Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has recommended a single term of five years for the presidency in Nigeria. Obi said this when he visited the Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, at the government house, Bauchi, on Friday. According to him, a five-year term, which is the practice in South Korea,…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a public health advisory on the risk of Chikungunya virus transmission in the country. The NCDC on Friday, via its official website, warned that recent epidemiological reports indicate a heightened potential for outbreaks in some states. The agency explained that Chikungunya, a viral disease…
President Donald Trump said he’ll be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska after earlier in the day previewing terms of a potential peace deal to end the war in Ukraine that could include “some swapping of territories.” “The highly anticipated meeting between myself, as President of the United States of America,…
The Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP) has partnered with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to introduce YouthCred, a loan programme offering corps members access to credit facilities of up to ₦200,000. The initiative was formalised on Wednesday in Abuja through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions. CREDICORP Managing…
Leader of UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, said she lost her faith in God when she realised her stupid prayers were answered while God delayed answering the prayer of someone in captivity for over two decades. Mrs Badenoch, in an interview with BBC on Thursday, said she ‘rejected God’ but remained a Christian after watching…
Former presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu has claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan offered ex-Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, a slot of Coordinating Minister of the Economy, if he withdraws from the 2027 race to support him. Kachikwu made the claim at a press conference in Abuja on Friday….
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has said his principal’s achievements in the past two years have exceeded what the Peoples Democratic Party recorded during its first eight years in power between 1999 and 2007. In a post via his X handle on Friday, Bwala argued that Tinubu assumed office…
9mobile, Nigeria’s telecommunications company, has rebranded to T2. The unveiling took place on Friday at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos. The change of name comes a year after LH Telecommunication Limited acquired a majority stake in the network provider. LH Telecommunication acquired 95.5 percent stake in 9mobile, leading to a change in control of…
Human rights activist and #RevolutionNow convener Omoyele Sowore was released from Nigeria Police custody late Friday, following nearly three days of detention that ignited widespread protests and condemnation from civil society groups. Announcing his release on X, Sowore stated, “Nigeria Police Force and its illegal IGP has capitulated to the demands of the revolutionary movement,…
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a fraud complaint against Nigerian motivational speaker and self-acclaimed wealth coach, Joseph Nantomah, accusing him of duping investors of over $4.4 million in an unregistered real estate scheme. Court filings exclusively obtained by Peoples Gazette showed that Mr Nantomah, widely known as “Dr Money,” was sued…