Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged residents to continuously ensure that Lagos remains politically stable for continuous peace, which the state currently enjoys as the most peaceful in the country. Sanwo-Olu made the call on Sunday during a meeting with leaders of the Lagos State chapter of Ohanaeze Ndigbo led by its president, Chief Solomon Ogbonna, and the …
The chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin has revealed that the party is working on addressing the perceived imbalance brought about by the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the party’s 2023 presidential candidate. Jibrin argued on Sunday that for the PDP to have its national chairman and its presidential candidate …
Governors of the 36 states of the Federation have picked holes in the arguments adduced by Ned Nwoko to justify the payment of consultants engaged as a result of Paris Club loans. In a statement issued on Sunday, Director, Media and Public Affairs, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Secretariat, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, accused Nwoko of attempting to blur the real facts and …
The Radio, Television, and Theatre Arts Workers Union of Nigeria (RATTAWU) has criticised the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for revoking the licences of 52 broadcast stations and urged the regulator to reverse its decision. While admitting that the Commission has the constitutional authority to revoke licences, RATTAWU called the NBC’s action “untimely,” noting that information is democracy’s oxygen. RATTAWU said …
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 …
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, …
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 …
Abdulwaheed Lamidi, 55, was killed while staying with his girlfriend at the City International Motel, Council Bus-Stop, in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. According to reports, Lamidi and his 32-year-old lover met online and agreed to engage in a romantic relationship after a series of conversations. The lovers’ relationship was said to have blossomed after they decided to meet …
Disgruntled aspirants who attended the ruling All Progressives Congress’s National Convention on March 26 have vowed to sue the party’s leadership for failing to refund the fees they paid for their Expressions of Interest and Nomination Forms. This comes four months after they were asked to step down by the party’s current National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and other members …
Gunmen kidnapped a Catholic priest on the Okigwe-Umunneochi Road, which connects Imo and Abia states in Nigeria’s south-east. The incident occurred on Friday. Chinedu Nwadike, the abducted priest, is the deputy registrar of Abia State’s Spiritan University. He was kidnapped alongside a Catholic seminarian, Emmanuel Nwafor, on their way to Enugu State. On Monday morning, the Enugu Catholic Diocese’s Director …
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) announced the formation of a 12-member Flare Gas Commercialisation Programme Team to support the federal government’s initiative to eliminate gas flaring by 2025. Engr Gbenga Komolafe, the commission’s chief executive, stated over the weekend that gas flaring in the oil and gas industry has remained a threat that must be eliminated due to …
Former Osun State Commissioner for Finance, Wale Bolorunduro, has described the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a deceptive party. Bolorunduro, who served as a Commissioner during the Rauf Aregbesola administration, stated that he became suspicious of the party after discovering that it had nothing to offer the people of the state. Prior to joining the Osun …
The Ghana High Commission in Nigeria has asked Nigerians to keep Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo out of Nigeria’s internal affairs and politics. The Ghanaian president, according to the High Commission, never advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to abandon his ambition to rule Nigeria and instead support Peter Obi of the Labour Party …
