SGBV

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

Empowering Women for Excellence Initiative (EWEI) an (NGO), on Saturday sensitised members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter, to the need to prevent Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV). EWEI’s Programme Officer, Gender, Mr Mendie Jeremiah, said at opening session of the seminar in Kaduna, that...

NCDC confirms 42 new cases of COVID -19

NewsDeskNgJan 17, 2023January 17, 20230

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 42 additional COVID-19 infections in the country in two weeks, with Lagos State recording 27 cases. The NCDC made this known via its official website on Sunday, adding that Edo, Kano, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory contributed...

Governor Sule Supervises Distribution Of Dangote Foundation Rice To Nasarawa LGs

IGP Disu Vows To Reclaim Communities Overrun By Bandits

NSCDC Threatens Contractors With Prosecution Over Damage to Abuja Fibre Optic Cables

Uzodinma’s comment on Ikenga Ugochinyere strengthens our suspicion – Imo PDP

Pastor, Wife Die Trying To Rescue Drowning Son

Worries as Osun tops list of politically violent States

Form Three Lines! Obasanjo Shouts At Old Students As Alma Mater Marks Centenary Anniversary

LETTER: Kogi Govt Rejects Monarch’s Response To Query Over Inappropriate Title

Inflation rate declines, food rate increases in December 2022

Access Bank Reaffirms Commitment to Gain More Ground in Kenyan Market

NGO sensitises Kaduna polytechnic academic staff to need to prevent SGBV

NCDC confirms 42 new cases of COVID -19