As the national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is underway, former Senate President, Ken Nnamani and two other presidential aspirants have stepped down for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. APC chieftain and Chairman, Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kabiru Gaya, disclosed this while briefing...
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Tragedy struck on Tuesday as the Zonal Chairman of APC, Jigawa Central, Alhaji Isa Burji, slumped and died at a hotel in Abuja. The Chairman, APC Jigawa East, Alhaji Abdullahi Ango, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), at Eagle Square, venue of the APC Special National...
Delegates for the All Progressives Congress (APC) Special Convention for its presidential primary election have expressed optimism that the exercise will produce the most popular and acceptable aspirant as the party’s 2023 presidential candidate. This is as most of the delegates arrive Abuja Eagle Square, venue of the exercise...
The Federal High Court in Ebonyi has nullified the rescheduled People Democratic Party’s (PDP), primaries in Ebonyi and declared Dr Ifeanyi-Chukwuma Odii as authentic gubernatorial candidate of the party for the 2023 polls. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the party rescheduled and conducted a fresh primaries...
Mr Austin Jonah, an observer from Bayelsa has urged all members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to love and work for its success. Jonah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), at the venue of the APC special national convention on Tuesday, that the party was supreme. “We...
Former Chief of Defence Staff, retired Gen. Martin Luther Agwai, says the influx of small arms and light weapons has heightened piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. “Piracy has become increasingly sophisticated with the influx of small arms and light weapons in the hands of pirates and criminals on...
Traders are making brisk business at Eagle Square, Abuja, venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Special National Convention to elect the party’s presidential flag bearer for the 2023 general elections. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent covering the exercise reports that the traders deal in various wares...
The Consolidation Ambassadors (TCA), says only former Lagos State governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu can defeat Alhaji Atiku Abubakar during the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. The group said this in a statement titled, “Our Stand,” signed by Dr. Adelanke Peter, issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina. He said for...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – A senatorial aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Barrister Labaran Magaji has petitioned the result of the senatorial election held on the 4th June, 2022, in which the Returning Officer declared Mr. Tukur Shehu as the winner of the election....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says the sum of N2b has been earmarked for the conduct of the 2022 National Personnel Audit (NPA) The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi made this known in Abuja on Tuesday during the briefing on...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The meeting is coming a few hours before the commencement of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention. Although the details of the meeting are still sketchy as...
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello on Tuesday warned the northern governors and the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee that excluding him from the presidential primary will plunge the party into crisis. He issued the warning while briefing State House correspondents in the Villa, saying that the northern...
Journalists accredited for the coverage of All Progressives Congress (APC) Special Convention in Abuja have been denied entry by security agents at the Eagle Square venue of the event. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that dozens of journalists who had gathered at the entrance were barred by...
Gov Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has approved the repeat of the online recruitment test for applicants for civil service job which was conducted on June 4. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the recruitment test was marred by technical challenges such that just about 6,000 scripts were...
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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives are carrying out a secret operation at the venue of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national convention. A top-ranking source within the EFCC confirmed that the anti-graft agency is conducting the covert investigation to observe delegates’ inducement and vote-buying. The reliable source, who...
The United States (U.S.) Centres for Disease Control and Prevention raised its monkeypox alert level on Monday and recommended travellers wear masks. Although he cautioned that monkeypox was not on the same level of concern as COVID-19. Monkeypox presented as flu-like symptoms before patients develop a painful rash and...
Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have recommended Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, ex-Transportation Minister, Rotimi Ameachi, Governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) and Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) as possible consensus candidates. Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Simon Lalong disclosed this on Tuesday during an...
While the situation in eastern Ukraine remained largely unchanged, the Ukrainian military said on Tuesday morning that it had carried out several airstrikes against Russian positions in southern Ukraine overnight. “Ukrainian helicopters struck at clusters of enemy forces in the Kherson region, and planes at ammunition depots in the...
The Washington-D.C.-based World Justice Project has awarded 20,000 dollars (N8.4 million) World Justice Challenge 2022 prize for Anti-Corruption and Open Government, to Transparency Information Technology Initiative (TransparencIT) of Nigeria. TransparencIT received the prize for its project: Trial Monitoring of Corruption Cases: Creating Monitoring Systems, an Online Corruption Database and...