If elected, Mr. Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, has pledged his commitment to battling insecurity and reopening the nation’s borders. The Labour Party candidate for president continued his presidential campaign on Monday in Katsina State and expressed his belief that poor leadership and insecurity had led to tremendous suffering and extreme poverty among … Read more
Mayhem and unrest on Saturday rocked the Ishiagu community in the Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, as over 1,000 women protested the killings and kidnapping of relatives by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the area. xandertech reports that the protest, which had lingered for four days, resulted in the setting ablaze of the palace … Read more
Nysome Wike, governor of Rivers State, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Biomodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine that was installed in his polling unit by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Wike and his wife, Justice Suzzette Eberechi Wike, made their way to his polling unit 7 in Ward 9 of the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area … Read more
The winner of the Labour Party (LP) governorship primary election in Edo State is Olumide Akpata, SAN, who was the immediate-past president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Following the procedure that took place on Friday afternoon in Benin City, the capital of the state, Akpata was proclaimed the winner by the Electoral Committee due … Read more
The National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), according to Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouk, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, has helped 15 million families so far. On Tuesday, the minister gave a speech in Abuja at the 23rd installment of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s scorecard series. Since its inception in 2016, … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President Bola Tinubu, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) all stood their ground that the witnesses should not be permitted to testify until June 8 in response to the former vice president Abubakar Atiku’s decision to bring witnesses who had been served with subpoenas to the hearing of his … Read more
Church activities heralding the death, and subsequent resurrection of Jesus Christ are ongoing in Kaduna State as Christians mark Good Friday. Christians all over the world, as a mark of honour, from today are mourning the death of Jesus who was sold to his killers by one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot. Several churches in … Read more
Former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has reacted to the arrest of Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti. Kuti, who is currently in police custody, has been handcuffed and taken to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, in Panti for further investigation and possible detention. Recall that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba ordered … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari, in his farewell broadcast to Nigeria ahead of Monday’s inauguration, said he is leaving Nigeria better than in 2015. During the live broadcast at 7 am on Sunday, Buhari stressed that he felt fulfilled that he had placed Nigeria on the path of transformation and development. He appreciated Nigerians’ support for him … Read more
Kogi State House of Assembly, Wednesday reinstated two Local Government Chairmen who were placed on suspension on allegations of terrorism and electoral violence. The reinstated LG Chairmen are Akaba Joseph, Ajaokuta Local Government and Joseph Salami of Adavi Local Government Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Mathew Kolawole who read the resolutions of … Read more