NATIONAL BROADCAST BY H.E MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA ON THE 58TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY, 1ST OCTOBER, 2018 Fellow Nigerians, Today is a day of celebration and solemn reflection. It is the anniversary of the day Nigerians realised one of the most cherished of human desires – the desire for freedom. We, […]
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The All Progressive Congress APC has again rescheduled Lagos, Enugu, Adamawa governorship primaries and that the mode of primaries for Enugu and Adamawa states has also been changed from indirect to direct primaries. Accortding to Mr. Yekini Nabena, the Acting National Publicity Secretary, he said in an email on Monday that ‘the National Working Committee […]
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There was widespread relief yesterday as organised labour suspended its warning strike and announced its readiness to resume negotiations with federal and state governments on Thursday over its demand for an upward review of the prevailing ₦18, 000 national minimum wage. The strike, which recorded partial success in many states of the federation had crippled […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari this morning said he was aware that the ultimate goals of Boko Haram were to destroy Nigeria’s democracy and deny children their right to education, vowing to stop them from achieving such evil goals and objectives. The president who made the pledge in a nationwide broadcast in commemoration of the 58th anniversary […]
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The governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode has said that his opponent in the All Progressives Congress, (APC) for the 2019 governorship race was arrested for spending fake dollars in a nightclub in America. Ambode during a press conference in Alausa, Ikeja, on Sunday said, “We have never responded to the campaign of calumny on […]
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There are fresh indications that the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is, once again, disturbed by the role of personnel of security agencies in the electoral process as the integrity of the 2019 general elections appears to hang in the balance based on reports of election monitors. Penultimate Sunday, Vanguard had published […]
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A prominent Boko Haram Commander, Ali Gaga has been killed by other Commanders of the terrorist group while planning to surrender to the military authorities and escape with about 300 captives from their den, a competent source disclosed. The sources who spoke to PRNigeria on grounds of anonymity said that Ali Gaga was killed by […]
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The organised labour has suspended the ongoing strike with effect from today, Sunday. National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Ayuba Wabba announced this while briefing journalists at the Labour House Abuja. Wabba said that the organised labour has gotten firm commitment from the government that the Tripartite Committee of the Minimum Wage Committee […]
Read More Some All Progressives Party (APC) card-carrying members in Bauchi on Sunday expressed their disenchantment over the late commencement of the party’ s primaries in the state. They told newsmen that they were told the exercise would commence by 10 am prompt, and had gone to the polling units as early as 6am, and that as […]
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No fewer than 150,000 persons have been displaced by flood in Bayelsa, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Sunday disclosed. Mr Yakubu Suleiman, Co-ordinator, Emergency Operation Centre E, Rivers/Bayelsa Territory of NEMA disclosed this in an interview with Newsmen in Yenagoa. Suleiman said that several homes, farmlands, schools and churches were submerged in the […]
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has not endorsed Babajide Sanwo-Olu in the Lagos All Progressives Congress governorship primary scheduled for Monday. Contrary to the impressions created by a photograph that shows the Vice President with Sanwo-Olu, Osinbajo is neutral in the election. He merely came to plead with the party leaders to allow a level playing […]
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The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) says one of the pilots who successfully ejected from one of the F-7Ni aircraft that had earlier crashed in the FCT, has passed on. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. “It is with a heavy heart […]
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