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Atiku signifies interest for 2023 elections in leaked memo to PDP. Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has appeared to have signified interest to run for the 2023 Presidential elections according to a leaked memo seen by NewsWireNGR. In the memo dated June 29, 2021, the Presidential aspirant expressed gratitude to the Peoples Democratic Party for … [Read more…]
Ekweremadu Mourns Mantu, Says Nigeria Has Lost a Legislative Icon Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has expressed sadness and shock over the death of his predecessor, Senator Ibrahim Mantu, noting that Nigeria had lost a legislative icon. Ekweremadu said Mantu helped to shape the legislature in the current republic and also … [Read more…]
Five APC power blocs battle for control ahead of 2023 presidency poll AT least five power blocs in the All Progressives Congress (APC) are reportedly digging in ferociously to fully control the structures of the party ahead of the February 18, 2023 presidential election. Findings by Nigerian Tribune showed that serving governors, their predecessors, senators … [Read more…]
36 state attorneys general sue Malami wants supreme court to declare as unconstitutional the federal government’s failure to turn in income and returns obtained from recovered and forfeited assets. The 36 state attorney-generals in Nigeria have sued Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation over seized assets and recovered funds. In an originating summons filed before … [Read more…]
Biden: Ending U.S.-Afghanistan military involvement the right decision President Joe Biden says ending military involvement with Afghanistan was the best decision taken by the United States government. Mr Biden, who spoke while addressing journalists at the White House on Monday, said that events of the past weeks justify the U.S. decision to withdraw its soldiers … [Read more…]
THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, appears to be heading for another crisis, as members of the Board of Trustees, BoT, expanded leaders and other stakeholders have kicked against attempts by governors elected on the platform of the party to resurrect the Unity List which led to the emergence of the current national chairman, Mr. … [Read more…]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of tertiary institutions across the country will hold a policy meeting on August 31 where they will decide the minimum cut-off marks for 2021/2022 admissions. According to the board, decisions will be reached on new cut-off marks and other admission issues at the meeting which … [Read more…]
The lawmaker representing Akure North and Akure South in the House of Representatives, Hon Omolafe Adedayo Isaac aka”Expensive”, is dead. Hon Omolafe died around 2am in a private hospital in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Omolafe was elected to the National Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). He was … [Read more…]
Mr Buhari and members of his entourage returned to Nigeria last Friday after about two weeks in London, UK. President Muhammadu Buhari will go on isolation in line with COVID-19 protocols after spending about two weeks in London, United Kingdom, the presidency has said. Also billed to go on isolation are officials … [Read more…]
Call them terrorists, not bandits – Emeka Anyaoku, ex-Commonwealth Secretary General Mr Anyaoku says Nigeria is sliding into “international irrelevance. A former secretary general of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, said the current state of affairs in Nigeria was pushing the country to the brink of disaster. Mr Anyaoku said this at the 10th edition of … [Read more…]
Just In:Nnamdi Kanu orders suspension of weekly sit-at-home protest. Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has ordered the suspension of ‘Every Monday’ sit-at-home order by the group in the South-East. The group’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, disclosed this in a statement made available to a correspondent of Punch Newspapers in … [Read more…]
The Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council has outlawed girl-child marriage and other forms of gender-based harmful practices in the state. This is contained in a communique issued at the end of a multi stakeholders’ strategic conference between the council and WomenAid Collective. The conference was organised in partnership with the Ford Foundation … [Read more…]