Taraba state capital and other major towns in the state Thursday were agog as news broke that the senator representing Southern Taraba at the National Assembly, Senator Emmanuel Bwacha won his case at the Court of Appeal in Yola. The jubilation which started from Donga, Wakari, Ibi, Takum, Lau, Karim Lamido, Gassol, Zing, Ardo Kola, Ussa and Baissa to Jalingo Read More
Samuel Numonengi of Nigerian Television Authority Chapel has been reelected as chairman Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Bayelsa state chapter. Samuel Numonengi who just finished his three years tenure won the election with a total vote of 241, beating his opponent Nelson Agadi of Niger Delta television chapel who got 90 votes. Also, Judith Young of Radio Bayelsa chapel emerged Read More
FC Robo have just won 2021 edition of Flying Officer’s Cup after beating Edo Queens 1-0 at the final match. Opeyemi Ajakaiye’s goal in the 26th minute was all FC Robo needed to make the needed difference. After all, the Lagos-based team held on to triumph on Sunday in a competition that lasted for two weeks. Details loading…
Popular housemate Whitemoney on Sunday won the sixth edition of the BBNaija season 6 ‘Shine Ya Eye’ show. Show host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu who announced him winner at the finale on Sunday night also disclosed that Whitemoney pulled 47% votes to beat closest housemate Liquorose with 22% votes Details loading…
Bauchi state correspondent of Blueprint Newspaper Najib Sani, has won the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) award as ‘Best Upcoming Print Media Reporter’ award. The award was presented to him by the state commissioner of information Hon. Dayyabu Ciroma during the closing ceremony of this year’s NUJ press week held at Command guest house Bauchi. The Read More
The Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) said it has started compiling the lists of party members in court, with a view to securing the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) ratification for their sanction. The ruling party’s leadership also declared that it won’t recognise any parallel congress at the just concluded nationwide local Read More
Big Brother housemates Pere, Maria and JMK received strike after Biggie found them guilty of whispering and microphone infringement. Big brother showed the housemates video clip on Monday night as evidence, he then handed the strike to the two former head of house. For JMK, Biggie said she carried her microphone into the jacuzzi. All three housemates are guilty of Read More
Nigeria’s Chudi Onwuzurike has just won the third gold medal for team Nigeria at the ongoing World U-20 Athletics Championship in 200 meters finals with a time of 20.21 Sec. The toppling performance was his personal best. Nigeria emerged champions in 4x400m mixed relay, 400m women, 200m men, two bronze medals in javelin men and 200m women respectively at the Read More
The Coalition of Gender Based Violence (GBV) Responders has condemned the spate of propaganda embarked on by the Premiere Academy, Lugbe, Abuja in an alleged attempt to evade being found complicit in the rape of 14 year old Keren-Happuch Akpagher, who died as a result of condom left inside her, which infected her with sepis, leading to her death. Speaking Read More
Former governor of Imo state and Senator representing Imo West, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has called on Nigerian leaders at all levels to quickly address the issues of hunger and injustice for the agitators of secession to stop. For him, the former Senate President Ken Nnamani, has also demanded restructuring in the country to address what he called injusticeswhich responsible for Read More
Top Nigerian wrestler Blessing Oborodudu a while ago on Monday won her 68kg semifinal bout against Mongolia’s Battsetseg Soronzonbold by 7-2. With her victory, Nigeriais has now entered the medals table in the ongoing 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo, Japan. Also, Oborodudu’s performance has seen her emerge as first ever Nigerian wrestler in an Olympic final. She beat Azerbaijani Elis Read More
The draw for Taekwondo action just ended in Tokyo, venue of ongoing 2020 Olympic Games. Nigeria’s only Taekwondo athlete Elizabeth Anyanacho will face Turkey’s Nur Tartar on her fight day one slated for Monday July 26, 2021 as 2am Nigerian time. The Taekwondo action will be the first at the Olympics. Nur Tarter is a double Olympic Medalist and former Read More
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has announced the final stage of its 2019 recruitment exercise, shortlisting 6,500 candidates for its final screening out of the over 1.4 million who initially applied for the paramilitary job. Commandant General of the Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi, said this at a news conference Friday in Abuja. Audi who was flanked Read More
A former Kaduna senator, Shehu Sani, has reportedly tendered his resignation from the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) with immediate effect, even as sources said the former Senator may join opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Sani, who joined the party in October 2018, made the announcement in a letter dated July 9 and directed to the PRP chairman in ward six, Read More
A coalition under the aegis of the Yoruba Appraisal Forum (YAF) on Friday, called for caution over the ongoing national debate arising from the resolutions of last Monday’s Southern Governors’ Forum meeting. YAF said that the tension being generated by the resolutions of the Southern governors’ meeting with the rest of the country has become a cause for concern amongst Read More
Two members of a notorious cult group, Jamiu Okanlawon and Oluwaseun Owoeye were on Sunday 27th of June 2021 while engaging a rival cult group in supremacy battle, at Orelope area of Ilogbo ota, in Ado-Odo Ota local government area of Ogun state. The arrests of the suspects was contained in a press release issued by the police public relations Read More
Ahead of the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), one of the chairmanship aspirants and former chairman of the defucnt Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Sunny Sylvester Moniedafe, has promised that his leadership would not tolerate godfatherism in the choice of candidates for elections. Moniedafe also promised to ensure the provisions Read More
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Kano state, Abdussalam Abdulkareem Zaura, popularly known as A.A Zaura, has vowed to raise political climate in the state. Zaura made this known during a meeting of his zonal coordinators held at Tourist Camp, Kano, Kano state, as contained in a statement by his media aide, Al-Amin Ciroma. “Our coming in to Read More
Ondo state governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has asked his main challenger in the last governorship election, Eyitayo Jegede SAN of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to join hands with him in building the state. Akeredolu who was reacting to the Court of Appeal’s judgement in his favour, added that personally he still have much respect for the defeated PDP governorship Read More
Nasarawa state governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule has taken step to reduce the level of unemployment in the state, therefore partnering a private firm even to boost state economy. Speaking Tuesday in Abuja during a visit to Halibiz industries, Idu industrial area, Abuja, the governor said his administration will do everything possible to ensure that the organisation set up additional facility Read More
Former presidential aide to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo Senator Andy Uba, has declared that consensus arrangement being advocated for by some governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won’t work. Speaking with newsmen Tuesday in Abuja after submitting his nomination forms at the national secretariat of APC, Uba assured that Anambra state will be different once he is sworn in Read More
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has unveiled an all-female combatant squad as part of its safe schools initiative. It has consequently announced the first phase of deployment of some of the personnel to schools in the Federal Capital Territory FCT and Katsina states, promising to deploy more to other states as soon as practicable. Commandant General of Read More
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