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By Savinews Reporter A trending online video credited to Chief Charles Ogbonnaya, former Deputy Chief of Staff to Abia State Governor, is presently causing political storm in Abia State. In the Facebook video, the former Deputy Chief of Staff was seen...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide - Abuja The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) FCT chapter has congratulated Naija Ratels, after they braced the odds and qualified for 2022 Super six of the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL), describing them as the...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, is not resting on its oars in the war against drugs across States of the federation as operatives of the Agency, intercepted about 101 parcels of Cocaine concealed in...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide - Abuja The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out eight out of the 15 count charges preferred by the federal government against the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Mazi Nnamdi...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide - Abuja Women have been asked to take up political positions as the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will give free Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to female aspirants in the forthcoming 2023 general...
The report that the dissident chairman of Nigeria Union of Journalists, Imo State Council, Chris Akaraonye, his predecessor, Innocent Igwe and their cohorts, had, with the assistance of the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Christ Isiguzo...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide  - Abuja Federal Government of Nigeria says there is need for synergy to achieving the various multidisciplinary and multi sectoral actions and initiatives that are required at the national, regional, local, and individual levels The Minister of state...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide  -Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Football Association, FCT FA has congratulated Naija Ratels on their qualification for the 2022 Nigeria Women's Football League, NWFL Super 6 The FCT FA in a congratulatory message sent to the the club's...
2023 General Election: APC Debunks Purported Schedule By Princess-Ekwi Ajide - Abuja The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, says it has not finalised discussions on party primaries. The National Publicity Secretary, of the party, Barrister Felix Morka, disclosed this while briefing media...
  By Ifeanyi Onyekachi In compliance with section 109 of 1999 Constitution as amended , the Imo State House of Assembly (IMHA), has declared the seat of Nkwerre State Constituency vacant. The decision followed a motion moved by member representing Ngor-Okpala...
By Savinews Reporter The battle over which zone should produce the president of Nigeria has come to an end as the major opposition party, The Peoples Democratic Party. PDP, has thrown its ticket open. This means that an issue that had...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide-A Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has asked political parties to adhere strictly to the 2023 General election timetable and schedule of activities. It will be recalled that on Saturday 26th February 2022, the Commission had released...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide Interested and eligible citizens have been advised to apply as ad-hoc staff for Ekiti and Osun governorship elections billed for June 18 and July 16 respectively on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) online portal. The portal, with...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide Abuja According to a 2021 UNICEF report, malnutrition is the underlying cause of nearly half of deaths of children under age five every year in Nigeria. On this backdrop, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched its two-year $9.5 million Advancing...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide Abuja Global warming may seem abstract to many but for some, it is already at their backyards. This may be the case of Pegi Community In Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja which is...
By Savinews Reporter-Abuja U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Kathleen FitzGibbons had applauded the efforts of the Nigerian Correctional Service towards implementing the 2019 Nigerian Correctional Service Act and recognizing the importance of the Act to ensure that justice is carried out in...
  By Joseph Uwakwe, Port Harcourt A community-based civil society organisation, the Ogoni Environment Watch, has applauded President Muhammadu Buhari and the Minister of State for Environment, Dr. Sharon Ikeazor, over the appointment of Dr. Ferdinand Giadom as Coordinator of the...
  By Savinews Reporter The Movement for Election of Nigerian President of Igbo Extraction, a political pressure group, has hailed Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra for nominating commissioners-designate just in two weeks of his inauguration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide- Abuja All Progressives Congress, APC, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is seeking to profit from the national grief and tragedy in its desperate quest to seize power and plunge the country back into what it...
By Augustine Agwulonu Since 1999 till date, Igbo politicians have always gained a notorious award an equally notorious cliché. The slogan: It is our turn, is now an anthem derogatorily associated with the Igbo political class. To be sure, the late...
  By Chinyere Nwaneri If feelers received from the camp of Hon Precious Nkemdimma Opara who declared for the Owerri-West Assembly seat is anything to go Hon Dele Onyemaechi is as good as having lost his seat. The aspirant who made his...
By Savinews Reporter The official ball for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar has been unveiled by Adidas. It is called Al Rihla and takes its name from the Arabic word for "the journey". The Al Rihla is said to move...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide, Abuja The Federal Government has inaugurated an investigative committee to unravel the circumstances leading to the vandalization of the Moshood Abiola Stadium and recommend measures to forestall recurrence. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare while...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide, Abuja U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston of the Eastern District of Texas has announced that a Nigerian, Sobanke Idris Sunday Adereti, has been sentenced to federal prison for federal fraud violations in the Eastern District of Texas. Adereti, 24, who...
By Savinews Reporter Reacting to the failure of Super Eagles to qualify for the 2022 World Cup, Sports Minister Sunday Dare said : “We drew 0-0 in Kumasi and drew 1-1 here and that meant the away goal rule gave Ghana the...
By Savinews Reporter The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare Wednesday commiserated with the Zambian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Solomon Jere over the death of Zambian Doctor, Dr Joseph Kabungo during Tuesday's World Cup Qualifiers between Nigeria and...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide, Abuja The United States Embassy in Abuja has begun processing certain non-immigrant visa renewal applications without requiring an interview. The waiver will cater for visas such as B1/B2, F, M, J (academic only), H, L, or C1/D (combined...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide Abuja Comrade Annah Daniel had been pronounced as the duly elected Chairperson of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ FCT Chapter by the National Industrial Court, Abuja. President of the court, Justice B.B Kanyip, in his ruling...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide,  Abuja Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, led by the National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, have received instruments of office from the immediate-past Chairman of the Party's National Caretaker Committee...
  By Princess-Ekwi Ajide, Abuja Nigeria Senate has constituted a seven-man ad-hoc committee to probe the tariff hike introduced by pay-tv service providers operating in the country. The Senate also directed all pay-tv service providers to immediately review their bouquet prices downwards...