Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo state, says the fuss about the credentials of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is needless. The educational qualifications of Tinubu have been mired in controversy since the presidential primary of the ruling party. While preparing to contest the primary, the APC screening panel was […]
Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has inaugurated four committees on security matters and provided 20 brand new Hilux vehicles and 1,500 motorbikes for the commencement of operations. The Press Secretary to the Governor, Jamilu Iliyasu Magaji, disclosed this on Tuesday. The committees are Special Committee on Intelligence Gathering on Banditry, Management Committee […]
Some aggrieved Senators serving on the platform of the All Progressives Congress met with President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday. The Senators, numbering about 22, had pledged to defect from the party over the outcome of primaries in their state ahead of the 2023 general elections. Leader of the delegation, Sen. Orji Uzor […]
MANY people in Anambra State yesterday expressed anger over the continuous adjournment of the treason charge against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, saying it was becoming obvious that the federal government wants to keep him in detention till the end of the present administration. Most streets in […]
Abdulmumin Jibrin says the proposed alliance between Rabiu Kwankwaso and Peter Obi is the south-east’s “best route” to producing a president. The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate and Labour Party (LP) are currently discussing a possible coalition for the 2023 presidential election in a bid to defeat the two major political parties. Obi […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined the request for an interim order to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from accepting Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar as the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling […]
The house of representatives has resolved to take measures to enable Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, and his wife, Beatrice, to get justice in the UK. At Tuesday’s plenary session, Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house, said he will “try” to meet his UK counterpart to ensure the Ekweremadus are given fair treatment. […]
The Anti Kidnapping Unit of the Imo State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial child trafficker who specialises in snatching and stealing children from their parents. Parading the suspect before newsmen on Tuesday at the Imo State Police Commands Headquarter Owerri, the Command’s Public Relations officer, CSP Michael Abattam, said that the suspect, […]
Activities in Owerri, Imo state, were grounded on Tuesday in obedience to the order of sit-at-home issued by the indigenous people of Biafra, IPOB. Our correspondent observed in the streets of Owerri, visited that the streets were empty. Some of the residents who spoke said it was because the leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, […]
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma has extended his warm Felicitation to the Hon Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on his appointment and swearing in as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria. In a statement personally signed by him on Tuesday, the Governor noted that with more than 11 years at the Supreme Court and judicial experience […]
