Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, says the Directorate of Army Public Relations (APR), has been retooled with cutting-edge multimedia equipment to respond swiftly and professionally to operational and non-operational media engagements. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nwachukwu is the immediate past Director APR. He spoke on Tuesday in Abuja while handing over to the…
The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, has advised Nigerians to stop waiting for opposition to demand for good governance, rather, they should always hold government accountable on daily basis. Adebayo stated this Abuja on Tuesday in an interview with newsmen at the 50th birthday ceremony of his wife,…
The Nsukka Catholic Deanery in Enugu State says the late Pope Francis served the Catholic Church and entire humanity faithfully by building bridges across religion faiths. The deanery made the remarks in Nsukka on Tuesday while reacting to the passage of the Catholic Pontiff on Easter Monday in an interview with the News Agency of…
Mr Tanko Isuwa, the Education Secretary, Local Education Authority (LEA), Bwari, said the authority was intensifying efforts to address the number of out-of-school children in the district. Isuwa made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Tuesday in Abuja. NAN reports that there is no specific data available for…
Catholic faithful in Lagos State will be celebrating mass for the repose of the soul of Pope Francis who died on Easter Monday. This is contained in a circular signed by the Archbishop of Lagos Catholic Archdiocese, Most Rev. Adewale Martins. The circular was made available to newsmen in Lagos on Tuesday. The mass would…
The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis died of “Cerebral stroke and subsequent irreversible heart failure”. The Catholic Pontiff passed away on Easter Monday morning at the age of 88 after leading the 1.4 billion strong global Catholic Church for 12 years (2013 to 2025). The death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader…
Approximately 138 eligible Cardinals under the age of 80 from around the world are expected to elect the new Pope who will succeed Pope Francis. Reports indicate that two-thirds of these cardinal electors have been appointed by Francis over the past decade, reflecting his vision of a more inclusive Church. Among the 138 voters, Cardinals…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has sympathised with the Catholic Church on the death of Pope Francis and acknowledged his extraordinary leadership and boundless compassion. CAN President, Archbishop Daniel Okoh, said this in a statement in Abuja on Monday Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Catholic Church and the first from Latin America,…
Dr Kayode Fayemi, Ex-Governor of Ekiti and former Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), has expressed profound sadness over the passing of His Holiness, Pope Francis. Fayemi, in a statement by the Head of his media Office, Mallam Ahmad Sajoh, on Monday, described the death as “an irreplaceable loss to the global Catholic community and humanity…
Mr Lere Olayinka, Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyeson Wike, has cautioned the human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) against misleading his clients. Falana, during an interview on national television, argued that the Supreme Court judgment on the Rivers crisis had…
