President Muhammadu Buhari says he has done his best for Nigeria. He said this yesterday in Washington while welcoming the Secretary-General of the Abu Dhabi Forum, Sheikh Al-Mahfoudh Bin Bayyah and his deputy, Pastor Bob Roberts of the US who came on a visit to him. “We are big in size and population, facing many…
The Chairman/Editor-in-Chief of THISDAY/ARISE NEWS Media Group, Prince Nduka Obaigbena (CON), yesterday, responded to allegations levelled against him by the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council’s (PCC) Director of Media and Publicity, Mr. Bayo Onanuga and its Director, Strategic Communication, Mr. Dele Alake,and also challenged them to present their candidate, Bola Tinubu, for debates…
y Ismail Mudashir, Saawua Terzungwe, Muhammad Auwal Suleiman (Abuja) & Clement A. Oloyede Twenty-seven days to the commencement of the implementation of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) policy on cash withdrawal, top politicians and candidates vying for elective positions are strategising on how to bypass the policy in funding their campaign activities. The country’s…
BENUE STATE POLICE COMMANDPRESS RELEASE.13TH DECEMBER, 2022. ALLEGED RECOVERY OF NAIRA NOTES AT WADATA, MAKURDI; A MISINFORMATION. On 13/12/2022 at about 1200hrs information was received at A Police Division Makurdi, that hidden naira notes were recovered from Police Barracks Wadata. Police detectives sent on investigation to the scene recovered wasted papers in a shop close…
Ahead of the forthcoming presidential election, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Osita Okechukwu, has said his party is only worried about Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate and not about Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Okechukwu also said Bola Tinubu, APC’s presidential candidate, has come a…
The wife of the former president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and founder of the Word of Life Bible Church, Pastor Mrs. Helen Oritsejafor, has debunked claims that she and the clergyman are divorced, IGBERETV reports. Unconfirmed reports online had it that the couple’s 25-year-old marriage had packed up. In a statement released…
Nigeria spent a total of $6.23m on foreign healthcare-related services from January to August 22, 2022, The PUNCH reports. This is according to a report obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria on the amount spent on health-related and social services under the sectoral utilisation for transactions valid for foreign exchange. According to the report,…
A former chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, Sam Amadi, has lamented the lack of justice concerning the murder of Deborah Samuel, a student who was lynched for alleged blasphemy. Deborah, a Christian 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education Sokoto, was killed by fellow students in May for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. On…
Bahamian authorities have arrested Sam Bankman-Fried after U.S. law enforcement filed charges against the former crypto billionaire. Bahamas Attorney General Ryan Pinder said that the United States had filed unspecified criminal charges against Bankman-Fried and was “likely to request his extradition.” Bankman-Fried was expected to testify before the House Financial Services Committee tomorrow, but said…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, raised the alarm that some politicians have been buying up Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, and financially inducing unsuspecting voters to harvest their Voter Identification Numbers ahead of the 2023 general elections.The revelation by INEC, however, elicited angry reactions from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Labour Party, LP, and regional…