By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has congratulated former Lagos State Governor, Sen. Bola Tinubu on his emergence as the 2023 Presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Tinubu emerged the presidential candidate of the APC after polling 1,271 votes in the primary...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed the alleged viral WhatsApp voice-note claiming Fulanis have invaded Badagry in Lagos. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, debunked the report in a statement issued on Wednesday in Lagos. “The attention of the Command has been drawn...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC Presidential flag bearer in the 2023 elections. Buhari’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, on Wednesday in Abuja. The president...
In Nigeria, where politicians lack alternative business addresses, depending on power, political patronage, contracts, and so on to survive and remain relevant, the election is a do-or-die affair. Those who seek to topple incumbents and incumbents who want to retain power need to be guided. Seeking political power in...
Abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers have regained their freedom, according to information just reaching News Express. “Alhamdulillah my mum and elder sister have just being released at the moment in a medical facilities receiving medication in Kaduna. “Thank you for your prayers,” Yusuf Atta, whose relations were among the abducted...
The Deputy Speaker of Cross River House of Assembly, Mr Joseph Bassey, has congratulated Sen. Bola Tinubu for emerging as the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress primary election. Bassey, who spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Calabar, said that...
Former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Wednesday reacted to his emergence as the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), saying he didn’t expect to win the party’s primary election. He also said Nigeria is back on track following his victory at the just concluded...
Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has said the victory of Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the just-concluded APC presidential primary showed his acceptability in the north as a bridge builder. Governor Ganduje made the remarks in his congratulatory message to Tinubu through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Abba Anwar, on...
The Director Media, Yahaya Bello Campaign Organisation, Dr Yemi Kolapo, has said that Bello, a Presidential aspirant on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), remains the hero of the oppressed. Kolapo made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, following the just concluded Presidential primary of...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Alkali, has presented cheques worth over N30.2 million to families of eight deceased policemen who lost their lives in active service. Zamfara Commissioner of Police, Mr Ayuba Elkanah, presented the cheques on behalf of the IGP, in Gusau on Wednesday.. Elkanah...
With counting of votes ongoing at the Eagle Square venue of the presidential primary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), allegations of rigging have emerged with accusing fingers pointed at a North-West governor. An eye witness at the APC Presidential Primary revealed that the Chairman of the Election...
Former spokesman for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr Seye Oladejo, says Sen. Bola Tinubu’s consistency and large-heartedness has won him the APC presidential ticket. Oladejo, former Commissioner for Special Duties in Lagos State, made the remark in Lagos while reacting to Tinubu’s victory at the...
President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the All Progressives Congress (APC) Victory Flag to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, winner of the just concluded party’s presidential primary election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that delegates of the APC at the convention elected the former Lagos State governor as APC presidential...
Jose Peseiro, head coach of the Super Eagles, on Wednesday in Abuja said he accepted the job because he is hopeful of winning the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Peseiro said this when he was officially presented to Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, by...
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has won All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential ticket for the 2023 general elections. He scored 1,271 votes to clinch the ticket. Tinubu, also the National Leader of the party, defeated 13 other aspirants to emerge the flag bearer at the end of the Special National Convention...
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, is leading in the ongoing presidential primary of the party in Abuja. Tinubu won 10 of the 10 boxes sorted so far, obtaining over 750 votes. He is trailed by former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, and Vice...
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has shown real disrespect to the National Chairman of APC, Abdullahi Adamu at the ongoing Presidential primary of the party at the Eagle Square, Abuja. Bello, who came to honour and greet APC leaders deliberately refused to shake hand with Adamu. The APC...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has dismantled 14 illicit drug joints and arrested 100 suspected peddlers in the last four weeks in Kaduna State. The State Commander, Mr Umar Adoro, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to end the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions. The NLC President, Mr Ayuba Wabba, made the call in his contributions to the report of the Director-General, International Labour Organisation, during...
A high court in Kenya has stopped the tax authority from demanding tax on tithes, donations and offerings given to churches. The Kenya Revenue Authority *KRA) had demanded 5.5m Kenyan shillings ($47,000; £37,000) from Thika Road Baptist Church in unpaid taxes, arguing that it failed to produce a tax...