The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday in Abuja called on INEC to review the March 18 Ogun governorship election result. Its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba told a news conference that the party rejected the declaration of Gov. Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as...
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President of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Ibrahim Gusau, on Saturday in Abuja read the riot act to national team players in view of dwindling performances in recent times. Gusau told Super Eagles players that visible total commitment would now be a key factor, apart from competence and current form,...
The Leadership of the APC in Kogi has finally screened Alhaji Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka, a frontline governorship aspirant after his purported suspension by the party on Thursday. Also screened by the party were the State Deputy Governor, Chief Edward Onoja and Sen. Smart Adeyemi, all anxious to lead the people...
The original FIFA Women’s World Cup trophy to be competed for by 32 teams from across the globe from July 20 to Aug. 20 arrived in Abuja on Saturday afternoon. The trophy arrived in Nigeria after being taken to the three other African countries which will participate in the...
The Abia House of Assembly on Saturday described as false, rumours that the lawmakers planned to impeach the state Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu. The Deputy Speaker, Mr Ifeanyi Uchendu, who dismissed the rumours while addressing newsmen in Aba, said that the lawmakers had never contemplated such plan. Uchendu urged members...
INEC has fixed Wednesday, March 29 to Friday March 31 as days for the issuance of Certificates of Return to governors, deputy governors-elect and states Houses of Assembly members-elect. Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye made the declaration in a statement issued in Abuja...
The whole of Australia are looking forward to the Super Falcons’ 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup match against the Matildas on July 27, an Australian official said on Saturday in Abuja. Leann Johnston, the Charge d’Affaires, Australian High Commission in Nigeria, while speaking at a forum tagged “Women and...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has debunked rumours emanating from video reports that the residence of Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was attacked by hoodlums in the state. The Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, dismissed the...
Kwara State Government has ordered the immediate shutting of Mandate Market in Ilorin following Saturday’s skirmishes in the major trading centre. Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology, Malam Ibrahim Akaje, stated in Ilorin on Saturday that the market would be re-opened on Monday. “Government has restored normalcy to the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the Feb. 25 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday denied validating its outcome. INEC returned Sen. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election. Atiku in a statement on...
The Traditional Ruler of Enugwu-Ukwu Community of Anambra, Igwe Ralph Ekpeh, has described old age as a ‘scarce commodity’, which calls for celebration and Thanksgiving to Almight God. Igwe Ekpeh said this on Saturday in Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area of the State, during the community’s fourth edition of...
The ballot elections are over now. The next stage of Nigeria’s democracy warfare will soon shift to courtrooms at various levels of the judiciary. The morning after, we are in a nation that looks and feels more like the scene of a recent battle. After the bitter fights, now...
Stakeholders and elders of Gassol 1 Constituency in Taraba have urged Gov Darius Ishaku to respect the order of a Jalingo High Court restraining the government from creating a new chiefdom from the present Gasol. Addressing a news conference in Jalingo on Saturday, spokesman of the forum, Alhaji Hamman-Tukur...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied social media reports alleging that a property vandalised by some youths in a video clip, belonged to its Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu. Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, in a statement issued...
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former President of Nigeria, said his appointment of Dr Ngozi-Okonjo Iwela as Minister of Finance and Prof. Chukwuma Soludo as Governor of the Central Bank, was among the best he made during his administration. Obasanjo said this while speaking at the first year anniversary town hall...
The APC in Adamawa has suspended indefinitely, the party executives of Gwadabawa wards, Yola-North LGA over alleged unconstitutional suspension of Mr Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). Dr Raymond Chidama, State Secretary of the party, disclosed this at a news conference on Saturday in Yola....
The people jubilated on Saturday, as the Delta Governor-Elect and Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori stormed the Ughelli Motor Park, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the State. Oborevwori, on his way to his Osubi residence for the first time after he was declared...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the outcome of the March 18 governorship election in Delta. The petition was signed by Mr Godwin Anaughe, the state APC Director, Election and Strategy on Saturday in Asaba. Anaughe said that the collation of...
Some ex-insurgents who completed a deradicalisation programme on Saturday begged Nigerians for forgiveness for the roles they played in destabilising communities in the country. The ex-insurgents, numbering 594, had completed a six-month De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (DRR) programme in Kwami Local Government Area of Gombe State. They tendered the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Abiodun Oladapo, for allegedly impregnating his 19-year-old daughter (name withheld). The police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. SP Oyeyemi noted that the...