Elizabeth Vincent, Yenagoa Mass media practitioners in Nigeria have been charged to view the government as allies in nation-building and serving the public good. President Bola Tinubu who gave the charge in Yenagoa the Bayelsa state capital, at the All Nigeria Editors Conference (ANEC) 2024 Organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), the conference...
BLESSING TAIWO Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, has passed away at age 56 after a period of illness. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu announced the death of Lagbaja who died on Tuesday in Lagos. In a release by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information and Strategy) on Wednesday, Tinubu extended...
In the early hours of Thursday, March 23, 2023, residents in the German town of Kronberg were awakened by several explosions. Criminals had blown up an ATM located below a block of flats in the town center. The attack caused severe damage to the building and forced the evacuation of its inhabitants. According to local...
Russia struck a major Ukrainian hospital used to treat injured soldiers, killing at least five people, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the Mechnikov Hospital in the south-central city of Dnipro one of the country’s “most important.” Before the war it treated up to 40,000 patients a year. Five people, including a child,...
Chinwe Ifezulike-Odita President Elect of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump has indicated that his primary focus will be to help America heal and make it great again.Trump who is the 45th president of America will become it’s 47th when sworn in . He defeated Kamala Harris by a wide margin to become...
…Hopes she will foster Nigeria-UK better bilateral relations IBRAHIM QUADRI The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organization, Afenifere, has described the emergence of Mrs. Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch as the Leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, UK as a pride to the black race. In a release signed on behalf of Afenifere National...
Kamala Harris calls Trump to concede defeat President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the United States’ President-elect, Donald Trump over his re-election, hoping his return to White House will bring development partnerships between Africa and the United States. This was contained in a release on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Bayo...
UGO AMADI The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), with its joint venture (JV) partners, on Thursday unveiled world-class engineering design studios and an information and communication technology (ICT) hub at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). The facilities were conceived and donated in furtherance of the...
Ignatius Okorocha, Abuja Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Friday condemned in strong terms the purported scrapping of the Ministry of Niger Delta by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and called for reversal to status quo. President Tinubu had on Tuesday, among other far-reaching decisions and policy...
UGO AMADI President Bola Tinubu has tasked industry players to collaborate with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) in realising its One Million Barrels Oil Per Day (1MMBOPD) Initiative. Tinubu said this in Abuja during the inauguration of Project 1MMBOPD Initiative and commemoration of the third anniversary of the NUPRC under the Petroleum Industry...
The Nigeria Customs Service and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority are working together to tackle the problem of fuel that is meant for local use but is being diverted elsewhere. This collaboration is an important part of Nigeria’s overall plan to enhance energy security while also increasing fuel exports. This was discussed...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says a fatal road traffic collision on Ikorodu Road has claimed the lives of an eight-month-old baby and a female passenger. The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, said this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. Bakare-Oki noted that the collision occurred opposite Olabode House, between...
No fewer than 11 people have been killed in a mass shooting at a Jewish festival in Sydney, Australian authorities say, adding that one of the two suspected gunmen was also killed in the “terrorist incident”. A total of 29 people were injured and taken to hospital, including two police officers, after the attackers on...
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) has announced significant changes to its Executive Board, following the completion of tenure by four long-serving Executive Directors. The retirements, which take effect on January 1, 2026, include Deputy Managing Director Mr. Muyiwa Akinyemi, and Executive Directors Mrs. Abiola Bawuah, Mr. Alex Alozie, and Mrs. Sola Yomi-Ajayi. In line...
Prominent Nigerian leaders have harped on the need for national unity through peaceful cohesion as a panacea to sustainable growth and development in the country. The leaders, include the National Security Adviser (NSA) Malam Nuhu Ribadu, Director-General of the Department of State Services Mr Oluwatosin Ajayi, Benue Governor Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, Gombe State Governor...