Month: June 2022

95 Results / Page 2 of 11

Background

Politics

The Presidential Candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, yesterday said he is still searching for his running mate

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC, Bola Tinubu, yesterday said he is still searching for his running mate ahead of the 2023 general election. He stated this in Abuja yesterday while delivering his keynote address at the 60th birthday celebration of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, where he heaped praises on him for his contributions to his political ambition of becoming Nigeria’s President […]

todayJune 27, 2022 31

National

Federal Government Secretly Reviews NDDC Act.

The Federal Government has discreetly commenced the re-evaluation of the Act setting up the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, without the knowledge of the National Assembly and stakeholders of Niger Delta. Sources said the unannounced re-appraisal and other ongoing considerations were the reasons President Muhammadu Buhari has tactfully declined to give his nod to the inauguration of the governing Board of the Commission as provided in the establishing Act. The […]

todayJune 27, 2022 14

Entertainment

Veteran film maker Tosin Igho has unveiled his latest project, a feature film titled Suspicion.

Veteran film maker Tosin Igho has unveiled his latest project, a feature film titled Suspicion. The feature film will be based on his 2008 acclaimed short film The Suspicious Guy and will, follow the origin story of its lead character. Igho who produced Seven and Nneka the Pretty Serpent announced Suspicion in a video clip unveiling its cast and crew. The clip features filmmakers Femi Odugbemi and Kingsley Ogoro, actors […]

todayJune 24, 2022 40

Entertainment

Nigerian gospel musician, singer and songwriter Mercy Chinwo is engaged.

Nigerian gospel musician, singer and songwriter Mercy Chinwo is engaged. The music star who took to her Instagram page yesterday to share the big news said she is blessed to be blessed with @theofficialblessed, adding that the thoughts of doing the next phase and the rest phase of her life with him makes the blessing more real. The music star's soon-to-be husband, Blessed who is a pastor at the Waterbrook Church […]

todayJune 24, 2022 29

Sports

Premier League club, Brighton & Hove Albion are looking at bringing Super Eagles winger, Moses Simon

Premier League club, Brighton & Hove Albion are looking at bringing Super Eagles winger, Moses Simon into their fold. The Seagulls are looking to bolster their attack next season and have identified Simon as a viable option. Brighton tried to sign the 26-year-old last summer but were rebuffed by Nantes’ 15million Pounds asking price, just like Newcastle United also tried to sign him in January. The pacy winger who is […]

todayJune 24, 2022 9

Sports

FIFA Agrees 26-Man Squads for Qatar 2022.

FIFA has approved 26-man squads for this year's World Cup in Qatar in line with recent national competitions and an expansion on the 23-man squads that had been used before the coronavirus pandemic. FIFA also said up to 15 substitutes can be named for a game, meaning no player misses out, something the Head Coach of England Gareth Southgate had called for. The deadline for all 32 countries competing to […]

todayJune 24, 2022 32

Foreign

The United State Senate has passed a gun control bill, the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years.

The United State Senate has passed a gun control bill, the most significant firearms legislation in nearly 30 years. Fifteen Republicans joined Democrats in the upper chamber of Congress to approve the measure by 65 votes to 33, following mass shootings last month at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, and a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, that left a combined 31 people dead. The bill will next have to […]

todayJune 24, 2022 5

National

NDLEA Arrest Over 218 People for Drug-Related Offences In Imo State.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA says it arrested over 171 males and 47 females allegedly involved in drug-related offences in Imo state. The commander of NDLEA in the State, Reuben Apeh, who disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri yesterday, to mark international day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drugs trafficking, said so far, 51 suspects had been convicted and 146 cases are still in court. Apeh, said the […]

todayJune 24, 2022 12

Politics

Ebonyi Central PDP senatorial candidate named a member of the state house of assembly Oliver Osi, as his running mate.

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP and the senator representing Ebonyi Central senatorial zone in the national assembly, in Ebonyi State, Obinna Ogba yesterday named a member of the state house of assembly representing IVO constituency, Oliver Osi, as his running mate. There has been a crisis rocking the main opposition party PDP, in Ebonyi State, wherein the party is currently divided into two factions, one of […]

todayJune 24, 2022 6

0%