Under the auspices of North-Central Progressives Youth (NCPY), youths of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have described the party’s Muslim-Muslim Presidency as a sectional national ideology. The youths made this clear during a protest that began at the Unity Fountain and ended at the Presidential Villa. Musa Attah, President of the NCPY, told reporters that the choice of former Governor …
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked the broadcast licences of 52 broadcast stations across the country due to over-indebtedness to the regulatory commission. Since 2015, the stations have owed the Commission N2.6 billion. Africa Independent Television (AIT) and its sister radio station, Raypower FM; Silverbird Television; and 49 other stations throughout the country are among the debtor-stations. The NBC’s …
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved judgement on an appeal filed by a PDP chieftain, Sheriff Oborevwori, challenging the emergence of Olorogun David Edevbie as the Peoples Democratic Party’s standard bearer in Delta state’s gubernatorial election in 2023. On July 7, 2022, Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission …
Mr. Kayode Ajulo, an Abuja-based legal practitioner, has accused the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami, of plotting to extradite one Adesina Lasisi to the United States of America while his extradition request was pending at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. On May 26, a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja granted …
Successive administrations have praised plans to diversify the Nigerian economy away from crude oil. Since crude oil was discovered in Nigeria, it has become the mainstay of the Nigerian economy, with other sources of revenue largely abandoned. According to this school of thought, the discovery of oil was both a blessing and a curse for the country. To buck the …
The Tinubu Mandate Group has described Sen. Kashim Shettima’s selection as the APC presidential candidate, Sen Bola Tinubu’s running mate, as the right choice for the party. Pastor Femi Bakare, the Chairman of the group in Ondo and Ekiti states, stated this to members of the group on Thursday in Akure. Bakare explained that Shettima’s choice was based on competence …
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, has stated that one way he would address Nigeria’s electricity problems is to give states the authority to generate, transmit, and distribute electricity. Atiku stated in a statement on Thursday evening that if elected president in 2023, he would remove electricity production from the exclusive list and give it to states. This …
According to SP Gambo Isah, Public Relations Officer, Katsina Police Command, many terrorists were feared killed in a foiled attack by its tactical team while rescuing victims abducted by the hoodlums at Wapa Village in Kurfi Local Government Area of the State. Friday morning, early hours According to the Katsina Command PRO, the well-armed terrorists, numbering no fewer than 24, …
