By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) in Zamfara State has condoled with the victims of the military airstrike incident in some communities of Maru Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau by the...
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N o fewer than 261 persons died while 1,700 others sustained injuries in road traffic crashes from January to November in Oyo. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Oyo, Joshua Adekanye, announced this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ibadan. Adekanye said...
Some groups of Northern Christians, have adopted and endorsed the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. The various groups on Tuesday in Kaduna, adopted Tinubu as their candidates at an endorsement ceremony, organised by the Christian Northern Nigerian Political Forum (CNNPF). The endorsement followed...
The Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Dr Albasu Kunini, on Wednesday resigned his position as speaker, a position he held since December 2019. Kunini, who represents Lau state Constituency, said that his resignation was on personal ground, thanking members for their support. Mr Kizito Bonzena, member, representing...
Nigeria is yet again on the threshold of history. This historic time is different and filled with omens. Since the return of the country to the current democratic dispensation, elections have been marred by irregularities. Rigging and all other forms of manipulation have been the norm. The 2023 general...
Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara has restated his commitment to rid the state of banditry and other forms of criminalities. He stated this in a broadcast on Tuesday to commiserate with families of casualties in the ongoing crackdown against bandits terrorising Dansadau Emirate in Maru Local Government Area of...
Residents of Sokoto State residents had conducted a 20,000-man march in support of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The APC leader in the state, Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC-Sokoto North), Police Affairs Minister, Alhaji Maigari Dingyadi and several other stakeholders of the party received the residents. This...
Enugu metropolis is currently wearing a new look as beautiful and colourful decorations are displayed at various locations, premises of corporate organisations and shopping malls, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A NAN correspondent who went round the metropolis on Wednesday, observed that Enugu has been lit up...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has vowed that his ruling party would win the 2023 presidential election by defeating other parties convincingly. Tinubu spoke on Tuesday during a one day Town Hall meeting with party’s stakeholders in Calabar, the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), has passed the 2023 appropriation bill of N149, 3billion into law against the initial N148.9 billion presented by Gov. Abdullahi Sule to the House for consideration and approval. The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe...
The Director General of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, has stepped down from the position. He made this known in a terse letter addressed to Peter Obi, LP Presidential candidate on Tuesday. “Dear Peter, You will recall that I briefed you yesterday about my personal travails in seeking...
Nigerian comedian, Oluwatosin Kupoluyi, popularly known as Xtreme, has expressed optimism that 2023 will be a transforming year for comedians to push their art to a wider and global audience. Xtreme in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos, said it comes at...
The Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, says Nigeria has not fully utilised the opportunities offered by the upstream maritime economy. Bello-Koko said this at the conference of the Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) held on Tuesday in Lagos. Bello-Koko, represented by Mrs...
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday asked the people of the state to see the comeback bid of a PDP government as another plot to reverse the state after it has been placed on a right footing by the APC-led administration. The governor stated this at the inauguration of an...
INEC on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the road transportation and marine workers’ unions to facilitate efficient and successful logistics delivery for 2023 general elections. The unions include the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), the National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) and the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Tuesday submitted the result sheets of polling units being challenged for alleged over-voting before the Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the former Osun Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, are challenging...
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) retired, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa has warned officers and men of the agency not to abuse the trust reposed on them by the public. Marwa gave the warning on Tuesday in Abuja at the NDLEA’s end-of-year awards, commendation and decoration of...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed door with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the speaker said he discussed various national issues with the president, including next year’s...
The Zone ‘B’ of Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operations Unit, said it intercepted smuggled goods worth N2.34 billion in 2022. The Comptroller, Mr Albashir Hamisu, made the disclosure during an award ceremony on Tuesday in Kaduna. The comptroller said that among the goods seized were 72 bags of Indian...
A group, Christians Northern Nigeria Political Forum (CNNPF), on Tuesday pledged to mobilise support for APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2023 general elections. The group, which met in Kaduna, said that Tinubu was the best presidential candidate Nigerians should vote for. The CNNPF Coordinator, Mr Ibrahim...