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Feb 25: Over 3million Students Must Be Allowed To Vote – Peter Obi Tells EU Observers

NewsDeskNgJan 31, 2023January 31, 20230

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi has said that it is certain that over three million Nigerian students who are eligible to vote in the forthcoming presidential election must be encouraged to perform their constitutional right of electing their leaders. Mr Obi also expressed worries over...

Akase: Those profiling Gov Ortom for elimination have 7 million Benue people to face

NewsDeskNgJan 31, 2023January 31, 20230

Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Benue State Governor, Mr Terver Akase has warned individuals and groups who have made his principal, Governor Samuel Ortom a target of sponsored attacks and elimination to be prepared to contend with over seven million people of the state. Mr Akase also took...

UN reacts to deadly mosque attack that left 59 dead, 150 injured

NewsDeskNgJan 31, 2023January 31, 20230

United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres and other senior officials have strongly condemned the suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Monday, which left at least 59 people dead and 150 injured. According to reports, a militant group had claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, which occurred at the...

Again, Buhari’s government drops in corruption ranking

NewsDeskNgJan 31, 2023January 31, 20230

Nigeria has again fallen by four places on the latest Corruption Perception Index, CPI, ranking released by Transparency International, TI, on Tuesday. Although in the 2022 ranking, Nigeria scored 24 out of 100 points, it fell from 150th to 154th out of 180 countries assessed in the 2022 ranking. The...

APC calls for arrest of PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Ologunagba

NewsDeskNgJan 31, 2023January 31, 20230

The Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has called on the security agencies, especially the Police and Department of State Services, to immediately arrest National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Debo Ologunagba for interrogation over the imaginary attack on President Muhammadu Buhari. Director,...

Southern Kaduna Christians, Muslims commit to violence-free elections

NewsDeskNgJan 30, 2023January 30, 20230

Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association and Southern Kaduna Council of Imams and Ulamaa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to ensure peaceful coexistence in the area before, during and after the forthcoming elections. The MoU signed by Emmanuel Nuhu Kure and Chief Imam Muhammad D. Kassim, on behalf of...

IGP, others to face contempt charge over disobedience to Abuja High Court order

NewsDeskNgJan 30, 2023January 30, 20230

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba and three of his officers are to face contempt charges before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over their continued disobedience and disregard to the lawful order of the Court. A High Court of the FCT judiciary had...

Gov Fintiri bans PTA levies in public schools

NewsDeskNgJan 30, 2023January 30, 20230

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has cancelled the charging of levies by Parent Teachers’ Associations (PTAs) of public schools. The Governor said on Monday that such levies ran against his government’s free education policy. The Governor who spoke at the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Secretariat in Yola where...

NYSC gets new Director-General

NewsDeskNgJan 30, 2023January 30, 20230

The Acting Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC Christy Uba, has handed over to the newly appointed substantive Director General, Major Gen S. Ibrahim. The ceremony was held at the NYSC NDHQ, Yakubu Gowon House in, Maitama, Abuja on Monday. Mrs Uba assumed the leadership of the National...

Tinubu’s Abeokuta comments on Naira swap averted crisis – Group

NewsDeskNgJan 30, 2023January 30, 20230

A support group for the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Arewa for Asiwaju has lauded the candidate for speaking out against the January 31st deadline set to end the swap of the old Naira notes. The group claimed Tinubu’s Abeokuta outburst made the Federal Government extend the...