The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has lifted the visa ban placed on Nigerian travellers after almost one year. This follows a historic agreement between President Bola Tinubu and his UAE counterpart Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday, according to a statement by the Special Adviser to the President onContinue Reading
…orders INEC to conduct supplementary poll within 90 days BY GODWIN OBI ABUJA– The Imo Sate National and State House of Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal has sacked a member of the House of Representatives, Ikenga Ugochinyere, who was elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In aContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Osita Chidoka has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its conduct of the 2023 presidential election. The PDP and Peter Obi’s Labour Party (LP) had challenged the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC)Continue Reading
President Tinubu at G20 Summit in India President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday in New Delhi, India, expressed Nigeria’s commitment to play a major role within the G20 and contribute to shaping a more equitable world. Contents Addressing world leaders at the 18th G20 Leaders’ Summit, the President called for globalContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Phrank Shaibu, the Special Assistant on Communications to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, has raised concerns over a copy of the Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) judgment which has been widely circulated. Atiku was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25 electionContinue Reading
Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara mni expressing gratitude and appreciation to the Governor of katsina state during the presentation of cash Donation in Tudu ketare District The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara has commended the Katsina State Governor for donating cash assistance of five hundred thousandContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, has identified engaging key stakeholders in the economy as a lasting solution to Nigeria’s rising unemployment and multidimensional poverty. NESG in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said, “Nigeria is currently grappling with rising unemployment, income disparity, and multidimensional poverty. TheseContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gunmen suspected to be bandits have burnt down the parish house of Saint Raphael’s Catholic Church in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing a seminarian in the process. An eye witness told our correspondent that the bandits in their large numbers stormed the SaintContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI ABUJA-Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has said the country lost about $46 billion (N16.25 trillion) to crude oil theft between 2009 and 2020. This is even as a committee of the House summoned the Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited, Nigeria Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI PAN Niger Delta Elders Forum, PANDEF, has opined that the legal representatives of the candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, did not do a good job in the presidential election matter they handled. National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF, Ken Robinson,Continue Reading