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THE Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Nigeria has honoured 51 Nigerians with awards for their immense support in boosting the diplomatic relations between Nigeria and China. The 51 Nigerians were conferred with the 2022 October 1 China-Nigeria Friendship Award to celebrate the bilateral friendship between both countries, which has also hit 51 years dating back to1971 even as both countries also mark their national days on October 1. Some of the recipients of the 2022 October 1st China-Nigeria awards include; national secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen. Iyiola Omisore; director -general of the National…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that it has added a total of 9.518 million new voters to the existing 84 million voter register, bringing the new number of prospective voters in the 2023 general elections to 93 million. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made the disclosure on Wednesday during the Commission’s quarterly meeting with political parties in Abuja. He also reiterated the earlier resolve of the Commission to conduct transparent, free, fair and credible polls in 2023. Prof Yakubu promised that regardless of insinuations, there will be no going back on the decision to deploy technology in…
According to a recent data released by the President, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Uche Ojinmah, a total number of 10,296 Nigeria trained doctors are presently practicing in the United Kingdom (UK). He also noted that Nigeria is going through one of the worst situations of brain drain in its history. Ojinmah said between January and September 2022, over 1,300 doctors trained in Nigeria moved to the UK, with the country licensing at least 200 Nigerian-trained doctors between August 31, 2022 and September 30, 2022. Ojinmah, in a media briefing to flag off the 2022 physician’s week in Ibadan on…
African regional bloc, the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has predicted the outcome of the 2023 general elections of Nigeria. It said the outcome will have effects on the West Africa region and Africa continent as a whole. ECOWAS stated this when a delegation of ECOWAS Pre-Election Fact Finding Mission to Nigeria led by former chairman, Electoral Commission of Ghana, Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, visited the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters in Abuja on Monday. Speaking on behalf of the group, the Director, Political Affairs, ECOWAS Commission, Remi Ajibewa, said that they were in Nigeria for fact finding ahead of…
Some residents of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital on Sunday defied their heavy flooded environment to hold their Sunday worship services in beer parlours and other open flood-free spaces. The flood which has ravaged most parts of the state has prevented most residents from accessing their places of worship, a situation that forced some to look for alternative places to worship. Also, residents whose churches have been submerged by the flood also converged in barbing saloons and rented hotel rooms and halls to hold their Sunday worship service. Some clergy also visited the various Internally Displaced Persons, IDP, camps to minister…
The Nigeria Police Force has assured Nigerians and foreigners in Abuja of adequate security. Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, issued a statement on Monday in reaction to an advisory by the United States. An alert on Sunday by the U.S. Embassy warned that terrorists were targeting some locations in the nation’s capital. Adejobi said the Force had reviewed the advisory and was taking necessary steps as the lead agency in internal security. The spokesperson said there is no cause for alarm as all hands are on deck to collectively nip threats in the bud. The FPRO announced that Inspector-General,…
Bassey Otu has emerged as the authentic governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River State. Otu’s emergence was in the aftermath of a Federal High Court ruling in Calabar on Monday. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, who delivered the judgment said it remains the right of political parties to determine their governorship candidate. Recall that Otu’s contender, who was an APC governorship aspirant in the state, Owan Enoh, had after the primary earlier in the year, approached the court to seek the disqualification Otu as the APC’s governorship candidate. But the judge in her ruling said, “That a…
The family of a teenager (name withheld) in Ugwolawo, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi state has called on the Inspector General of Police and relevant law enforcement agencies to come to their aid. SPY NEWS reliably gathered that the victim, a fifteen years old student of Community Secondary School Ugwolawo was abducted, tortured and raped on her way from school. According to narrations, the victim was in company of her friend, Zainab Abdul, a teenager when the notorious rapists abducted the duo. It was also alleged that the teenagers were threatened with gun, blindfolded and sneaked on motorcycle to…
The Zamfara State Police Command says it has rescued 10 women including a year-old child from Zamfara forest. The rescue operation took place at Gando forest in Bukkuyum Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in Zamfara State, SP Mohammed Shehu. Shehu said a group of bandits terrorist invaded Manye village in Anka LGA on Monday 17th October, 2022 and abducted ten women and a year-old child to Gando forest in Bukkuyum LGA of the state where they spent three days in captivity. He said that on receiving the…
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned Nigerians to be wary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which he described as bunch of betrayers. The former Vice President gave the words of caution in his speech at a rally in Benin City, Edo state while addressing supporters on Saturday. Atiku said the APC does not deserve the support of Nigerians in the forthcoming general election. He urged Nigerians to continue to be loyal to the PDP. He claimed that the APC have damaged the nation’s infrastructure, economy, and educational system in addition to…