By Chiazo Ogbolu The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) on Wednesday said six out of the 18 ships that arrived the Lagos Port Complex were discharging butane gas and petrol. It added that the remaining 12 ships were discharging general cargo, frozen fish, bulk sugar, bulk wheat container, bulk salt and bulk urea. NPA noted that […]
By Peter Okolie The National Secretary of the PDP, Sen. Samuel Anyawu has emerged candidate of the party for the Nov. 11 governorship election in Imo. Anyawu’s emergence followed the party’s primaries held at the PDP Secretariat on Wednesday in Owerri. The Chairman of the Panel, Mr Kenneth Okon, said Anyawu, who was elected unopposed […]
Pope Francis is expected to celebrate the Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday morning. Once again, tens of thousands are expected to attend the celebration. Last weekend, around 60,000 people took part in the Palm Sunday Mass, according to the Vatican’s gendarmerie. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of […]
By Abiodun Lawal The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested a 43-year old man Yusuf Hassan, for allegedly setting the apartment of his ex- lover Busayo Falola, ablaze, burning down the whole building. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. […]
By Angela Atabo Abuja, April 8, 2023 (NAN) The 36 state chairmen of Labour Party (LP) and that of the FCT have called on a party member, Mr Apapa Lamidi and other aggrieved members to sheath their swords and resolve issues internally. Apapa had declared himself as the party’s national chairman in the wake of […]
By Abiodun Lawal The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun says it welcomes the filing of petition against the re-election of Gov. Dapo Abiodun by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Oladipupo Adebutu. Adebutu and PDP filed a petition challenging the outcome of the March 18 election at the electoral petition tribunal […]
By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko Residents of Aponrin in Agbowo area of Ibadan are now on the trail of pastor who allegedly absconded with 52 android and iphones, money and other valuables after a three-day crusade. The pastor was said to have told his victims that he was led by God to come to Ibadan from Gambia […]
By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to continue to be confident and believe strongly in Nigeria as a geo-political entity for better seasons ahead. The President made the call in his Easter Message to Nigerians on Friday in Abuja. While recognising that Easter is about renewed hope and a glorious future, the […]
By Ijendu Iheaka The Cathedral Presbyter and Administrator, Methodist Cathedral Church, Aba, Very Rev Henry Anozie, says government should use the recent World Bank subsidy palliative loan to revamp refineries instead of sharing it. Anozie, who spoke to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba, Abia, said that revamping refineries will create substantial economic […]
By Victor Nwachukwu Mrs Ruby Emele, Imo Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, says plans are underway for the conduct of local council area elections in the state. Emele made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Owerri, on Friday. She said that earlier plans to conduct the elections were truncated by the deadly […]