Finnish police on Thursday released a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, hours after he was arrested and grilled. It was reported that Finnish authorities arrested Ekpa. The police escorted the separatist out of his apartment in Lahti. Ekpa was later released on Thursday evening after the police allegedly arrested him for a suspected […]
Abdulrasheed Bawa, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the agency will question some persons over the return of the old naira notes to banks. Speaking on Wednesday in an interview on Channels Television, Bawa said the anti-graft agency has not questioned anyone since the commencement of the naira redesign […]
Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, made an appearance on Channels Television on June 30, 2020. File photo: Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, made an appearance on Channels Television on June 30, 2020. The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has said that President Muhammadu Buhari […]
The Labour Party has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone election in Enugu East Senatorial District following the death of its candidate, Oyibo Chukwu. Mr Chukwu was murdered on Wednesday alongside his personal assistant, by some yet to be identified gunmen. In its reaction to the shocking news, the Labour Party […]
US President Joe Biden has called for peaceful and credible 2023 general elections in Nigeria, saying the citizens deserve a chance to do so. Biden made the call on his official handle Thursday, calling on all candidates to respect the election results and back a peaceful transition. US President Joe Biden has called for […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission in Imo State has commenced the distribution of election materials to various local government areas for the Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections amidst complaints of insecurity in some areas of the state. INEC, in the presence of heads of security agencies in the state, political party agents and […]
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Awka has affirmed Senator Victor Umeh as candidate of the Labour Party, LP, for Anambra Central Senatorial District for Saturday’s election. Anambra Central is also the senatorial zone of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi. In its judgement held via zoom on Thursday, […]
Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed the Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA in Ohofia Agba Ward, Monday Idoko, in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. He was shot in the head in his Onueke village, Ohofia-Agba community at about 11:00 p.m. last night. A relative of the deceased family who spoke […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says their officials have finally found the missing 24,682 ballots meant for Tofa/Rimingado/Dawakin Tofa Federal Constituency in Kano after agents of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, rejected the incomplete allocation. According to DAILY NIGERIAN, party agents raised alarm after it was discovered that 2 out of the […]
With a few hours to Presidential and National Assembly poll, a joint security force, comprising the military, police, SSS and NSCDC, have arrested the chairmen of Ungogo and Rimingado Local Government Areas of Kano State, Abdullahi Ramat and Munir Dahiru respectively with pistols. Quoting a ‘credible security source’ DAILY NIGERIAN reports that the duo […]
