The former First Lady of Anambra State, Ebele Obiano has won the North Senatorial ticket in the primary election. Mrs Obiano won the race on the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). She defeated the immediate past Chief of Staff to her husband, Mr Primus Odili, to...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cancelled all the results of the primary elections conducted in Ebonyi State on Thursday. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Hon Debo Ologunagba, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Hon. Ologunagba said the decision was...
A 36-year-old Nigerian, based in Italy, Nwakanma Uche, has excreted 95 pellets of heroin, after he was arrested by operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA). Uche was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, after it was discovered that he had ingested the...
Gunmen on Sunday, killed Mr Zakari Kigbu, a former Federal Commissioner of National Population Commission (NPC) at his residence in Azuba community near Lafia, Nasarawa State capital. ACP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Nasarawa State Command, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A group of senior legal academians, solicitor generals/permanent secretaries, and personalities from related fields have converged in Abuja to develop a suitable framework for a successful transitional justice programme in North East Nigeria. The strategic expert meeting for the development of transitional justice framework...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- A leading presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has congratulated former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on his victory at the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Tinubu in his congratulatory message on Sunday, however, said the emergence of Atiku,...
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar has urged his fellow contestants in the primary election to work with him for the victory of the party. Abubakar said this on Sunday morning in Abuja in his acceptance speech after he was declared...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew as a measure to contain the spread of the violent clash between rival restive youths of Yelwan Tsakani, a sub-urb of Bauchi metropolis on Friday night. This is even as the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Olori Janet Afolabi, Queen of Apomu Kingdom on Friday hosted more than 900 Apomu children and distributed 1000 books. Mrs. Janet Afolabi said it was part of her contribution to enhance education in the community. The event took place at Alapomu Palace on May...
Police in Taraba State on Saturday rescued the four members of the committee to conduct primary elections of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Senate and House of Representatives from being lynched. Aggrieved party members waylaid the quartet at Pupile, a community between Yola and Jaingo, having gotten wind...
Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, a Catholic priest, has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue. Rev. Fr. Alia, Catholic priest of Gboko Diocese, scored 526,807 votes to emerge as the party’s candidate at the primary election held on Saturday in Makurdi. Chairman of the...
Claim: A website (https://freeclaim-it.online/Osinbajogrants) impersonating Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, and promising grants in his name. The site asked users to share their information via WhatsApp to get the grant. Clicking on the link to the website directs one to a page containing an image of Prof. Osinbajo...
DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says he is extremely saddened by the reported deaths of scores of worshippers during a stampede at a religious event in Port Harcourt, Rivers. President Buhari in a statement issued by his media spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday, urged...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday in Abuja emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for 2023 presidential election. Abubakar scored 371 votes to emerge as the party flagbearer defeating his close contender, Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, who polled 237 votes. Sen. David Mark, the Chairman...
Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Saturday night withdrew from the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential primary election. Tambuwal announced his withdrawal at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, where the convention is taking place. The Sokoto State governor asked his supporters to vote for former Nigeria’s vice president, Atiku Abubakar.
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, endorsed recommendation on setting up an African Standby Force on Terrorism, while calling on leaders to muster the political will that will fuel synergy, enhance intelligence gathering and bring more urgency in tackling violent crimes. Speaking...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says African political leaders must respect the right of citizens to make their choices in elections, and that the right to vote and determine who leads them should not be treated lightly. Speaking at a bilateral meeting with Lazarus Chakwera, the...
Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) officials have allegedly stormed the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja, which is the venue of the People Democratic Party (PDP) primary amidst dollar rain. According to report, the anti-graft agency stormed the ongoing convention of the party in Abuja to monitor how...
The Rivers State Police Command on Saturday said no fewer than 31 persons have died in a stampede at a programme organised by a Pentecostal church, Kings Assembly, in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. Police spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, who confirmed the casualty figure, said the stampede occurred at...
President Muhammadu Buhari says African political leaders must respect the right of citizens to make their choices at elections. He warned that peoples’ right to vote and determine who leads them should not be treated lightly. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman stated in Abuja on Saturday that Buhari...