The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, took his campaign to Owerri, Imo State on Saturday, saying the South-East has no reason not to back the party with their votes come February 25, 2023. “I want to assure you that you will have no cause to regret voting PDP. The
The Indigenous People of Biafra has accused the Federal Government of “systematically” killing its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The pro-Biafran group said it was high time the whole world spoke against the atrocity going on in the DSS Abuja dungeon against the leader of the IPOB. It also claimed that the Federal Government had
The Nigerian Air Force Special Forces under the 271 Detachment in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna have rescued seven Chinese expatriates kidnapped by terrorists in Niger State. The expatriates were kidnapped in June while working at a mining site. The Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said in a
The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has decried the upsurge in the spate of assassinations of its party leaders and candidates across Nigeria. Abure described the situation as not only worrisome but also a great threat to democracy. He lamented that members and supporters of the LP had been victims of
The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, His Lordship, Callistus Onaga on Saturday banned priests from conducting crusades in their parishes. Bishop Onaga announced the ban in his homily at the ordination of 26 priests and the celebration of 50 years anniversary of the Sacred Heart Seminary, Nsude (Junior Seminary) in Enugu. He charged the
Sporadic shooting was Saturday evening, reported around the Isiama Afaraukwu Umuahia county home of the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafran, IPOB,Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel who raised the alarm claimed that a detachment of police personnel stormed the entrance gate to the father’s palace and started shooting. The reason
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his avowed determination to ensure the conduct of free, fair and transparent national elections, whose outcome would be largely accepted to the contestants. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s media aide ln a statement on Saturday in Abuja, said the president made this position known in Washington DC, USA, at
Mrs Uju Ken-Ohanenye, Vice Chairman All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has advised Nigerians to discard the rumour that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the party’s 2023 presidential candidate is not healthy. She gave the advice, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja, at the 30th anniversary of
Vice-Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa, has appealed to the opposition to unite to defeat same-faith ticket of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC,:saying it would divide Nigerians further. Speaking at a Town Hall meeting with Christian leaders in Imo, in Owerri on Saturday, Okowa said that splitting of opposition
President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria’s agricultural revolution had led to the creation of over 13million direct and indirect jobs in the last seven and half-years. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman, in a statement on Saturday, said Buhari disclosed this in Washington DC, USA, at an interactive session entitled, “A conversation with President Muhammadu
