BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Council Chairman of Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Soko State, Hon Idris Mohammad Gobir has emerged as the running mate to Sokoto All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Hon Ahmad Aliyu. Addressing newsmen at the party Secretariat, the state party chairman, Hon...
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Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, has endorsed presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. Speaking on Yoruba Gbode, an online radio programme, Adebanjo said only Peter Obi can rule independently among the current crop of presidential candidates. The Afenifere leader also accused Presidential candidate...
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, the party’s Presidential candidate and the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, have urged people of Osun to re-elect Gov. Gboyega Oyetola, during Saturday’s governorship election. Also, Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, Dapo Abiodun of Ogun...
Sri Lanka’s embattled president flew out of his country early Wednesday, in a probable prelude to his resignation after months of widespread protests over the island nation’s worst-ever economic crisis. Gotabaya Rajapaksa had promised at the weekend to resign on Wednesday and clear the way for a “peaceful transition...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met his primary and secondary school classmates where he shared some emotional moments with them. Buhari had travelled to his country home in Daura, Katsina State on Friday evening for the Sallah celebrations and has been there since then. Four days after, the old...
Erik Ten Hag said he was “satisfied” Tuesday after getting off to a perfect start as Manchester United manager, but insisted he would not be getting carried away after a 4-0 thumping of arch-rivals Liverpool in a preseason friendly in Thailand. United started strongly against an unfamiliar Liverpool line-up,...
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has faulted the announcement of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Lawal, in a note he personally signed on Tuesday, described the decision as a “disastrous error.” Mr Tinubu on...
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says Nigeria’s crude oil production increased to an average of 1.238 million barrels per day (bpd) in June 2022. OPEC made this known in its Oil Market Report for July 2022 which was obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has assured Nigerians that the soon-to-be-inaugurated Reference Hospital, Okene, will end medical tourism in the state and Nigeria at large. A statement issued in Lokoja by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Onogwu Muhammed, quoted Bello as stating this after inspecting the 300-bed...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Upon the effluxion of the amnesty provided by the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Joint Tax Board (JTB) in collaboration with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS)...
Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark has appealed to the President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute a substantive Board for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) without delay. Clark made the appeal when members of the Delta Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Leaders of Thought (DELCAT) paid him...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Abdul-Samad Rabiu, Chairman of BUA Group, on his reappointment as President of the France-Nigeria Business Council by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron. The President’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, and a suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala (a.k.a. Wadume), escaped from custody during July 5 jailbreak at Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja. The Public Relations Officer, FCT Command, NCoS, Mr Chukwuedo Humphrey,...
Paul Pogba often cut an unhappy figure at Old Trafford, especially in the past couple of seasons, but the 29-year-old Frenchman could barely contain the smiles as he explained his return to Juventus on Tuesday. “At Juve, I’m at home,” he said at his ‘welcome back’ press conference, six...
Super Eagles striker Ahmed Musa has criticized politicians who celebrate sending their children abroad while universities remain shut due to academic strikes. In a comment on his verified Instagram page, Musa asked noted that such politicians are running a system they don’t believe in. “To our political office holders...
Following the confirmation of Nollywood actress Funke Akindele as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) deputy governorship candidate in Lagos State for the 2023 general elections, some Nigerian celebrities have congratulated and wished her well. Akindele in a video on her Instagram page on Tuesday, announced that she is the...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Akali Baba on Tuesday said 21,000 police officers would be deployed for the Osun July 16 governorship election. Alkali Baba stated this in Osogbo at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Osun 2022 Governorship Election Stakeholders’ Meeting. The IGP, however, said that...
KI Klaksvik’s 2022/2023 UEFA Champions League clash with Bodö/Glimt of Norway has been delayed 24 hours from Tuesday to Wednesday. This was because weather problems prevented the plane carrying the visiting Norwegians from landing in the Faroe Islands, venue of the second leg match. Bodö/Glimt won the first leg...
By JOHN ONAH, Osogbo – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to conduct a free, fair, credible, inclusive and conclusive Gubernatorial election in Osun come 16 July, 2022. The INEC Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who disclosed this on Tuesday in Osogbo at the stakeholders meeting, assured political...
*Why VP argued for a Christian running mate for APC presidential flagbearer. The eventual adoption of a Muslim-Muslim ticket by the presidential flagbearer of the ruling APC has ignited a new wave of tension in the party as the country’s most senior Christian official, the Vice President is said...