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I rejected ₦300m ransom demand for my kidnapped brothers — Zamfara Gov

ABUJA — Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has revealed that he refused to pay a ₦300 million ransom demanded by kidnappers who abducted his brothers in 2019, maintaining that paying ransom only fuels kidnapping and other criminal activities. The governor disclosed this on Thursday while speaking at the ARISE News/THISDAY Town Hall Conference on State […]
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Politicians inducing voters with money, buying PVCs — INEC

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday, raised the alarm that some politicians have been buying up Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, and financially inducing unsuspecting voters to harvest their Voter Identification Numbers ahead of the 2023 general elections.

FG lifts COVID-19 restrictions

More than two years after it instituted safety measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has approved the immediate relaxation of the Safety Measures and Travel Advisory following the recommendations of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 (PSC).

2023: Politicians buying PVCs from voters, INEC raises alarm

By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has raised the alarm that some politicians have been buying up Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, and financially inducing unsuspecting voters to harvest their Voter Identification Numbers. The Acting Chairman of INEC and National Commissioner overseeing the FCT, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Plateau states, Mohammed Haruna, raised the […]

PDP Crisis: Tambuwal embarks on peace talks with G5

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has embarked on reconciliation talks with the aggrieved governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, known as the G5. As part of the reconciliatory moves, Tambuwa visited his Benue state counterpart, Governor Samuel Ortom. According to Tambuwal, Ortom helped the party reached out to the G5 […]

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