The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has pegged nomination and expression of interest forms for the Anambra governorship election at N40 million. This is contained in a letter by Mr Umar Bature, the PDP National Organising Secretary to the party’s Chairman in Anambra, Mr Chidi Chidebe. The letter was titled:...
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Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun, Mr Tajudeen Lawal, has directed the party’s local government chairmen and councillors to vacate their council secretariats. The directive was issued in a statement by the party’s Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, on Tuesday in Osogbo. Tajudeen said...
Humanitarian crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened, with reports of serious human rights violations, including summary executions of children and widespread sexual violence. The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday confirmed that Rwanda-backed M23 fighters killed three children in Bukavu, South Kivu, which...
Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Kayode Egbetokun, said his administration inherited a 13 years backlog of unsettled insurance claims for families of deceased police officers. Egbetokun said this on Tuesday in Abuja at the unveiling of the Police Insurance Claims Management Portal and presentation of cheques to next-of-kin and beneficiaries...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja The wife of Kogi State Governor, Hajiya Sefinat Usman Ododo, has congratulated the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Her Excellency, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, on her well-deserved election to the Steering Committee of the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD). In...
Every year-end, The Top10 , a frontline Nigerian profiling magazine, celebrates organizations, men and women of excellence – the best of the best in their chosen endeavours. The publication did it again, for the nineth time, on Saturday, February 8, when it staged the 2024 Man of the Year...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State House of Assembly on Tuesday recommended the removal of the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Maurice Ikpambese, from office over alleged gross misconduct, and abuse of office. This is to pave the way for the National Judicial Commission (NJC), to...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia is committed to the security of lives and property of the Benue people and would also ensure the return of the all the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to their ancestral homes. Addressing some journalists under the auspices of...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The immediate past Governor of Benue State, Chief Samuel Ortom has lamented the passing of two elder statesmen and respected figures in Nigerian history, Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Edwin Clark, describing it as huge losses to the country. A statement by the...
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said about 789 ex-Boko Haram terrorist combatants, are presently undergoing De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration (DRR) programme under the Operation Safe Corridor (OPSC) initiative. Musa, represented by the Chief of Defence Policy and Plans, AVM Sayo Olatunde, made this known...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he was willing to talk to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. Russian media reported this on Tuesday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Peskov said Putin has repeatedly expressed his willingness to hold such talks but has raised doubts...
Police Command in Osun has confirmed that six persons lost their lives in the crisis over the control of local government secretariats in Osun on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the crisis erupted between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, declined the application filed by Mr Kabiru Turaki, former Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Minister, seeking to stop the police from presenting the DNA test result in the paternity dispute with a lady, Hadiza Baffa. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Tuesday affirmed the selection and installation of Oba Ghandi Olaoye as the Soun of Ogbomoso. Recall that Justice K. A. Adedokun of the Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso had, on Oct. 25, 2023, nullified the selection and installation of...
Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr Danlami Hayyo, has said the administration has spent N200 billion on education from 2023 to date. Hayyo disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, at the opening of a two-day innovation and entrepreneurship education training for Vice Principals (Academic) in...
The Northern State Governors’ Forum has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of elder statesman and Chairman of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), Chief Edwin Clark. Clark died on Monday after a brief illness. Chairman of the forum, made up of 19 State Governors, and Governor of Gombe...
Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed the State Kidnapping prohibition law 2025 and approved death sentence for offenders. The majority leader, Charity Aiguobarueghian had earlier moved the motion for the house to resolve into the committee of the whole to consider the bill clause-by-clause. The motion was...
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), has introduced special inflation indices to its monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) Report. The Statistician-General (S-G) of the Federation, Adeyemi Adeniran, made this known at a news briefing on the CPI Rebasing Results in Abuja on Tuesday. Adeniran said the new indices include...
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the rank of the nation’s patriotic leadership is fast depleting by the loss of its dedicated and resourceful patriots. Obasanjo expressed his concern while responding to Edwin Clark’s death in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Kehinde Akinyemi, in...