Bandits are said to have stormed Dutsinma town, the headquarters of Katsina State’s Dutsinma Local Government Area, and kidnapped six people, mostly relatives of gubernatorial aspirant Umar Tata. According to some sources, the victims were wedding guests at a house near the popular politician’s home, who ran for governor in the recent APC primaries. A reliable source told our correspondent …
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has launched an attack on the Fulani group, the Miyetti Allah, following a recent comment by one of its leaders, Saleh Alhassan, who claimed that the Labour Party’s (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, and his supporters were members of the group. The Igbo group, through its spokesperson, Emma Powerful, has described the comment as …
Dr. Abdulmalik Mohammed Durunguwa, the Honourable Commissioner representing Kaduna State at the National Population Commission (NPC), has stated that the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) has a better chance of winning the 2023 general elections, both at the State and Presidential levels. Dr. Durunguwa stated this during a meeting with his supporters in Kaduna, saying that the odds will be …
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s presidential bid in the 2023 election, according to Mr. Osita Okechukwu, Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), will fail because it violates the principle of power rotation between the South and North. Okechukwu, a founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated this to journalists in Abuja on Sunday. He cited the APC Northern …
Moved by the spate of insecurity in Bauchi, the Human Rights Advocacy Centre has called on the State Security Service (SSS) to investigate a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar (rtd) following the renewed onslaught by Boko Haram terrorists on the people of the state. Mr Abubakar, who served as Chief of Air Staff between July …
Yobe state governor Mai Mala Buni confirmed the brutal killing of an Islamic cleric, Shiekh Goni Aisami, on Sunday. Aisami, who lives in Gashua, Bade local government area of Yobe state, was shot dead last Saturday in Karasuwa local government area by unidentified gunmen on his way from Kano state. This is despite the fact that the Executive Chairman of …
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, …
The White House announced on Tuesday that US First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, two weeks after her husband Joe Biden contracted the virus for the second time. The president’s wife, 71, tested negative on Monday but developed “cold-like symptoms late in the evening,” according to her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander. A subsequent …
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has given ex-governor Peter Odili a multi-million naira house in celebration of his 74th birthday. Odili governed the oil-rich state from 1999 to 2007, when Wike was Chairman of the Obi Akpor Local Government Area. Odili Day Wike praised the ex-governor at a ceremony in Port Harcourt on Monday to commemorate his 74th birthday. He …
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State chapter on Tuesday applauded the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja for finally sacking the party’s factional chairman, Mr. Silas Onu, and installing Mr. Tochukwu Okorie as the authentic chairman. The Court of Appeal overturned and set aside the decision of the Federal High Court on April 13, 2022, which had earlier sacked …
The Rivers State Police Command apprehended a man simply identified as Chima for allegedly attacking his wife with a machete over his right to bring his lover into their matrimonial home. According to eyewitnesses, Wakaego, who is now in a coma, challenged her husband for bringing his lover into their matrimonial home in Omerelu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of …
The Nasarawa State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) responded to the BudgIT yesterday, stating that the state governor, Abdullahi Sule, inherited a salary liability of N720 million from the previous administration. In a recent field survey, the BudgIT identified Nasarawa and seven other federation states as owing workers salary for six months or more. However, during a press …
Former Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate Dele Momodu has proposed a solution to the schism between the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. Momodu suggested that a closed-door meeting between Atiku and Wike would bridge the political divide. Following the PDP presidential primaries in Abuja, the pair fell out. Wike is displeased that Atiku chose …
