Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it has no preference among the political parties or candidates in the next year’s presidential election. Its Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who gave the assurance in his keynote address at the fourth Abubakar Momoh memorial lecture in Abuja, yesterday, promised to ensure all valid votes count and winners decided … [Read more…]
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has appointed Sen. Dino Melaye and Dr Daniel Bwala as his spokespersons for 2023 presidential campaign. Abubakar in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Paul Ibe in Abuja on Thursday, said that the appointment took immediate effect. Malaye, … [Read more…]
Ahead of the 2023, general elections, the police force headquarters is organizing an election security management workshop to educate police personnel, the military, paramilitary and the public. The workshop titled “Enhancing national security capacity for a secure and credible electoral process in Nigeria”, is being organized by the Nigerian Police force and Solar security and … [Read more…]
INSECURITY: No single country can contain challenges of insecurity – Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has said the challenges of insecurity across the globe cannot be contained by one single country. The President said this Tuesday while receiving Letters of Credence of Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador James Kingston Christoff and Ambassador of Mexico to … [Read more…]
2023: Tinubu Meets APC Govs In Lagos Over Campaign Council As part of the preparations for the 2023 general election, former Lagos State governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Monday night, is meeting with some governors elected on the platform of the APC to take a final decision … [Read more…]
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he is worried about the ongoing ASUU strike, promising Nigerian youths students’ loans if elected president in 2023. He also called for increased collaboration between the UK and Nigeria on issues of mutual benefits. He made the call on Monday in Abuja … [Read more…]
Leader of terrorist group Al Qaeda Ayman al-Zawahri has been killed by a U.S. drone strike. On Monday, President Joe Biden announced that the operation had delivered justice, adding that “one more measure of closure” would’ve been provided to families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks on the United States in 2001. “Justice has … [Read more…]
Despite filling stations across the nation now selling petrol way above the approved N165 per litre, the federal government claims it has not removed subsidies on the essential commodity. Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, disclosed this while speaking with journalists on Monday in Abuja. The minister spoke on the sidelines of the … [Read more…]
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it will on Wednesday meet with the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, vice presidential candidate, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. The BoT’s Chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin, in a statement yesterday, said the meeting was … [Read more…]
Despite the compounding damage from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has magnified the slowdown in the global economy, the country’s capital market activities remain positive in the first half of 2022 as both local and foreign investors on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) traded N831.83 billion worth of equities. N485.4bn … [Read more…]
The Chairman Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Walid Jibrin has disclosed that the party is set to meet with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, aggrieved party members as well as all the Presidential aspirants for a reconciliatory meeting following the unnecessary furore that emanates as a result of the … [Read more…]
Nigerian award-winning film actress Hilda Dokubo and her colleague, Lizzy Gold Onuwaje have both reacted to the kidnap of their colleagues. On Thursday 28th of July, Nollywood thespians Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel were kidnapped in Ozalla town, Enugu while returning from a movie set. It was learnt that the abductors of the film stars … [Read more…]