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The Director General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) and a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Osita Okechukwu, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and some other Nigerians are silently in support of Nigeria president of Igbo extraction 2023 project. Speaking to journalists yesterday in Abuja, Okechukwu appealed to Buhari to honour elder statesman Chief Mbazulike Amechi with …

The Christian Association of Nigeria has knocked the United States for removing Nigeria from its 2021 list of religious violators, saying that Christians are still being persecuted by terrorist groups and other Islamic associations in the country. The apex Christian organisation said that it is at a loss on the data or statistics used by the US government in arriving …

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has disclosed that the National Assembly will pass the 2022 Appropriation Bill before Christmas. Lawan made the disclosure on Friday night, while receiving the New Telegraph’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Politics, alongside other Nigerians who had distinguished themselves in public service and the private sector.ADVERTISING “ This is my fourth term in the Senate; when we …

Many Nigerians received the news of the drop in the nation’s inflation rate in October 2021 to 15.99 per cent from 16.63 per cent recorded in September with a pinch of salt last Monday. Although the rate has continued to decline in the past seven months after hitting 18.17 per cent in March 2021, Nigerians appear not to feel the …

The Military Pension Board has reacted to a Humangle report on the official neglect of widows of Nigerian soldiers, who are suffering several years after their husbands died in active service. In the report also published by PREMIUM TIMES, HumAngle had reported on November 19 that the widows are faced with harsh conditions in the barracks due to their inability to access …

…as 17 year old UniMaid student gets  scholarship award Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that deliberate efforts must be made to integrate the youths into today’s governance structure to adequately prepare them for future leadership. This was as a 17 years old Miss Fatima Mafi, a 17 year old 100 level Petrol Chemistry student of …

Nigeria deserves a prominent seat wherever the most consequential issues are discussed, the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has said, adding that his country was ready to partner with Nigeria differently from the exploitative tendencies of the past. Mr Blinken also urged West African countries to shun authoritarianism and ensure the promotion of democratic ethos in their countries. …

The Federal Government at the weekend insisted that the current pump price would remain for now with the expected high rate of travel during the festive period. Presently, petrol sells at N162/163 per litre in most major petrol stations with independent marketers selling at N165/litre. The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, Engr. …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said the state has the capacity to generate 10,000 Megawatts of electricity with its gas deposits, noting that the government plans to install over 200 kilometres of street lights to light up the state. Obaseki, while speaking to journalists in Benin City, said his administration is repositioning the state to leverage its natural …

One of the members of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), has said there are documents to defend the report submitted by the panel to the state government. The PUNCH reported that the report was submitted to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday after a year of …