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Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, 2019 Presidential Candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), has called for electoral reforms to strengthen democracy, drive economic development, and progress in Nigeria. Moghalu who is also the Convener, To Build A Nation (TBAN) initiative, made the call in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Friday as the nation celebrated Democracy Day on June 12. According to him, for democracy to have real...
All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has advised Nigerians to continue working to improve on democracy for the growth of the country. Tinubu gave the advice on Friday in his Democracy Day message with the theme, ‘June 12: A milestone for democracy’. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that June 12 is celebrated annually to commemorate the annulment of the June 12 Presidential election. According to the APC national leader, we must...
The National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), regulator Nigeria’s film industry has joined Nollywood stakeholders to appealed to Lagos State Government to grant state pardon to actress Funke Akindele. Alhaji Adebayo Thomas, the Executive Director of NFVCB, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja. NAN recalls that a Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos had on April convicted Funke Akindele and her husband, AbdulRasheed Bello, popularly...
Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra has described late Moshood Abiola as a national in the mould of foremost Nigerian nationalist, late Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe. Obiano said the recognition of June 12, the date Abiola won a national election cross ethnic, regional and religious divide by the federal government, was most deserving. The governor said this in a statement signed by Mr C-Don Adinuba, Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment in Awka on Friday. According to...
Global video streaming platform, Netflix has announced plans for the long-expected Nollywood originals in coming months. This follows the launch of its Nigeria subsidiary, Netflix Naija, in February. It revealed in a tweet that the outcome would be book adaptations of the works of two indegenous novelists. The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, Titilola Shoneyin’s debut novel published in 2010 will be produced in form of a series, while Wole Soyinka’s 77-paged play, Death and the King’s Horseman is to be...
Players will be allowed to play for up to three clubs, instead of two, during the course of a season, FIFA said on Thursday. The global football body said this was a temporary rule change to alleviate the effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic on the sport. It added that the move was “to avoid any concerns regarding unemployed players.” FIFA also said it would allow national associations to open their transfer window for the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the review of the Federal Government White Paper on Rationalisation of Government Parastatals and Agencies to reduce the cost of governance in the country. The president, who made this known during a broadcast to mark this year’s Democracy Day in Abuja on Friday, said the review had become imperative in view of the nation’s dwindling resources and the rising cost of governance. He said: “In the face of dwindling resources...
Rivers has recorded 51 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of the infectious disease cases in the state to 454. The figure is the highest number of confirmed cases in a single day since the state recorded its index positive case on March 27. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) released the latest figures in its verified Twitter page late on Thursday. According to the NCDC, the country recorded 681 new cases...
NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ON DEMOCRACY DAY, JUNE 12TH 2020 Fellow Nigerians, The 2020 celebration of Democracy Day marks 21 years of uninterrupted civil administration in our dear country. This day provides us an opportunity to reflect on our journey as a nation, our achievements and struggles. It is a day to honour our founding fathers who toiled to establish our republic and every Nigerian who has worked tirelessly to sustain it. We are...
