…Urges Tinubu To Give Due Attention To Region’s Existential Threats LAGOS – The Niger Delta socio-cultural and political organisation, Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has felicitated Nigerians and Niger Delta people in the new year. The…
AKURE – In a move to check incessant crisis that usually dogged selection and installation of traditional rulers, Ondo State government has concluded plans to amend the existing chieftaincy declaration in the state. This was disclosed by…
The Oba Ìsèse Worldwide and chairman of ‘Ìsèse Kingdom Of Truth Association Of Nigeria’, Oba Ifarotimi Adifagbola Balogun, has called on Nigerians home and abroad to use the New Year period to pray for the peace and unity of the country.…
DAMATURU – A petition has been submitted to the Commissioner of Police in Borno State by the Marama community in Hawul Local Government Area, protesting the release of a murder suspect by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO). The suspect,…
PORT HARCOURT – Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has assured that his administration will not leave any stone unturned to checkmate and frustrate anyone or group of persons attempting to stop government from delivering good…
AKURE – A non-profit organization, Green Mind International Academy, GMI Academy, has organized plastic barter for food to simultaneously help youths eke out a living and save the environment from plastic waste pollution. Plastic wastes…
LAFIA – Senator Ned Munir Nwoko, senator representing Delta North senatorial district has joined his colleagues in the senate under the leadership of the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on a working visit to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu…
The first batch of Lagos State Christian pilgrims returned safely to Lagos on January 1, 2025, aboard a chartered Atlas Jet 6K 3101, after a successful pilgrimage exercise to the holy lands of Israel and Jordan. Executive Secretary of the…
JOS – The first batch of Lagos State Christian pilgrims returned safely to Lagos on January 1, 2025, after a successful pilgrimage exercise to Israel and Jordan. At the welcome ceremony, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian…
AKURE – The newly enacted anti-land grabbing law in Ondo State has been described as a giant stride that would reposition real estate business in the state. Managing Director, PrimeProperty, who also doubles as CEO of LAHHomes Airport…
…Says good politics drives development, economic prosperity Director-General of Delta State Bureau for Communications and Orientation, Dr Fred Latimore Oghenesivbe, has said that Deltans, and indeed Nigerians are excited about the rising…
LOKOJA – The Abia State Commission for the Welfare of Disabled Persons, has hailed the State government’s 2025 plans and goals to meet the social needs of all persons living with disabilities, PLWDs, in the State. Mr David Anyaele, the…
ABUJA – Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has condemned the manner in which the President Bola Tinubu-led administration introduced the tax reform bills, insisting that Nigerians were not sufficiently educated about it. The former Abia Governor…
The Islamic State (IS) group on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack on a military base in Somalia’s northeastern region of Puntland a day earlier, the group posted on its Telegram channel. IS said the attack was conducted by 12…
A gunman has killed at least 12 people, including two children, in a rampage on a small town in Montenegro, officials say, one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings. A 45-year-old man, identified by police as Aleksandar…
The president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Lagos State, Chief Sunday Ossai, has called on Igbo people in the state to live in peace with their neighbours. He also urged them to support one another. Speaking in an interview with Daily Independent…
The opening line of section 131 of the Constitution says that “A person shall be qualified for election to the office of the President if …” and section 177 of the Constitution also says in the same vain that “A person shall be qualified…
Although the Tinubu administration’s midterm is five months away, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu can proudly reflect on his administration’s journey over the last 19 months. After initial turbulence, the government concluded 2024 stronger…
Rivers State has been enmeshed in crisis for too long. The situation is disturbing because when it seems as if peace is about to return another round of hostility willbegin. About six months after Governor Simi Fubara took over the mantle…
CALABAR: The ambitious $350 million Grand Litora Railway project, a transformative initiative to connect all major cities in Cross River State, achieved another significant milestone with the presentation of the topographical mapping for…
Lagos – Dr. Osahon Enabulele, former President of the World Medical Association (WMA) and current Director General of the Dr. Osahon Enabulele Foundation (DOEF), urged Nigerians to approach 2025 with renewed confidence and a strong belief…
WARRI – Succour came the way of Mama Sarah Usimame Oisakede, mother of late former President of the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS), Comrade Moses Oisakede, who died 25 years ago in a fatal motor accident on September 1,…
DAMATURU – The Yobe State Police Command, Damaturu, has announced a remarkable decrease in crimes across the state in 2024. The command in a release by the PPRO, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, showed that there was a significant drop in armed…
The Kano State government has described as ill-timed, the introduction of President Bola Tinubu’s Tax Reforms Bills, rejecting it in all ramifications. The government said the bills would do more harm than good to the people of the state…
ABUJA – The Senate would upon resumption starting January 14, begin investigation of alleged economic sabotage in the petroleum industry, the amendment of the 1999 constitution, and key economic reform initiatives by the President Bola…
The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Enugu, Rt. Rev. Samuel Ike, has urged South-East governors not to allow continuation of the brazen killings and kidnappings of residents each week to continue in their states in this new year. Bishop…
ABUJA – Vice President Kashim Shettima has decried the continuation of war between Russia and Ukraine, saying it is still having adverse effect on the Nigerian economy. He, however, expressed optimism that the worst case scenario is…
…Urges Govs’ Collaboration To Ensure Nigeria Is Better Off For It ABUJA – President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, in Lagos, told state governors, who paid him a visit, that his decision to implement local government autonomy was borne out of…
ABUJA – The ECOWAS Commission has said that 2025 is a year of hope, renewal, and transformation forECOWAS, especially as it marks it’s 50th anniversary. The ECOWAS Commission led by it’s President, H.E. Dr Omar Alieu Touray in a New Year…
Romania and Bulgaria fully joined the European Union’s Schengen zoneon Wednesday, eliminating land border controls to other member states. The Schengen zone allows residents to travel between countries without passport checks. While the…