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  • INEC Releases Final List of Gubernatorial Candidates For Anambra Poll [See Names]

    The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released the final list for the next month gubernatorial election in Anambra State, the list includes the name of PDP’s candidate for the poll , Mr Valentine Ozigbo alongside his running mate, Mrs Azuka Enemo. Also in the 18 candidates list published on Thursday were Professor Chukwuma Soludo…

  • Video: Moment Army Arrested Veteran Nollywood Actor in Anambra

    Nollywood star, Chinwetalu Agu, has been arrested by some officers of the Nigerian Army for reportedly adorning Biafra insignia at the popular Upper Iweka area of Onitsha, Anambra State. The veteran actor was said to be in the commercial city on a charitable mission where he shared food items to the less privileged. A trending…

  • FULL SPEECH: Buhari Presents N16.39 Trillion 2022 Budget To National Assembly

    BUDGET SPEECH Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability Delivered By: His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari President, Federal Republic of Nigeria At the Joint Session of the National Assembly, Abuja Thursday, October 7, 2021 PROTOCOLS It is my great pleasure to be here once again to present the 2022 Federal Budget Proposals to this distinguished Joint…

  • Ex-Pension Boss, Maina, Son Sentenced To 14 Years Imprisonment

    The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced the son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, Faisal, to 14 years imprisonment. The Court, in judgement that was delivered by trial Justice Okon Abang, found Faisal guilty on a three-count money laundering charge the Economic and…

  • Why FG Removed UNILAG Pro-Chancellor, Babalakin

    Why FG Removed UNILAG Pro-Chancellor, Babalakin

    The Federal Government has explained why the embattled former Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of that University, Dr. Bolanle Olawale Babalakin (SAN), was removed, insisting that he was not exonerated by the General Martin Luther Agwai-led Regular Visitation Panel to the University. The Special Presidential Visitation Panel and the White Paper, thereof, recommended…

  • U.S. Reveals Number of Nuclear Weapons Stockpiled in Four Years

    President Joe Biden led government has revealed the number of nuclear weapons in the US stockpile for the first time in four years. In a reversal of the Trump era policy, the State Department released its “Transparency in the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile” fact sheet, which comes as the Biden administration is conducting a review…

  • One Killed, Two Other Varsity Students Injured in Jigawa Gas Explosion

    A student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Ibrahim Abdullahi, has died while two others were seriously injured in a gas explosion. The 200-level student of the Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, was one of the three students injured in the gas explosion which occurred at an off campus hostel in Dutse,…

  • Ponzi Schemes: NDIC Issues Strong Warning To Bank Customers

    The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has warned bank depositors against falling into Ponzi schemes’ traps due to promises of very high returns in, The Vanguard has learned. The NDIC Managing Director (MD) of the corporation, Mr. Bello Hassan, gave the warning, yesterday, at the on-going Abuja International Trade Fair, according to a statement by…

  • Nigerian Teacher Wins Facebook Award

    A Nigerian teacher, Peter Ogudoro, has won an award by Facebook for developing a “most helpful and engaged educators’ platform called Nigerian Teachers.” This is contained in a media release made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the platform, Nigerian Teachers. In a statement released by the platform, the award by Facebook…

  • Zuckerberg Reveals Casualties of Facebook Outage, Sends Message To Teeming Subscribers

    Zuckerberg Reveals Casualties of Facebook Outage, Sends Message To Teeming Subscribers

    As teeming of subscribers continue to sympathize with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg over the $7 billion loss to the technical glitch suffered by his firm on Monday, the techpreneur says the money and subscribers’ loss were not his priority, but the scathing consequences the disruption had on global users. Zuckerberg, in a Facebook post late…

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