Beyond the Headlines
State says the situation of Nigeria is so bad that the country needs a mad man to turn things around for the better. The presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said this while addressing delegates of the party in Kogi State on Wednesday. Wike appealed to the delegates to vote for him […]
The National leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and presidential aspirant of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that the party would remain united after its presidential primaries. Asiwaju Tinubu, who was a former governor of Lagos state also said that the increasing number of people seeking the party’s presidential ticket […]
Yoruba Nation arrowhead, Prof Banji Akintoye, has urged the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, not to listen to Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), but to visit scenes of herdsmen and terrorists’ attacks. Akintoye also informed Guterres, who arrived in Nigeria on Tuesday for a two-day official visit, that the country is a […]
The National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and presidential aspirant, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said the rising number of people working to secure the party’s presidential ticket is good for democracy. At least five APC governors, four ministers, many senators and other stakeholders of the ruling party are in the […]
The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, on Wednesday, declared a state of emergency on insecurity and infrastructure in the state. Soludo assured the people that he would make the state an industrialisation hub. The governor stated this in Awka, on Wednesday, during a town hall meeting of traditional rulers, youth leaders and other […]
By Aliyu Sulaiman SIR: Eight years ago as a final year student in one of Nigeria’s Federal Universities, I argued that the incessant strikes by ASUU were needless. I wrote a piece about how ASUU as a union was a complete joke. They had at the time embarked on an indefinite strike that would […]
Jigawa State Governor, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, have declared their intention to run for president under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor obtained the nomination and the expression of interest forms at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja on Wednesday. Badaru […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has told the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, that his visit shows that the world “has not forgotten us.” The President said this while receiving the United Nations scribe and his delegation at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday. President Buhari said the country and the African continent were […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has extended the sale of its Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to aspirants seeking for elective positions in 2023 general elections from May 6 to May 10. Mr Felix Morka, the APC National Publicity Secretary said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. “In a revised timetable […]
Ms Hafsat Abiola-Costello, Director-General (DG) of Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organisation, says the dream of her late mother, Kudirat Abiola, for a better Nigeria, and for Nigerian women will be actualised with a Yahaya Bello presidency. Abiola-Castello said this on Wednesday in Akure, Ondo State, while speaking with newsmen at a rally tagged: “South […]
