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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar said on Friday the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would bounce back to give Nigerians a responsive government. Abubakar said this in a statement issued by his Media Office to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the party’s formation. He said: “PDP is the progenitor of our contemporary democracy and shall ensure that democracy did not only survive …

Fuel tanker explosion reportedly left unspecified number of persons dead on Sunday along Warri-Benin Expressway. The explosion occurred after a 33,000- litre tanker had fallen on the highway, spilling its contents. Among those who lost their lives in the incident which occurred in the early hours of Sunday at Koko junction along Warri-Benin highway in Warri North council area of …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Friday night, said one of its officials in the Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State had been abducted. Wilfred Ifogah, the head of INEC voters’ registration in the state, disclosed this in a statement on its verified X account, adding that the electoral official was kidnapped while waiting to board a boat …

lebaye Reality star, Ilebaye has won the Big Brother Naija All-Stars The female housemate was one of the top six housemates, which included Cross, Pere, Mercy, Adekunle, and Cee-C. After four evictions, Ilebaye and Mercy were the last two housemates standing. Ilebaye will be taking home N120 million grand prize and other prizes for winning the reality show. Winning the …

In its bid to build the capacity of youth towards making them employers of labour, the NNPC Foundation, in partnership with Kudimata Nigeria Limited, have trained the Batch C members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in basic financial literacy skills. Kudimata os a financial education outfit. In a statement signed by Chief Corporate Communications Officer NNPC Ltd, Femi …

Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has broken silence over the reactions trailing a controversial video posted by Napoli on Tiktok. The Serie A club shared a video appearing to mock the Nigerian for missing a penalty against Bologna last week. The video has since been deleted and the club stated that they “never meant to offend” Osimhen, although they gave …

Nigerian music star, David Adeleke aka Davido, has been nominated in three categories for the 2024 Grammy Awards in the United States. Also listed on Friday for the prestigious awards are the duo of Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun aka Wizkid and Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy. The nomination was Davido’s first while Wizkid and Burna Boy are past …

President Bola Tinubu has approved N35,000 as a provisional wage award for all treasury-paid workers for a period of six months. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, announced this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the approval followed consultations between the Federal Government and the leadership of the labour unions at the Presidential Villa, …

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the Imo State election, Senator Samuel Anyanwu has described the claim that he has withdrawn from the race as mischievous. He said that the report trending on social media purportedly claiming that he has withdrawn is not only fake but blatant lie from the pit of hell. The statement signed on Friday …

The Plateau State House of Assembly on Friday passed the 2024 appropriation bill of N314.8 billion. On Tuesday, Governor Caleb Mutfwang presented a budget estimate of N295.4 billion to the House. However, the budget passed by the lawmakers was N19.4 billion higher than the figure presented by the governor. In the budget, N162.3 billion was earmarked as recurrent expenditure and …