The Management and Organizing Committee of the annual TopFlyers Magazine International Award have concluded plans to honour deserving Nigerians who have stood out in their chosen careers and impacted lives positively. The award, which is held annually by TopFlyers Magazine International, is designed to honour TopFlyers and use their stories to motivate African youths to see the virtues of hard work and determination as norms. Addressing newsmen on Friday in Abuja, the Publisher of the Magazine and Organizer of the award ceremony, Mr…
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Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has sued the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar; the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; and the PDP over the conduct of the presidential primary of the party that was held was in Abuja on May 28 and May 29, 2022.In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/782/2022, Wike and a PDP chieftain, Newgent Ekamon, are listed as the plaintiffs. In the originating summons, the PDP is listed as the first respondent while the Independent National Electoral Commission is the 2nd respondent. Tambuwal and Atiku are listed as the 3rd and 4th respondents respectively.During…
Nigeria is a time bomb; a cocked pistol. Nigeria is on the verge of explosion; and it is expedient that leader-countries of the global village should act to save Nigerians. As the society we live in continues to change, it is only reasonable that things change for the better; but the case of Nigeria is different. This is due to the pressing concern of obvious and perceived imbalances in the country. These imbalances are the central problems of the federal republic of Nigeria and they ranges from bad road / no road and poorly constructed ROADS; These …
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has failed to resolve the rift between the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar and Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike. Rather, members of the Board, during a meeting at the Abuja PDP national secretariat, resolved to set up a committee to take up the task. Briefing journalists after the meeting, the BoT chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin said all members of the BoT are members of the committee. However, snippets at the meeting indicated that the BoT had dismissed the demand by Wike camp that the PDP National Chairman, Dr Iyorchia Ayu…
The Russian Army appears to be massing forces for an attack along the same southern battlefront where Kyiv’s troops are planning one, the Ukrainian military warned on Wednesday. The warning, by the Operational Southern Command, raised the prospect of a more pitched, seesaw battle in southern Ukraine than had been expected in the Ukrainian counteroffensive, which has been pushing toward the Russian-occupied city of Kherson.“The enemy continues to wage hostilities along the occupied defense line,” the command said in a statement. The Russians are assembling troops for an assault, it said.Overall, the front in Russia’s war in Ukraine stretches…
The Federal Government has justified the approval of the sum of N1, 145,000,000.00 for the purchase of vehicles for the Niger Republic. Following the outrage generated by the measure exposed by a popular social media influencer, David Hundeyin, on Wednesday, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, argued that even though Nigerians have the right to question, President Muhammadu Buhari, who approved the purchase also has the right to make his own assessment on situations and act accordingly. Responding to questions during the post-Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Buhari at the…
By Emeke Nwaoboli “What love cannot do does not exist”. This is the best phrase to describe the fact that “the gods” is now in love with alluring damsel Favour Alagba whom must have taken him some mathematical calculations, spiritual algebraic statistics, standard deviation, sine and cosine rules as well as divine direction and a lot of speaking in tongues to confidently propose to. Many did not see this union coming this soon as they thought that beyond the love for Mathematics, D’gods was not yet ready to leave the shrine of Mathematics in search of true love…
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has directed the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Abiodun Alabi, to investigate the shooting by personnel attached to Grammy Award winner, Burna Boy, at Club Cubana in Lagos. The shooting incident, on Wednesday, June 8, left two people hospitalised, with one needing blood transfusion to stabilise. Trouble started when one of the police escorts attached to the Grammy Award winner shot a man who reacted when the singer allegedly made passes at his wife. The shooting incident, on Wednesday, June 8, left two people hospitalised, with one needing blood transfusion to…
The Caucus of the Progressives in the House of Representatives has concluded plans to endorse the Rivers State Governor, Nyeson Wike, for the position of running mate to the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, Waziri Adamawa, News Express learnt on Sunday. The caucus is scheduled to meet today, Monday, June 13, in Abuja. This was contained in a statement by the leader of the group, Hon Busayo Oluwole Oke, member representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun State under the platform of the PDP. According to Oke, who is also the Chairman of the House of Representatives on…
Coach Mauricio Pochettino is to leave Paris St-Germain following talks with the club at the end of last week. PSG are still to make a formal announcement but it is understood the former Tottenham manager, 50, will not serve the final year of his contract. Zinedine Zidane, Jose Mourinho and Nice coach Christophe Galtier are among those linked with replacing Pochettino. PSG regained the French title last term but the Argentine failed to lead them beyond the Champions League’s last 16. Although they were beaten by eventual winners Real Madrid, PSG held a 2-0 aggregate advantage with less than half…
