archiveAugust 10, 2023

  The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said that about 33,983 persons have been affected by the 2023 flooding in different parts of the country. Speaking in Abuja on Thursday, Fatima Kasim, NEMA’s Director of Planning, Research and Forecasting, said that the agency has been gathering data on persons...

The National and State House of Assembly Elections Petition Tribunal in Kano has sacked Muktar Yarima, candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), as a member representing Tarauni Federal Constituency. In a judgment on Thursday, the three-member tribunal ruled that the primary school certificate submitted by Yarima to the...

An Abuja Chief Magistrate Court sitting at Zuba, on Thursday, held that a presiding pastor of the House On The Rock Church, Uche Aigbe, who had on February 12, mounted the pulpit with an AK-47 rifle, has a case to answer. The embattled cleric was said to have used the...

The former Senator of Kaduna Central District, Shehu Sani has sent a strong message to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Nigerian leader and chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). As a president, Tinubu necessitates acting in the regional interest and in defence of democracy, but it...

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the announcement made by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ordering an immediate standby force against the coup leaders in Niger Republic. Fani-Kayode said ECOWAS’ order is a clear declaration that the sub-region organization is on a war footing....

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received electoral management innovative tools from the European Union support to democratic governance in Nigeria (EU-SDGN). The tools were delivered through the Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) to further enhance Nigeria’s electoral system. The items include collation and returning officers management system (CROMS);...

  The Campaign for Equal Rights and Opportunities for all Nigerians (CERON) has urged President Bola Tinubu to take urgent steps to save the Nigerian Naira from further slid. The group warned that the slid in the Naira is taking its toll on Nigerians and pushing more Nigerians into poverty...

The management of Realnews Magazine and Publications Limited, publishers of Realnews Magazine Online, has selected "The Threats of Illicit Funds Flow to the African Economy" as the topic for its 11th Anniversary Lecture Series coming up on Tuesday, November 7, 2023. According to Maureen Chigbo, Publisher/Editor of the magazine, in press statement,...

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has beckoned on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to keep exploring dialogue in resolving the crisis in the Republic of Niger. CAN President, Daniel Okoh, in a statement on Thursday also warned ECOWAS against opting for military intervention in Niger Republic...

    A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, fixed August 15 to entertain applications regarding the custody of Godwin Emefiele, suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Emefiele is facing trial on a two-count charge bordering on “illegal possession” of firearms. During proceedings on Thursday, K.A. Fagbemi,...