Barely 19 months to Nigeria’s high-stakes 2023 presidential elections, intense lobbying and permutations have heightened among political actors on who or which geo-political zone should produce the next president. In “A Message to Nigerians,’’ released in Abuja on Sunday, elder statesman, Dr Nnamdi Onochie, wrote that the political class should “toe the path of reason […]
Marcus Angwa, a parent whose child was abducted from Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, says he and other parents have turned to God to get their children out of captivity. A total of 121 students were abducted from their hostels by bandits on July 5. Twenty-eight students were released by the bandits last week. […]
Jonathan’s aide, Chief Akachukwu Nwankpo, has been tipped to win the Anambra State November 6 governorship election. The prediction came yesterday in Awka, from the National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Chief Raphs Okey Nwosu. The reason, according to Nwosu, who spoke with The Nation, was because the three major political parties in […]
President, Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo blew hot on Sunday as he said he has right to sack pastors who are sick and unprofitable, warning critics to face their jobs. Oyedepo, during a service at Faith Tabernacle, Ota, Ogun State justified the sack of some pastors in his church, saying that even in […]
The All Progressive Congress (APC) has dismissed fears in several quarters over the status of Governor Mala Mai Buni-led Caretaker/Extra ordinary National convention planning Committee (CECPC). It said the committee’s position won’t affect the party congresses and nominations. The Committee, according to a member of the CECPC representing North West, Senator Abba Alli, is simply […]
TRADERS of the Onitsha Main Market Amalgamated Traders Association (OMMATU), Anambra State has asked Governor Willie Obiano led government to prevail on the appointed Caretaker Committee to conduct election for traders to avert looming crisis in the market. The aggrieved traders, under the aegis of Agitators for Democratic Election in Main Market, warned that the […]
As the wind of extradition continues to hover around the head of Abba Kyari, Nigeria’s Super Cop and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Nigerians have faulted the under-fire officer with damning criticism following the emergence of a damning video. In the video, a human rights activist and lawyer, Barrister Kabir Akingbolu, lambasted Kyari, describing him as […]
The Federal Government will on Monday receive about 4.8 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines, the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said on Sunday. NPHCDA Executive Director/ CEO, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, in a memo issued to journalists in Abuja, said the consignment is a donation from the American government. The expected shipment will […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it arrested a woman who hid cocaine in her underwear at Lagos airport. Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the agency, disclosed in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Babafemi said the suspect identified as Okafor Ebere Edith was arrested on Saturday, during the outward clearance of passengers on […]
Inspite of the heightened tension prior to yesterday’s ward congress, the Abia State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took under an atmosphere observers described as one of the most peaceful nationwide, with impressive turnout across the 184 wards of the state. The exercise which sailed smoothly in all the wards was generally participatory […]
