Videos of how some fake bishops allegedly hired by the All Progressives Congress, APC attended the unveiling of Kashim Shettima as the party’s vice presidential candidate has emerged on social media. Recall that Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate, unveiled the former Borno State governor as his running mate...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Tinubu Campaign Organisation has reacted to the viral pictures and videos of some Bishops and pastors, who attended the Wednesday’s unveiling of Sen. Kashim Shettima, All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice-Presidential candidate in Abuja. The Director, Media and Communication, Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Mr Bayo...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has challenged Presidential Candidates of the various political parties for next year’s general election to put Nigeria first above personal interests. Governor Ortom gave the challenge on Wednesday, when he received at his private residence in Abuja the Presidential...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Thursday said restoration of the national grid was almost completed following its collapse on Wednesday. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN General Manager, Public Affairs, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja. Mbah said that the national grid experienced system...
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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has distanced itself from the unveiling of Kashim Shettima as the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). National Public Relations Officer of CAN, Mr Bayo Adedeji, made this known in a short message after images of men said to be “pastors...
The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has said that the high rate of crashes, occasioned deaths, injuries, and destruction of property remained unacceptable to the corp. Oyeyemi, who said this at a strategy sessions with the FRSC high command on Wednesday in Abuja, explained...
The House of Representatives has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to address delays arising from instant (Inter-Bank) Electronic Funds Transfer Services in Nigeria. The call was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Mohammed Bello (APC-Kano) at plenary on Wednesday. Moving the motion, Bello...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the gruesome murder of a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. John Cheitnum of the Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, four days after he was abducted by gunmen. Reacting to the incident in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, in...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Sultan of Sokoto and President General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar 111 has decried that poverty rather than the desire for acquiring Islamic education could be the reason for some parents sending their wards to other places...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq has presented the sum of N48.3 million cheque to the Department of Pharmacology, University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) for research on cancer disease. Hajiya Farouq gave the commendation in Maiduguri on...
The Presidency has dismissed as false media reports quoting President Muhammadu Buhari as giving two-week ultimatum to Minister of Education to resolve the dispute between Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s media aide, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, appealed...
The Senate on Wednesday, passed the Electricity Bill 2022. The bill’s passage was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on Power. Chairman of the committee, Sen. Gabriel Suswam in his presentation, said the bill sought to among others, provide an Ideal legal and institutional...
President Muhammadu Buhari has met behind closed doors with the All Progressives Congress Vice Presidential candidate, former Gov. Kashim Shettima, at the State House, Abuja, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the APC vice presidential candidate was accompanied to the State House by Gov. Babagana...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 99 percent of the documented 230, 535 Almajiris in Sokoto State are away from their parents and under the care of their respective Mallams, while 85 percent of the vulnerable girls are under the care of their parents, yet out of...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A heavy downpour has destroyed over 100 houses in Okubuchi community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. The windstorm that accompanied the rainfall also displaced over 500 households from their ancestral homes, who are now seeking refuge in nearby communities. A...
The House of Representatives has resolved to invite the management of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) to explain alleged irregularities in employment process in the agency. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Preye Oseke (PDP-Bayelsa) at the plenary on Wednesday. Oseke...
Mr Festus Osifo has been elected as the new President General of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria TUC. Osifo was elected as the preferred candidate at the 12th Triennial National Delegates’ Conference of the Congress on Wednesday in Abuja. The theme of the 2022 Conference: “The Working Class...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday presented the certificate of return to the Governor-elect of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, His presentation comes almost 72 hours after defeating the incumbent governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, with 403, 371 votes compared to Oyetola’s 375,027 votes on...