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John Mahama who took the oath of office as Ghana’s new president in a ceremony attended by world leaders said ”Today should mark the opportunity to reset our country.” Maham was sworn in at Black Star Square in Accra, the Ghanaian capital on Tuesday. The new president took over from Nana Akufo-Ado who succeeded him in 2017. Before Mahama’s swearing-in, Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang was inaugurated as the country’s first female vice president. Relative posts President Tinubu Felicitates Mahama, Ghanaian President-elect  Ghanaian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, Wins A Second term ECOWAS Panel Cracks On Regional Currency’s Symbol, But Agrees On Its Name  The…

By Straightnews Fears  are rife that the proposed Cattle ranches may birth the suspended RUGA Settlement at long run in the country, Straightnews has gathered.  This is as the National Agricultural Mechanisation Cooperative of Nigeria voiced out plans to establish cattle ranches in the 774 local government areas across Nigeria. The National President of NAMCON, Dr Aliyu Waziri, stated this when he addressed journalists on Saturday in Kaduna. Relative posts National Water Resources Bill Is Another Version Of Ruga Settlement – Ortom  As FG Budgets N2.3b On RUGA Implementation, Ita Enang Throws Weight Behind The Policy Igbo Youths Beat War…

Dr. Patrick Umoh, the member representing Ikot Ekpene/Essien Udim/Obot Akara Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives has risen to the the occasion by sponsoring 16 bills and assisting 27 to join Federal Civil Service. Umoh, who featured on Passion FM, Uyo on Monday, said he sponsored 16 bills aimed at advancing national and local development, specifically mentioning the passage into law Bills on appointment of more Supreme Court judges, and Nursing profession.. Elected under the All Progressives Congress (APC), he was inaugurated into the house in June 2023. The former University of Uyo Law Lecturer also mentioned that he…

Veteran Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Coach, Kennedy Boboye, has returned to Akwa United  FC for the rest of the season after signing a deal with the club on Monday. The Uyo-based club announced the deal in a statement on its X handle on Monday. “We have agreed a mid-season managerial contract with coach Kennedy Boboye,” the statement said. “Boboye who won the NPFL title with us in 2021 signed the deal today and he is expected to begin work with the team later this week.” Boboye, who was in charge when Akwa United lifted the league trophy in 2021,…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to “account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing N825 billion and $2.5 billion meant for ‘refinery rehabilitation’ and other oil revenues.” The amounts are documented in the 2021 annual report by the Auditor-General of the Federation published on Thursday 27 November, 2024. SERAP urged the Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPCL, Mele Kyari “to identify those suspected to be responsible for the disappeared oil money and hand them over to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and the…

Popular gospel Nigerian artiste, Nathaniel Bassey has been invited to the United States on 20 January to minister at the inaugural prayer breakfast for President-elect Donald Trump. The event is slated to be held in Washington, DC. The Akwa Ibom-born gospel artiste is known for his worship songs “Imela,” “Onise Iyanu,” and “Olowogbogboro.” Also read Nathaniel Bassey petitions IGP over alleged fathering of Mercy Chinwo’s son  Meet Moses Bliss, the rising gospel singer Court summons five for defaming Mercy Chinwo, husband It focuses on prayers and worship as spiritual support for the US president and government. Taking to his Instagram, the…

US President-elect, Donald Trump must be sentenced on January 10 in the criminal case, a judge ruled on Friday, January 3. In May 2024, Trump was convicted on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star. On Friday, Justice Juan Merchan said he denied Trump’s motion to dismiss the case due to his presidential election victory. The judge said the Republican president-elect may appear for the sentencing, which will take place just 10 days before his inauguration, either in-person or virtually. Also read: Donald Trump in a comeback Emerges as 47th US President Merchan wrote that a sentence of “unconditional discharge” – meaning no…

The Nigerian Army says the military succeeded in killing a total of 10,937 terrorists last year, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba said.   Briefing newsmen on the operations of the military in the year 2024 on Tuesday in Abuja, Buba said that troops reduced the fighting capabilities of terrorists, recording 16,171 surrendered terrorist combatants and their families in the year under review.  Buba said that troops recovered 8,815 weapons, and 228,004 ammunitions and denied the oil thieves an estimated sum over N68.4 billion.   The director gave the breakdown of the recoveries as: 4,332 AK47…

The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, has hit President Bola Tinubu below the belt on issues of governance, daring him to lead by example by identifying himself with the plights of the Nigerian masses. Obi spoke at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday on the state of the nation said the President should treat himself at local hospitals and do well to visit educational institutions in the country to ascertain the level of development in the nation’s educational and healthcare sectors. The former Anambra State Governor jeered at the level of corruption in the…

By Agency Report US President Joe Biden and his family who received tens of thousands of dollars from foreign leaders in 2023 would surrender to the Federal Government upon leaving office, according to an annual accounting published by the State Department on Thursday. The $20,000 diamond received from the first lady Jill Biden was retained for official use in the White House East Wing, according to a State Department document, while the other gifts to the president and first lady were sent to the archives. The 7.5-carat diamond from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was easily the most costly gift…