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 …
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 …
Aspirants for the Peoples Democratic Party’s House of Assembly in Lagos State have asked the PDP’s National Working Committee to conduct new primaries, just as it did for their counterparts in the House of Representatives. On May 22, 2022, the hopefuls said, both House of Representatives and Assembly primaries were rigged. According to the candidates, the state’s ruling APC has …
HURIWA, the Nigerian Human Rights Writers Association, has warned that no one is safe if Muslims can accuse one of their own of blasphemy, lynch and burn him in broad daylight. All of this occurred without the assistance of the police, according to the organization, implying that Nigerian policing had completely failed. Due to a lack of professionalism and leadership, …
The St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, was rocked by an explosion that killed many people. On Sunday, while mass was in progress, an attack occurred on the church grounds. Images of dead individuals, including children and women, were shown in footage seen by. Read Also: Anambra: HURIWA calls on Peter Obi …
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 …
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 …
The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) has criticised the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) decision to run former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar for President. Prior to this, the forum had demanded that all political parties zone their presidential candidates to the south. The SMBLF also warned that presenting northern candidates in the next general election would have “grim consequences.” On …
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced that the registration period for school-based candidates for the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) has been extended. The examination body, which announced this in a statement issued by Azeez Sani, Head Information and Public Relations Division, said the registration period, which was originally set to end on Monday, May 30th, 2022, will …
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 66 suspected cases of monkeypox were reported in Nigeria between January 1 and May 29, 2022. According to the centre, 21 suspected cases have been confirmed in nine states, with Adamawa State leading the way with five; Lagos, four; Cross River, two; FCT, two; Kano, two; Delta, two; Bayelsa, two; Rivers, …
