Gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday abducted Cross River state Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs Gertrude Njar barely 72 hours after an aide to a federal lawmaker, Mr Kenneth Abang was also kidnapped along Calabar-Ikom federal highway. Findings by Vanguard showed that Mrs. Njar and another lady that was yet to be identified […]
Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has disclaimed reports in a section of the media that he attacked the monetary policy of the Muhammadu Buhari – administration at Tuesday’s APC Presidential rally in Calabar. While addressing the crowd of party supporters and people of Cross Rivers State that […]
The United Kingdom was hit with biggest strike in decades as half a million workers staged a walkout on Wednesday, demanding higher wages as schools were shut and transport disrupted. As Europe faces a cost-of-living crisis, the Trades Union Congress in Britain described the demonstration as the “biggest day of strike action since 2011.” […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it would not extend deadline for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. According to NAN, Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, gave the warning after monitoring the registration exercise in Kano state on Wednesday. Registration for this year’s UTME started on January 14 and is scheduled […]
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said that the best way for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL)to make fuel readily available to Nigerians is for the subsidy to be completely removed. Secretary-General of the ACF, Murtala Aliyu said in an interview said, frowning at the idea of borrowing money to pay for […]
Barely three weeks to the general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it’s in Idemili South Local Government Area Anambra state was on Tuesday morning attacked and set ablaze by unknown gunmen. Among the items lost to the inferno are 729 ballot boxes, 243 voting cubicles, 256 election bags, 11 megaphones, one […]
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike says Rivers state people already know the candidate he wants them to vote for in the 25 February 2023 presidential election, stressing that those expecting him to make public declaration on his choice candidate would wait in vain. Wike in Port Harcourt, Wednesday, for Rivers Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign rally […]
The Federal Government has said it was not officially aware of any official in Aso Rock working against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu as claimed by Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed in his address to State House correspondents at a briefing after […]
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi, has denied reports that it’s in talks with Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. The Head of Media, Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Diran Onifade in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said claims that Obi was in talks with Atiku with […]
The Rivers state government under Nyesom Wike, has revoked its approval of Adokiye Amiesimaka stadium for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to use for its presidential campaign rally. The Rivers government had approved the venue for Atiku Abubakar, standard-bearer of the PDP, to use for his campaign rally scheduled to hold on February 11. […]
