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Ugwuanyi Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has called on young people to use their talents constructively to promote Nigerian values and improve social cohesion. Ugwuanyi made the call at the grand finale of 2019 Life in My City Art Festival (LIMCAF) held on Sunday at the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu. Reports have it…
Godswill Akpabio with President Buhari: Reports say Akpabio will cross from PDP to APC next week By Levinus Nwabughiogu Ex-militants from the Niger Delta region have said that the Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio is the only one who has the magic wand to turn around the fortunes of the coastal zone for…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it remained strong and united in the face of its experience in the Bayelsa and Kogi governorship elections held on Saturday. Ologbodiyan The party stated this in a statement issued on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, while reacting to the outcome of the two elections….
Teenage-pregnancy A medical expert, Dr Gbemisola Boyede, Consultant Paediatrician and Founder of “Ask The Paediatricians Foundation”, an NGO, stressed the need for early and quality antenatal care to reduce complications affecting preterm babies. Boyede disclosed this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday, in commemoration of the World Prematurity…
National Leader, All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Sen. Bola Tinubu, says that the Nigerian Tribune newspaper is home of independent, fearless and investigative journalism in the country. In a congratulatory message signed by him and addressed to the Managing Director of the newspaper, Mr Edward…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that it remained strong and united in the face of all its experience in the Bayelsa and Kogi governorship elections conducted on Saturday. The party stated this in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan on Sunday in Abuja while reacting to the outcome…
Two lecturers, Adamu Chonoko of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and Umar Chonoko of Kaduna Polytechnic, abducted 10 days ago in Kaduna, have escaped from their kidnapper’s den. Spokesperson of Kebbi Indegenes Resident in Kaduna and Garkuwan Wakilin Sarkin Zurun Kaduna, Garba Muhammad confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Garba…
Melaye and Adeyemi The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared inconclusive the Kogi West senatorial election on the ground that the lead margin between Mr Smart Adeyemi who polled 80,118 votes and Dino Melaye who got 59,548 is 20,570 which is lower than the 43,127 registered voters in 53 polling units of 20 registration…
A two-year-old lion used as security guard was discovered in a residential building in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State on Sunday. The lion said to be owned by a yet to be named Indian national, is caged at Number 229, Muri Okunola Street in Victoria Island. The Chairman of Lagos State Taskforce on…
By Samuel Oyadongha – YENAGOA There has been a high-security presence in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State and other communities as voters trooped out to the various polling units to elect the candidate of their choice in the predominantly riverine state. A total of 30,000 police personnel, 5,000 operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…