Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe (APC-Oluyole Constituency), has dedicated the victory in a suit challenging her emergence as the APC candidate for re-election to the constituents. This is contained in a statement by her Media Aide, Olamilekan Olusada and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Ibadan. The News Agency of...
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Team Delta were on Saturday officially declared winners of the 21st National Sports Festival in Asaba. Delta won 320 gold, 200 silver and 128 bronze medals to edge 35 other states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to stay atop the Nigerian apex sports fiesta. Delta’s neighbours, Bayelsa, came...
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged members of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) to unite and cooperate with one another as a prerequisite for victory in the coming general elections. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman said he made the call when he received Dr Dikko Radda, the governorship candidate...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The wife of the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Mrs Olaremi Tinubu has flagged off the Northeast women APC presidential campaign rally in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Fagging off campaign rally which was held at the Elkanemi Sport Centre, Maiduguri, on Saturday,...
Alhaji Jamil Gwamna, a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Gombe State, has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement signed by Ibrahim Sani, Media Assistant to Gwamna and issued to newsmen in Gombe on Saturday. Sani said Gwamna announced his...
The Association of Waste Managers Nigeria (AWAMN) has declared its support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen. Bola Tinubu. The President of the association, Dr David Oriyomi, declared the support in Lagos on Friday night, during the association’s Award/Gala Night, with the theme: ”Making...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki has again nullified the Ebonyi Local Government Elections and sacked all the 13 Council chairmen in the state. The court also sacked all the councilors and 171 ward chairmen of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the court...
The Federal High Court in Jos on Friday affirmed the candidacy of Dr Patrick Dakum as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Plateau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the party had been in crisis following the emergence of two governorship candidates – Yohanna...
The People Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council on Friday in Abuja urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the attacks on its campaign rallies. It also urged the president to intervene in the destruction of its campaign billboards, especially in states not being ruled by the party. The...
The Labour Party on Friday relieved the acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Abayomi Arabambi of his duty while the Ogun chapter executives were also sacked for alleged anti-party activities. Mr Umar Farouk, National Secretary of the party, while addressing newsmen in Abuja said the decision was reached at the...
The Body of Benchers (BOB) has faulted the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)’s use of social media platform in forwarding sensitive official documents meant for in-house communication among members of the body. The body stated this in a statement by its Secretary, Daniel Tela, issued in Abuja to explained its...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has said that his administration would soon begin to sign the death sentence verdicts in the state. The governor stated this while signing the Violence Against Persons and a bill for the establishment of the Bauchi state penal code, 2022, into law in Bauchi...
Nothing can be so mockingly debasing than going out for a political campaign only to be welcomed by a scanty crowd in a metropolitan city like Lagos. The PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was in Lagos this week and what he saw was not only palpably discomforting, it also revealed...
A constitutional lawyer and public affairs analyst who is a Calabar-based legal practitioner, CHIEF BARR. FIDELIS ONYEBUEKE spoke with our reporter, PATRICK ABANG over the week on why a structureless presidential contender, Peter Obi and his labour Party, LP are pulling weight in terms of millions of supporters that...
World-leading policy institute and think-tank forum, Chatham House has invited the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi to discuss his plans for Nigerians ahead of the February 25, 2023 presidential elections. Obi, former governor of Anambra State, is expected to attend the event slated for January...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has dragged a Superintendent of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Solomon Ogodo, to the dock over allegations bordering on forgery, employment racketeering and fraud. This is contained in a statement signed...
The Supreme Court on Thursday in Abuja declared Mr Ikenga Ugochinyere as the candidate of the PDP for Ideato North and South Constituency of Imo in the House of Representatives. The Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered by a panel of five justices and read by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun...
Notable Nigerian journalist and Editor-in-Chief of PREMIUM TIMES, Mr. Mojeed Musikilu, is the author of The Letterman: Inside the ‘Secret’ Letters of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo. The 25-chapter book was formally presented to the public on December 1, 2022 in Abuja. In this interview he granted the CEO...
Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani (APC-Enugu) has adduced reasons Nigerian youths should see All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the preferred option. Nnamani said that Tinubu, on assumption of office in 1999, embarked on series of sustainable policies towards addressing the high unemployment rate, and youth issues in...