The Head of Oyo Princes (Baba Iyaji of Oyo), Chief Mukaila Afonja, has submitted the names of 86 contestants for the vacant stool of the Alaafin of Oyo to the Basorun of Oyo, High Chief Yussuf Ayoola who doubles as the regent of the town. Basorun was said to have summoned an emergency meeting […]
No fewer than seven persons died in an accident involving two vehicles in Ekiti State on Wednesday evening. Sources said the accident involved an 18-passenger bus and a Toyota car, which had a head-on collision along Iluomoba – Aisegba highway, leading to the death of the casualties. A source said that one of the […]
Two soldiers were killed while four others sustained injuries on Wednesday, after a gang of terrorists ambushed troops from the 32 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Katsina. A lieutenant is also still missing after the ambush. Military and state authorities did not respond to SMS and calls requesting comments on the attack. However, […]
flag bearer of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has called on the Presidential running mate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, to concentrate on marketing himself and his party. Obi-Datti media office in a statement signed yesterday stated that Okowa got it all wrong to have accused Obi of fanning the […]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), may cause the party to lose the 2023 presidential election. The governor said this on Thursday while reacting to recent remarks made by Ayu on calls for his resignation. While speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on […]
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, has said that he is not worried about the calls for his resignation, saying the proponents of such moves are youngsters who do not have a grasp of the goals of the party when it was formed. Ayu said he would not allow anyone […]
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has said the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Iyorchia Ayu, must vacate his seat before the commencement of campaign for the 2023 elections. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) timetable, the campaign will commence on September 28, 2022. But speaking […]
A former member of the House of Representatives, Sani Sha’aban, says the National Assembly cannot impeach President Muhammadu Buhari over the rising insecurity across the country. The APC chieftain stated this in Kaduna on Thursday while briefing reporters in the state capital. Insisting that the federal lawmakers are largely responsible for the country’s economic […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says Atiku Abubakar, its presidential candidate, will win the 2023 election if conducted under a credible atmosphere. The opposition party says Abubakar has the capacity to “rescue” the country from the “current situation” the All Progressives Congress (APC) has “plunged” it into. According to a statement issued on Wednesday, […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the nation has entered a critical stage ahead of the 2023 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at an ‘Expert Meeting on Conducting Elections in Volatile Security Environment’, organised in collaboration with the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) in Abuja, on Thursday. […]
