Former Presidential aspirant and elder statesman Chief Olu Falae has explained the need for a new constitution as the panacea to the country’s fundamental problems. Falae made this decision during an interview on AriseTV on Tuesday. He went on to say that the document resulting from the national consensus during former President Goodluck Jonathan’s tenure was a good starting point …
Isah Baba-Buji, a Jigawa All Progressive Congress, APC, delegate, slumped and died while preparing to go to Eagle Square, the venue of the presidential primary in Abuja. Mr Baba-Buji reportedly died of suspected heart failure on Tuesday morning at the Jigawa State Liaison Office in Abuja. The deceased was the Assistant APC Chairman in charge of the Jigawa Central Zone. …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stormed the All Progressives Congress (APC) Special Convention venue in Abuja, Eagle Square. The officials walked around the convention centre before settling into strategic positions. When approached by a reporter at the convention, the officials, however, declined to comment. On May 28, EFCC officials made a similar appearance at the PDP special …
Everything is in place for the APC national convention and presidential primaries. The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, ad hoc delegates for the presidential primary election, are all set to choose the party’s flagbearer for the 2023 general elections. The primary election begins today, June 6th, 2022. The ruling party sold 28 forms for N100 million each to 28 different …
Hajia Laure Mai Kunu, the elderly mother of Abdussalam Abdulkarim AA Zaura, a Kano Central Senatorial candidate on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen, according to reports. Hajia Mai Kunu was apprehended on Monday morning at her home in the Rangaza ward of Zaura village in Kano State’s Ungogo Local Government …
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the All Progressives Congress (APCsilence )’s on Sunday’s heinous terrorist attack and killing of innocent worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, confirmed the ruling party’s complicity in the terrorist attack across the country. The PDP also chastised President Muhammadu Buhari for issuing a lame and disconnected press statement. The opposition …
In keeping with its commitment to enlighten telecom service consumers, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has taken its consumer enlightenment programme to communities in Nasarawa State to educate them on their rights, obligations, and privileges. In addition, the engagement was organised to inform telecom consumers about the Commission’s consumer-centric initiatives, which consumers can use to improve their telecom usage experience. …
The Lagos State chapter of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) held senatorial primaries in all three senatorial districts of the state. The monitored primary elections were held in Ikorodu for Lagos East; 28 Bishop Crowther Street in Surulere for Lagos Central; and Alimosho, 91, Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, Pako Bus-Stop, off Iyana Ipaja for Lagos West Senatorial zone. Mr Ralph Iloke …
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has urged Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, to ensure the release of Obiora Agbasimalo, the party’s governorship candidate in the recent gubernatorial election in Anambra State. Obiora is said to have gone missing during the election and no one has seen or heard from him since, prompting his mother, Ada …
Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have sued Senator Bola Tinubu, a party leader and presidential aspirant, for alleged discrepancies in academic qualifications submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in support of his qualification for the 2023 presidential election. In a lawsuit filed on June 2, 2022, the plaintiffs, Umar Iliyasu, Suleiman Baba, and Abubakar Adama, …
Fatuhu Muhammad, the member representing Katsina’s Sandamu/Daura/Maiadua Federal Constituency, has threatened to destabilise the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state and then join the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in protest of “injustice” meted out to him during his party’s recently concluded primary elections. Aminu Jamo defeated Mr Muhammad, President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew. Mr Jamo received 117 votes, …
Two infamous bandits, Dullu and Dan Maigari, as well as 15 others, were killed in an attack by a notorious bandit, Bello Turji, on another bandit group based in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Tuesday morning saw a bloodbath between the two sides. According to a source, the recent brawl between the two infamous gangs was sparked by …
The discovery of the lifeless bodies of a businessman, Lawrence Olorungbon, his pregnant wife, and three children in their one-bedroom self-contained apartment has thrown residents of Kofo Abayomi Avenue, in Apapa, Lagos State, into confusion. The tragic incident occurred only two days after the family moved into the apartment, and is believed to have been caused by fumes from their …
Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections, has sought the support of his opposition party’s rivals in order to defeat the ruling All Progressives Congress in next year’s election. Atiku stated this on Wednesday after receiving the PDP’s Certificate of Return at Wadata Plaza in Abuja. The APC, not his co-aspirants in Sunday’s presidential …
According to a study conducted by Boston Consulting Group, a global management consulting firm, Nigeria and 44 other countries around the world are severely impacted by the Ukraine war-induced food crisis. In a report titled ‘The War in Ukraine and the Rush to Feed the World,’ BCG said it looked into the multiple direct and indirect effects of Ukraine’s turmoil …
The Information and Communication sector’s contribution to GDP decreased by 9% from N3.1 trillion in the fourth quarter of 2021 to N2.81 trillion in the first quarter of 2022. The ICT sector contributed 15.21% and 16.20% to real GDP in Q4 2021 and Q1 2022, respectively, according to GDP figures released by the National Bureau of Statistics. Total real GDP …
Hunters assisting the military in the fight against terrorism in the North-East are said to have killed a Boko Haram terrorist’s factional commander in Borno. Local security officers were said to have engaged the terrorists in a gunfight in Shaffa Taku, a village in the state’s Damboa Local Government Area. According to reports, Shaffa Taku is situated in the heart …
As of May 30, 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reported that 4.5 million Nigerian youths had completed online voter registration for new voter cards. According to INEC’s data, youths between the ages of 18 and 34 accounted for 69.5 percent of all online registrations completed since the CVR began. While 10.2 million new applications were received, only 6.5 …
The screening committee for the All Progressives Congress (APC) cleared Jigawa State Governor Badaru Abubakar for the party’s presidential primary on June 6. He was cleared after the panel verified his academic certificates, membership, financial status, and other election requirements, according to a statement released by the governor’s office. The screening committee for the All Progressives Congress (APC) cleared Jigawa …
The gunmen have demanded N100 million in ransom less than 24 hours after kidnapping the Methodist Church’s Prelate, His Eminence Samuel Kanu-Uche, and two other clerics. In a statement to the press on Monday, the Conference Secretary, the Rt. Revd. Michael Akinwale, confirmed the demand. He urged all parishioners to come forward and help raise the N100 million ransom. The …
