The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is unmoved by the recent wave of defection by governors under the party to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), insisting it is well-positioned to reclaim the country’s number one seat in 2023. Governor Bello Mattawalle of Zamfara State officially joined the APC from the PDP on Tuesday, […]
Gunmen suspected to be bandits attacked the convoy of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Tuesday night, Daily Trust reports. At least three policemen sustained injuries in the attack which happened after the convoy was making its way to Kano from Zamfara State, where a mass All Progressives Congress (APC) rally held on Tuesday. […]
The house of representatives has received the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) report. Mohammed Monguno, chairman ad hoc committee on PIB, laid the report during plenary session on Wednesday. “That the house do receive the report of the ad–hoc committee on Petroleum Industry Bill on a bill for an act to provide legal, governance, regulatory and […]
Metropolitan Archbishop of Enugu Anglican Province, Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, criticized Kanu for the manner he was arrested. He said: “I think his extradition is a good development, which will bring a little bit of calm and peace to the boys he has been instigating and to Igboland so that we can have a peaceful […]
A member of the Zamfara House of Assembly, Mohammed Ahmed, has been shot dead by bandits along Sheme- Funtua Road in Katsina State. Announcing his death, the Clerk of the Zamfara House House of Assembly, Saidu Anka, said Ahmed was traveling to his town when he was killed by the bandits. His funeral prayers would […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has confirmed the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, but said the development is “not the end of the road”. In a statement shared with TheCable on Wednesday, Emma Powerful, the group’s spokesman, asked IPOB members to “mobilise” and attend the court hearing on July 26 when Kanu’s trial […]
The arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, by the Federal Government has attracted a lot of reactions from various groups and individuals. Reacting to the arrest, Lagos State Governor’s aide, Joe Igbokwe, revealed that the IPOB leader had threatened him and his family prior to the arrest. Igbokwe made […]
The virtual Federal Executive Council meeting usually chaired by the President, Muhammadu Buhari has been canceled. No official reason has been given for the cancellation. More to follow…
The University of Calabar, says there are over 42,000 unclaimed certificates by graduates of the institution dating back to 1980 and till date. The Registrar of the University, Mr Gabriel Egbe, said in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Abuja, that the unclaimed certificates cut across various […]
A 400-level student of the Department of Political Science, University of Benin, Austin Izu, has been shot dead by yet-to-be-identified gunmen in his friend’s off-campus hostel room on the Federal Girls College Road, Ugbowo. PUNCH Metro gathered that the deceased, who sat his final examination last week, was alleged to have come from the upper […]
