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The spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed has disclosed the role Northerners played in the outcome of the just concluded elections. In a tweet released on his Twitter handle few hours ago, he said northern votes were decisive in the outcome of the election. Recall that during the last presidential election, the […]
Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, Deputy President of the present Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege has urged the Senator-elect for Delta central senatorial district, Ede Dafinone, to brace up for the task of adequate representation. Omo-Agege who is the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and outgoing senator, spent […]
Nigerian actor Yul Edochie deleted all posts on his Instagram account, after the death of his first son Kambilichukwu, weeks ago. He deleted his profile picture and all Instagram posts of his second wife, Judy Austin, and their son. When his Instagram handle was checked today Tuesday, Yul has all his posts on […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said it was not the regulator of the contents of the social media networks that many stakeholders have complained about. The submission came during a recent visit of the National Civil Society Council of Nigeria, NCSCN, a member of the United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework, led […]
The National Population Commission has given updates on the 2023 census. The Commission said all plans are set to commence building numbering and household listing by April 17, before the actual census exercise kick-starts in May. It added that five training days for enumerators would commence from April 25 to 30, 2023. According […]
Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi has refuted claims that he referred to the 2023 elections as a religious conflict. He stated that he is experiencing pressure to flee the country. Here’s the full text of his latest public statement expressed in a tweet thread on Wednesday: “I continue to thank all Nigerians, […]
Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has broken an African record on the US iTunes Albums Chart with his new album ‘Timeless’. This is as the album topped the chart on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, making history in the process as the first African album to reach Number 1 in the world’s […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) executive committee in Aniocha North Local Government, Delta State has nullified the suspension order given to Ms. Lauretta Onochie by Onicha-Olona Ward 04 executive committee. A statement yesterday by Messrs. Matthew Chinye and David Onwuamaeze, the party’s local government chairman and secretary, noted that “the ward executive erred […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the disbursement of 320.3 billion naira, as intervention funds for public tertiary institutions in the country. Sonny Echono, executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), announced the approval at a workshop with heads of beneficiary institutions in Abuja on Wednesday. Echono said the 2023 intervention cycle, […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the Taliban ban on Afghan women working for the United Nations (UN), describing it as violation of their inalienable fundamental human rights. Guterres in a statement by his Spokesperson, Mr Stephane Dujarric, said the latest escalation of the de facto authorities’ suppression of women violated their obligations under […]
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