–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Sunny DAVIDS: THE Anambra State Police Command says reports on alleged assassination of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Anambra State is false and misleading. The Police Commissioner in the State, CP Echeng…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA)- From Sunny DAVIDS: THE candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Valentine Ozigbo has said that he does not have a godfather in the Anambra Governorship race. The former Chairman and Chief Executive of Transcorp, who spoke…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE United States has warned that anyone who interferes with the lawful conduct of the Anambra state government or instigate violence in the South East state would be given visa restriction. A statement on Wednesday from the US…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): ONE of the major roads linking North East Nigeria to Cameroon and other countries in the Central African region has been reopened by Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum in conjunction with the military authorities nine years after…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE United Kingdom has announced new funding to support African governments to roll-out critical adaptation projects so at-risk communities can adapt to the impact of extreme weather and changing climates. COP26 President Alok Sharma announced the new UK…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) on Wednesday said that the proposed 2022 budget allocation to the agency is a great improvement on its fortune and previous budgets. Marwa…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): ON Sunday, the South East Council of Traditional Rulers and Christian Leaders urged the Federal Government to free Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, and to put an end to the deaths and…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): NIGERIAN troops conducting Exercise Golden Dawn under Sector 3, on Sunday, foiled an attempt to kidnap the Catholic Bishop of Orlu Diocese, Most Reverend Augustine Ukwuoma. Our correspondent reports that the incident occurred at the Orlu Diocesan Catholic…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Independent Investigative Panel on allegations of human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti – Robbery Squad (SARS) and other units of the Nigerian Police at a resumed sitting on Tuesday listened to the argument of the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Commandant General, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ahmed Audi has strongly condemned the deadly attack on security operatives, innocent citizens and critical national assets and infrastructures in Zamfara State. Audi while calling for new approaches,…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu has condemned the incident on Friday October 29 at Justice Mary Odili’s house as violation of her rights to privacy, integrity of her judicial personality, premises…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME: THE signals emanating from the recent concluded national convention of The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, shows a brighter light not only for opposition politics in Nigeria, but also for qualitative intra-party politics and stability. Amidst…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): ANAMBRA State Deputy Governor, Dr. Nkem Okeke who recently dumped the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) has given reasons why he left his principal, Chief Willie Obiano. Dr. Okeke who spoke to…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): ON October 25,2021, H.E. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China delivered a Speech At the Conference Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Restoration Of the Lawful Seat of the People’s Republic of China In the…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the application by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for the interim attachment of a vessel MV Cha Yanee Naree used to import 32.9 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): DEPUTY Governor of Anambra state, Dr. Nkem Okeke, who hitherto ditched his party All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) and defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC resumed work on Thursday in his office at Government House and…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Federal Government has inaugurated a vulnerability audit of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) custodial centres across the country to stem the incessant attacks on correctional facilities. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, whilst inaugurating the audit…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE United States has said travelers into the country from November 8 are to be fully vaccinated and with proof of vaccinated before they are allowed to board flight. A statement from United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria,…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: AKABA PATRA: Our spot light this week is on Patra Akaba, the CEO of Ricky Makeover and Cosmetics. She hails from Ughelli North Local Government Area. She obtained an HND in Accounting from Delta State…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Senate Committee on Interior has requested for increased budgetary allocation for the Ministry of Interior in order to perform it’s mandates and position it towards combating the present insecurity in the country. A statement by the spokesman…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): TWENTY thousand (20,000) members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) are to be deployed towards a hitch-free election in Anambra State. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday during the Opening Ceremony of a 3-day train-the-trainers capacity…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it would be establishing a standard rehabilitation centre in each of the six geo-political zones to treat the high number of persons suffering drug addiction across the country. This was…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): NIGERIA has asked developed countries to honour the pledge of $100 billion annually to support climate action in developing countries. Addressing a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja on the position Nigeria would be presenting at the 2021…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA: A 44 years old man and his wife narrowly escaped death as Fuel Dispenser explodes while dispensing fuel into a motorcycle at Kioyer Energy Services Nig. LTD Oleh, Isoko South local government area of Delta State. Narrating the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Austen AKHAGBEME : THE fragile peace and the mutual suspicion that has led to the loudest silence, between the military and their civilian counterparts in a novel power- sharing sovereign transition council, headed by General Abder Fattah…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA: CHAIRMAN/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has lamented that Nigeria’s drug addiction is thrice the global average. Marwa who ordered for the rooting out of drug barons and cartels…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA: MINISTER of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has vowed to pursue and recapture all inmates who escaped from the Abolongo, Oyo, Oyo State, Custodial Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) on Friday night, 22 October, 2021 when the…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA: EMBASSIES of countries in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in Nigeria has again called for the immediate and unconditional lifting of the prolonged economic sanctions placed on Zimbabwe by the United States of America (USA) in 2001…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA: OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted over 2,060 kilogrammes of assorted drugs including heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis, tramadol and rohypnol. The interceptions were made in operations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Sunny A. DAVID (Awka): THE candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has mocked his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart, Senator Andy Uba, over his inability to flag off his Governorship election campaign….
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –By Jerome-Mario UTOMI: IN a piece entitled; Banters in Lagos, Poverty and Disease in the Niger Delta, posted about four years ago, precisely in February 2018. Aside from spreading out the needs, interests, aspirations and even their problems were…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): GOVERNOR Babagana Umara Zulum who is the Chairman of the Northeast Governors’ Forum, alongside Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, were in Sokoto on Saturday, for condolence and solidarity visit to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal over a recent…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Commissioner for women affairs in Borno state, Haijiya Gambo Zuwaira has said that the Child’s Right Act bill will give the children of Borno state especially coming out of the 12 years of insurgency the right to…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE Chinese Embassy in Nigeria has given an award the Chair of the Editorial Board, ThisDay Newspapers, Mr.Olusegun Adeniyi and 49 other Nigerians for their contributions toward building the relationship between China and Nigeria. Among other prominent individuals…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): MINISTER of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has confirmed the attack on a custodial centre in Oyo State. A statement on Saturday by the Media Adviser to the Minister. Sola Fasure said: “At about 10.00 pm yesterday (Friday), October…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -From Editor’s DESK: THE Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun has asked political parties to learn from Communist Party of China by making the well-being of Nigerians their priority. Speaking at the Public Presentation of a book with…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: THE Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr Ahmed Audi, PhD, mni, has called to action, management and staff of NSCDC for a continuous journey to meet the needs of Nigerians and…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA): THE United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, in collaboration with the European Union Delegation and the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) have launched the User’s Guide to counter terrorism in Nigeria. A statement on Thursday…
-Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) -By Gertrude Onyekachukwu-Uteh: BAWO ULORI hails from Warri North Local Government Area. He attended the Delta State University, Abraka where he obtained a BSC in Economics. He enrolled in YAGEP in the 2016/2017 Cycle and was established at YAGEP…
–Blank NEWS Online (NIGERIA) –From Editor’s DESK: SENATOR (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of oil and gas producing Delta state in Nigeria on Thursday, presented Appropriation Bill of N469.5 billion for 2022 to the state’s House of Assembly. The 2022 Budget is N85.5 billion higher than the N383.95 billion revised…
