2023: Borno 90% safe for elections – Zulum
2023: Borno 90% safe for elections - Zulum
Appeal Court reinstates Dauda Lawal as Zamfara PDP governorship candidate
The Sokoto Division of the Court of Appeal has reinstated Dauda Lawal as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Zamfara State. Earlier, a high court sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State, presided over by Justice Aminu Bappa-Aliyu had nullified the primaries that produced Dauda Lawal as PDP governorship candidate and instead, ruled that the […]
Omo-Agege will be next Delta gov — APC chieftain, Ezebri
The pioneer State Financial Secretary of All Progressives Congress APC, Delta State, Hon. Ebiakpo Ezebri, says Deputy President of the Senate and governorship candidate of APC, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege will become the next Governor of Delta State. Ezebri, who gave the assurance on Thursday in Warri, in an interview with newsmen, said Deltans have made […]
2023: Sokoto APC demands level playing field, hopeful of victory
By Dickson Omobola THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State has urged an end to alleged attacks on members and supporters by those it claimed to be government officials. State Chairman of the party, Isa Sadiq Acida, in a statement, said that the main opposition political group would not be distracted, intimated or cowed. […]
Putin’s unilateral ceasefire due to start in Ukraine
A temporary unilateral Russian ceasefire ordered by President Vladimir Putin during Orthodox Christmas was due to have taken effect in Ukraine at 0900 GMT on Friday. The ceasefire, dismissed by Ukraine as an empty gesture and an attempt by Moscow to gain time to regroup its forces, is due to last until 2100 GMT on […]
Insecurity: Residents urge Oyebanji to end kidnapping in Ekiti
Residents of Otun-Ekiti, in Moba Local Government Area (LGA), on Friday appealed to the Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, to put an end to kidnapping in the town and its neighbouring communities. A cross section of the residents of the community, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Otun-Ekiti, said that […]
Why police patrol vans look dirty, scattered — Police PRO
Nigerian Police Force Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has explained why patrol vans used by police officers are usually dirty and scattered. This explanation came as a response to a Twitter user who asked why the Hilux used by police officers are always scattered. According to Adejobi, the number of hours the vans spend on the […]
Buhari begins campaign for Tinubu, to attend grand finale in Lagos
By Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari is now set to fully participate in the last lap of the presidential campaign of his ruling All Progressives Congress APC, having flagged off the electioneering in Jos, Plateau state last November. Director of Public Affairs and Chief Spokesperson, Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council,Mr Festus Keyamo SAN announced this […]
PDP crisis: Ex-VP should remember 2015, 5 govs left, PDP lost — Nwuke
Former Reps member, Mr. Ogbonna Nwuke, who is the spokesman of the Rivers State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Campaign Council, in this chat with Vanguard says among others that what happened to the PDP in 2015 presidential election would repeat itself, this year, if PDP Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, fails to reconcile with the G-5 governors.
Medvedev, Sabalenka power into Adelaide semi-finals
Former world number one Daniil Medvedev set up an Adelaide International semi-final against either Novak Djokovic or Denis Shapovalov Friday with a command performance in the countdown to the opening Grand Slam of the year. The Russian, runner-up at the last two Australian Opens, proved too strong for compatriot Karen Khachanov in a straightforward 6-3, […]
Atiku Abubakar/Senator Ifeanyi Okowa Ticket: A balanced, equitable combination
Flowing from the misrule of the All Progressive Congress (APC) led Government for the past seven and a half (7 1/2) years what Nigerians need now more than any other thing is a unifier and this has been adequately presented in the Atiku/Okowa ticket
Data remains essential document for risk assessments of COVID-19 — WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says data remains essential for the organisation to carry out regular, rapid and robust risk assessments of the current situation of COVID-19. Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said this during an online media briefing on COVID-19. Ghebreyesus called on China to share the data on COVID-19 and also conduct studies […]
Forex: FG laments dominance of foreign academic materials in educational institutions
By Joseph Erunke, Abuja The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has decried the dominance of foreign published materials in the nation’s academic institutions, regretting that the development has taken its toll on foreign exchange. The minister stated this yesterday while unveiling 50 new textbooks published by Nigerian authors, under the sponsorship of the Tertiary Education […]
Candidates ought to worry about our debt profile – Afe Babalola
ADO-EKITI-Legal luminary and elder statesman, Aare Afe Babalola, yesterday said any Nigerian aspiring to lead the country ought to be worried about the country’s debt profile and advocated for urgent measures to defray the huge foreign debts. Babalola, who stated this while answering questions on the endorsement of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, […]
The trouble with Obasanjo’s wish
By Azu Ishiekwene I’m sure he expected the firestorm. As is his custom, he primed it and released it to explode at his own time and season. If the letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo endorsing Labour Party’s Peter Obi had gone unnoticed, uncriticised, and unreplied, then it would not have been Obasanjo’s letter. The […]
