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By Eric Ojo A frontline youth cricket and disability sports charity based in the United Kingdom (UK), Lord’s Taverners has donated additional 712kg of sports equipment to Community Sports and Educational Development (CSED) Initiative. The charitable objective of the Lord’s Taverners, is to essentially empower and positively impact the lives of...

Vice President Kashim Shettima graced the wedding reception of the children of his longtime friends, Professor Philip Nwabueze Atanmo (Isimili 1 of Ogidi) and Mr. Emmanuel Ifejika, at the Eko Hotel Convention Center in Victoria Island, Lagos. The event was also attended by a host of dignitaries, including: Hon. Minister...

The Deputy Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Hon. Philip Agbese, has described Barrister Pius Atukah as God-sent to the Nigerian Shippers’ Council. Agbese who spoke during a recent interview noted that Akutah is restoring sanity to the country’s port access roads with a new regime of transparency and accountability....

The Gwandara Development Educational and Cultural Association (GWADECA), has elected new national executives, with a call to its people to promote unity, cultural and educational development. the leadership is to pilot the affairs of the association for the next four years. The election, which was conducted at the palace of...

There is immense lobbying over who replaces Festus Okoye as national commissioner from the South East zone at the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Sources say powerful interest blocks are putting pressure on President Bola Tinubu to reappoint Festus Okoye. The 5-year tenure of Festus Okoye recently elapsed, but feelers...

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Advocacy for Justice and Good Governance (AJGG) has called for the prosecution of the Kano state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Barr. Haruna Isa Dederi for accusing justices of the Appeal Court of corruption. In a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, AJGG’s coordinator, Mr....

The quest by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to be recognized in the Guinness World Records over reforms initiated by him since assumption of office is a misplaced venture. A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, made this assertion in a statement in...

A civil society organizations, Citizens for change and transparency (CCT) has commended the introduction of new camouflage uniform for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), saying it would not only boost morale of personnel but shows the Commandant-General’s efforts to rebrand and reposition the Corps . The group...

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has expressed confidence on the progress of work on the first major industry in the state, being the multi-billion naira, 3000 tons per day lithium processing plant belonging to a Chinese firm, Landmark Lithium Mining Company, which is at eighty percent completion. A visibly...

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters has dismissed the publication of an online platform alleging that the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS General Christopher Musa has passed away. Reacting in a statement on Tuesday, Bridgadier General Tukur Gusau, Director, Defence Information, said the publication which alleged that the CDS passed away on Monday,...