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  • ‘Kwankwaso has reached 400 LGs, not stepping down’

    By Ifunanya | January 24, 2023 | Comments Off on ‘Kwankwaso has reached 400 LGs, not stepping down’

    The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, is still in the race and would not step down for anybody, the party’s Presidential Campaign Council said on Sunday. The council described the […]

  • How I will pull Nigerians from poverty – Obi

    By Ifunanya | January 24, 2023 | Comments Off on How I will pull Nigerians from poverty – Obi

    Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Sunday, disclosed that he will move Nigeria from a consumption to a production country to pull Nigerians from poverty. Obi, who […]

  • Stop verbal, physical violence, Afenifere warns politicians

    By Ifunanya | January 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Stop verbal, physical violence, Afenifere warns politicians

    The Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has warned politicians over the increasing verbal and physical attacks characterising election campaigns in various parts of Nigeria. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Jare Ajayi, Afenifere […]

  • Conflict: 25,000 persons missing in North-East – Group

    By Ifunanya | January 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Conflict: 25,000 persons missing in North-East – Group

    No fewer than 25,000 persons are said to be missing according to stakeholders as they meet to ensure their families are not forgotten. According to a statement made available on Monday to our correspondent by […]

  • Why we delayed passengers on Abuja-Kaduna train route

    By Ifunanya | January 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Why we delayed passengers on Abuja-Kaduna train route

    The Nigerian Railway Corporation has explained and apologised to passengers for the delay in rendering train services to passengers along the Abuja-Kaduna train route on Monday. The Manager, Abuja-Kaduna Train Service, Mr Pascal Nnorli, in […]

  • Two Kano brothers die in soakaway pit

    By Ifunanya | January 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Two Kano brothers die in soakaway pit

    Two brothers have been killed in a sewage tank in Kano State. The victims, Musa Abdullahi and Rabiu Abdullahi, aged 27 and 17 respectively, were pronounced dead on Saturday. The Public Relations Officer for Kano […]

  • Environmental hazard: Ogun communities cry out over Dangote Cement’s proposed coal milling project

    By Ifunanya | January 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Environmental hazard: Ogun communities cry out over Dangote Cement’s proposed coal milling project

    The people of Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State are currently panicking that their lives might be threatened if Dangote Cement factory is allowed to commence coal milling in Ibese. In 2012, Dangote […]

  • PVC collection: Amid extension, Ondo records low turn out

    By Ifunanya | January 24, 2023 | Comments Off on PVC collection: Amid extension, Ondo records low turn out

    As the deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs, approaches, residents of Ondo State are yet to show up. Unlike the usual days when hordes […]

  • Zamfara APC condemns attack on members, govt vehicles by suspected thugs

    By Ifunanya | January 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Zamfara APC condemns attack on members, govt vehicles by suspected thugs

    The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Monday condemned an alleged attack on APC members, government’s vehicles and innocent persons by suspected thugs in Maguru village, Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of the […]

  • Man arrested with 29 PVCs in Kano remanded in prison custody

    By Ifunanya | January 24, 2023 | Comments Off on Man arrested with 29 PVCs in Kano remanded in prison custody

    A magistrate’s court in Kano has remanded Tasiu Abdullahi in prison custody pending a ruling on his bail application. Mr Abdullahi, 45, was recently arrested by the police in possession of 29 Permanent Voters Cards, […]

  • NRC apologises to passengers over ‘unnecessary delay’ on Abuja-Kaduna train route

    By Ifunanya | January 24, 2023 | Comments Off on NRC apologises to passengers over ‘unnecessary delay’ on Abuja-Kaduna train route

    The Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, has apologised to passengers for the delay in rendering train services to passengers along the Abuja-Kaduna train route on Monday. Pascal Nnorli, Manager, Abuja-Kaduna Train Service, AKTS, in a statement […]

  • NCDC confirms 123 Diphtheria cases, 38 death

    By Ifunanya | January 24, 2023 | Comments Off on NCDC confirms 123 Diphtheria cases, 38 death

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed 123 cases of Diphtheria disease and 38 deaths in four states. Dr Pricilla Ibekwe, Head of Special Projects and Partnerships Unit at NCDC, disclosed […]

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