Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says he is the most prepared of all aspirants in the 2023 presidential election. Osinbajo made the submission on Thursday in Yenagoa when he paid a courtesy visit to the Bayelsa State Council of Traditional Rulers in continuation of his consultations ahead of the 2023 presidential...
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday said that Nigerians would continue to miss late President Umaru Yar’Adua as “a leader with a heart for the people” as envisioned by the party founding fathers. The party stated this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba,...
Sen. Ken Nnamani, an All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant, says it will amount to injustice for the party to jettison zoning in the 2023 general elections. He said this on Thursday in Abuja shortly after picking his Nomination and Expression of Interest form for the 2023 presidential race....
Nigeria’s Falconets have been drawn alongside France, Canada and Korea Republic in Group C of the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup scheduled for Costa Rica in August. Also, at Thursday’s draw held at the Teatro Nacional in the central American country’s capital city of San Jose, title-holders Spain were...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has disclosed that the track access between Abuja and Kaduna is now restored. The Managing Director of the Corporation, Mr Fidet Okhiria, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Thursday by Director Operations of the NRC, Mr Niyi...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has explained that he did not at any point promised to anoint his former Chief of Staff, Hon. Terwase Orbunde or any other aspirant as his successor. The Governor made the clarification on Wednesday when stakeholders from the Kwande...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has informed political parties that they have one month to conduct their primaries and present their flag bearers for the 2023 general elections. INEC National Commissioner & Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated this...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday commenced a two-day working visit to Ebonyi with the inauguration of projects at King David University of Medical Sciences, Uburu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president’s aircraft landed at Akanu Ibiam International Airport Enugu at about 10.a.m. on Wednesday. Buhari...
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka on Thursday fixed the hearing on a suit seeking the sack of Mrs Stella Oduah, representing Anambra North Senatorial District in the National Assembly. Chief Kingsley Nnalue, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Suit No. FHC/AWK/CS/38/2022 is asking the...
Chief Francis Chima, an aspirant for the House of Representatives for Ajeromi/Ifeolodun Federal Constituency has promised to take miscreants “Ajegunle boys’ from the streets using various vocational programmes if elected. Chima is eying the Reps seat on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State. The...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 10, for a hearing in a suit seeking to stop the planned May 28, Presidential Primary Election of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that a presidential aspirant, Mr Cosmas Ndukwe, filed an ex-parte application...
Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra State has lamented the high rate of evacuation of businesses and productive assets from Onitsha to other neighbouring states. Soludo expressed his displeasure at a strategic meeting with landlords in Onitsha on Thursday. Landlords from Omagba Phases l and ll, GRA Onitsha Zone, Onitsha...
The absence of prosecution counsel, on Thursday stalled the trial of Abayomi Alaka, an alleged kingpin of a cultist group, Badoo, charged with N675 million spiritual cleansing fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Alaka was arraigned alongside Morufu Yahaya, Omitogun Ajayi and Ajisegiri Abiodun, on a...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Access Bank Plc has partnered the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to roll out a loan scheme for poor farmers aged 18 years to 55 years and other vulnerable groups. The bank’s Group Head, Emerging Businesses, Mr Ayodele Olojede, said...
The apex socio-political organisation in the Southeast, the Ohaneze Ndigbo, declared on Thursday that no politician of Southeast extraction should accept to be running mate to any presidential candidate in 2023. President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Prof. George Obiozor made the declaration at the Imeobi Ohaneze Ndigbo meeting in Enugu....
A third all-English Champions League final in four years seemed to be on the cards but Real Madrid’s incredible late comeback against Manchester City on Wednesday has set up a rematch between the Spanish club and Liverpool in Paris on May 28. Madrid’s epic European campaign hit new heights...
Pope Francis, who has suffered from pain in his knee, used a wheelchair for the first time at a public event on Thursday. The 85-year-old was wheeled into the Paul VI hall at the Vatican for a meeting of a Catholic organisation of sisters and nuns, according to an...
Traders especially broom sellers in Abakaliki, Ebonyi capital say they are making brisk businesses following the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Buhari scheduled a two day working visit to inaugurate some projects built by the state Governor,...
The Collaborative Partnership on Forests on Thursday announced a Cameroonian woman, Cecile Ndjabet, as the winner of the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the winner will receive a cash prize of $20,000 and is supported to attend the congress, alongside...
A new case of Ebola has been confirmed in the northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bringing the total number of confirmed cases to three, since the 14th Ebola outbreak was declared in the country in late April. This is according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). The...