By Emem Idio, Yenagoa YENAGOA- A group, Project Niger Delta,PND, has commended the Interim Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme PAP Col Milan Dixon Dikio retd, for stabilising the programme by bringing his administrative competence to bear by changing the narrative in the running of the programme. The group particular noted that the prevailing peace […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Government, Wednesday, urged motorists to be calm and understanding over the current gridlock along Apapa-Oshodi expressway, attributing it to the current road rehabilitation. The situation worsened, yesterday, as tankers and articulated vehicles parked indiscriminately along the route. As a result of the gridlock, impatient motorists resorted to driving against traffic, otherwise […]

Continuing from yesterday, the Supreme Court is quoted as using the Amaechi case to advance the argument that candidates nominated for elections are agents of their parties

•7 persons receiving treatment, 200 houses, 32 shops burnt By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo   Kaduna State  Government Tuesday said the death toll in the Sunday’s attack in Kaura Local Government Area, LGA, has risen to 34 including two military personnel. Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State,  Samuel Aruwan, in a statement, named the […]

BARRING any last-minute change of plans, former Vice President of Nigeria and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, will today, Wednesday, March 23, officially declare his intention to contest the 2023 presidential election.

The son of a Professor of Chemistry at the Lagos State University, LASU, Benjamin Damilare Olowu, has set a new record at the ongoing 25th convocation ceremonies of the institution when he graduated with Cumulative Point Grade Average, CGPA 4.97, the highest point so far in the history of the university.

The newly sworn-in Governor of Anambra State, Charles Chukwuma Soludo, has raised alarm over the state of the economy of Anambra, which he said was in a “bad shape”

Scores of Kwara women held a rally on Wednesday on the streets of Ilorin to drum support for the second term ambition of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq ahead of the 2023 general elections.

Some top shots of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC,  have faulted reports that an unwritten agreement and understanding among founders of the party in 2013 ceded the 2023 presidential ticket of the party to the South-West geo-political zone.

Scrap metal dealer kills one in A-Ibom community

By Anayo Okoli, Vincent Ujumadu, Chidi Nkwopara, Chimaobi Nwaiwu, Nwabueze Okonkwo, Peter Okutu, Ugochukwu Alaribe, Chinedu Adonu, Chinonso Alozie, Ikechukwu Odu, Steve Oko & Emmanuel Iheaka , Enugu From the scheming and permutations currently going on in the two major political parties ahead of the 2023 elections, there seems to be a calculated and deliberate conspiracy, […]

A coalition of women groups, Womanifesto has called for urgent re-convening, reconsideration, and immediate passage of the all-women/gender-related bills by the National Assembly.

We don’t want stories but power, Reps tell minister

How Police authority shielded Abba Kyari since 2008, NHRC boss reveals

Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday confirmed Mr. Salami Sikiru Adeniji, a nominee of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the substantive Auditor-General of the State.