As part of efforts to ensure victory for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, no fewer than 600 vote canvassers began training at the weekend in Abuja. The training organised by one of the Tinubu’s support group – Asiwaju Beyond 2023, is aimed at selling his candidacy and that of his running mate, Sen. Kashim Shettima to Nigerians particularly at the grassroots. Mr Realwan Okpanachi, the Director-General of the group told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the training which took place in Maitama Abuja that 10 canvassers were selected from each polling…
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Akogun Olugbenga Omole, the Chairman of the Ondo State House of Assembly Committee on Information, Youth and Sports Development, has congratulated Dele Ajayi and Gbenga Elegbeleye on their elevation to the management level of football administration in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ajayi was, on Saturday in Benin City, elected as one of the two board members representing the South-West region on the executive board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). Also, Gbenga Elegbeleye was appointed as the Chairman of the Interim Management Committee (IMC), the committee saddled with the responsibility of revitalising the premier…
The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions is investigating the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) for allegedly re-allocating Atala Marginal Oil Field (OML 46) in Bayelsa to another firm. The NUPRC came under fire in the senate over its alleged revocation and illegal re-allocation of the oil field owned by Bayelsa Government to Halkin Exploration and Production Company Limited (Halkin E&P). Chairman of the committee, Sen. Ayo Akinyelure made this known at the weekend in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that trouble over the oil field started on April 6, 2020 when the then…
The Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufa’i has condemned the killing of two herders by a mob in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. The condemnation is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, on Sunday in Kaduna. He said security agencies reported that the mob forcefully seized the two herders from security personnel on unsubstantiated claims that they were linked with banditry. According to him, the mob then lynched and burnt the herders, even though they had not been found complicit of the allegations. El-Rufai expressed…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja The Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Muhammad Nami, has stated that a beautiful Nigeria is possible through the proliferation of entrepreneurship and industrial hubs across the federation. In his Goodwill Message to Nigerians on the occasion of the country’s 62nd Independence Day anniversary, Nami urged Nigerians to invest in creating entrepreneurship and industrialization hubs as they hold the “key to unlock the massive economic potentials of the country.” He noted that the adoption of this model would create all-round economic transformation. The FIRS Boss called on States to emulate Ondo State’s Entrepreneurship Village…
Despite a law by the National Assembly, removing the discrimination against holders of the Higher National Diploma (HND), by employers and federal government agencies, a memo issued recently by the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation shows that the federal government still consider graduates with degree certificates superior to their HND counterparts, PRNigeria reports. Recall that the National Assembly, on June 8, 2021, passed a bill abolishing the existing dichotomy between Higher National Diploma HND, and Bachelor’s of Science, BSC, degree holders in the country. The bill sought to end perceived discrimination against polytechnic graduates and…
The general election of 2023 will mark the seventh democratic election held in Nigeria since the country’s return to democracy. In the history of Nigeria, this is the longest stretch of democratic rule. With barely 5 months to another crucial election in Nigeria’s history, political parties are taking the stage with campaigns even as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reiterated their commitment to ensure compliance with the new electoral law. Election is a process with an interconnected set of activities involving all stakeholders right from the pre-election phase, election day, and post-election periods, all of which affect the transparency,…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the death of one Ginikanwa Izuoba in the Enugu-Otu, Aguleri flood. The Acting State Coordinator of the agency in Anambra, Mr Thickman Tanimu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Saturday. Tanimu said that Izuoba died, when his house collapsed due to the impact of the flood.He also said that at least 651,053 persons in six local government areas of the state had so far been displaced by flooding.Tanimu said that the agency had undertaken an assessment of flooding in different parts of the state.He said…
It will be football glitz and glamour as the Nationwide League One Super 8 kicks off on Monday, October 3rd at the Legacy Pitch of the National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos. Eight champions, the Smart City FC (Lagos State), Madiba FC (Lagos State), FC Ebedei (Ogun State), Police Barretta FC (Gombe), Kun Khalifa FC (Imo State), Aspire FC (Anambra State), Jnr Danburan (Katsina State) and Mailatarki Care FC of the Federal Capital Territory, will slug it out in the play-off to determine the overall winner of the NLO 2022 season. According to the Chief Operating Officer(COO) of the nation’s third…
The presidential candidate of a political party that can not put its house in order is in no position to promise to run a government of national unity if elected. The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) made this observation in reaction to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar’s social media broadcast tagged: “My New Social Contract for a New Nigeria”. Atiku had said in that broadcast that the All Progressives Congress(APC) government will be remembered for how it failed to maintain the integrity of our unity, and how it put a knife between the things that…