Bode George, chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the party will be “roundly defeated” in the 2023 presidential election if zoning is jettisoned. The PDP is yet to make a decision on which region of the country will produce the party’s 2023 presidential candidate. The development has...
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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has received 158 Nigerian returnees from Libya at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The Director-General of the Agency, Alhaji Mustapha Habib, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos. Habib said that the returnees were...
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma has updated President Muhammadu Buhari on security situations in the state, including the recent killing of staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by bandits in the state. The governor, who spoke to State House correspondents after the closed door meeting with the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) has called on all the party’s presidential aspirants not to attack one another in the course of seeking its ticket. The Party’s National Chairman, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu, made the call when the NWC gave audience to one of the presidential...
Canadian Government announced on Tuesday that it would place sanctions on 14 associates of the Russian government, including President Vladimir Putin’s two daughters. Mélanie Joly, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that they would answer for their crimes. “We will continue to impose severe costs on...
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal has said having a consensus presidential candidate for 2023 is healthy for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Governor Tambuwal, who is one of the PDP’s presidential candidates, stated this while speaking with newsmen shortly after submitting his nomination and expression of interest form for...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja urged Nigerians to resist agents of destabilisation. He said the agents were bent on causing a breakdown of law and order in the country, assuring that no individual or group would be allowed to destabilise Nigeria. The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina,...
A Nigeria Air Force (NAF) aircraft used in training military officers has crashed in Kaduna on Tuesday. The aircraft said to be a Super Mushak, reportedly crashed inside a NAF facility while on a training mission. Authoritative source at the Air Force Base, who confirmed the incident to newsmen,, said...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Osinbajo for President Media Council has uncovered plan to malign the reputation of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of Nigeria and a presidential aspirant on the platform of the APC. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the media council said the plot has been...
The decomposing body a 39-year-old Kano businessman, Yahaya Hassan Musa, who was kidnapped last week has been found in a forest in Kogi State hours after his abductors received a N6m ransom. According to Daily Trust, the victim who was married with two kids, was coming back from Cotonou, Benin Republic...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) in Bauchi State has confirmed that 20 people were burnt beyond recognition in a fatal crash that occurred on Tuesday at Huturu Village along Bauchi-Kano road of the state. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corp, Yusuf Abdullahi, who...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Baba has confirmed the appointment of CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi as the 25th indigenous Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO). The Administrative Officer in the Force Public Relations Department, Mr Anjuguri Manzah, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday...
Google on Tuesday announced its first Product Development Centre in Africa to help create transformative products and services for people in Africa and around the world. The Vice President of the product at Google, Ms Susan Frey, said at a Virtual Media Round Table that Google would also be...
No empire lasts forever. History is filled with examples of even the most powerful empires that have crumbled either due to implosion or explosion. As powerful and formidable as the Roman, Carthage, Assyrian, Persian, and Babylonian empires were, they all crumbled due to their inability to withstand sustained pressures...
An Istanbul court on Tuesday sentenced rapper Murda to more than four years in jail “for encouraging drug use” in his songs. However, his lawyer, Ümit Gürkal Egemen, told dpa that the verdict was not final. Egemen said the 38-year-old rapper, a Dutch citizen and currently in the Netherlands,...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), has called on Distribution Companies (DisCos) to respect the rights of electricity consumers. The Commission also urged the companies to be mindful of their commitments to customers in this period of severe electricity shortages and customer...
Nigerians should stop looking for consensus candidate and look for “problem solvers’’ as presidential materials for 2023. Mr Peter Obi, Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential aspirant made the declaration at Abakaliki on Tuesday, while addressing newsmen during his consultation with PDP faithful in Ebonyi. “Nigerians want a person who...
The Electoral Hub, an advocacy group, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) anti-graft and financial institutions to monitor the 2023 campaign spendings. Ms Princess Hamman-Obels, Director of IRIAD, Electoral Hub in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja said that the call was to...
Gunmen have kidnapped no fewer than five guests returning from a traditional wedding ceremony in Anambra were on Monday night. DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in Anambra, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday in Awka. Ikenga said that security personnel...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential hopeful, Governor Nyesom Wike, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its aspirants of paying lip service to Nigeria’s deteriorating socioeconomic conditions, saying that they lack the capacity to deliver the urgent interventions required to salvage the situation....