The Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has been appointed as a member of All Progressives Congress Campaign Council for Bayelsa State governorship election. The council is chaired by the Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya. The Minister of Defence, Badaru Abubakar, Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Secretary to the Government of the […]
The board of trustees (BoT) of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has suspended Rabiu Kwankwaso over alleged anti-party activities. The suspension of Kwankwaso, the party’s presidential candidate in the February 25 election, was announced on Tuesday at the end of a meeting held in Lagos. More to follow…
Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, governor of Gombe, has ordered the closure of nightclubs, popularly known as ‘Gala houses’, in the state. In a statement signed by Ibrahim Njodi, secretary to the state government, the administration said the closures became imperative following an increase in “immoral and unholy acts” by youths. Njodi added that there have […]
At least 183 people have been killed since July in clashes in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, the United Nations said Tuesday as it appealed for the killings, violence and rights abuses to end. Tension in the northern region ratcheted up this year after the end of a devastating war in the neighbouring region of Tigray […]
The Federal Government has announced N825.819 million as compensation for indigenes of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for the construction of the 4.2 km second runway at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, made the announcement on Tuesday after a negotiation meeting with the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, officials […]
Chicago State University, United States has put its X page on private after some Nigerians allegedly stormed the page to inquire whether or not President Bola Tinubu truly graduated from the institution. This is in the wake of a petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, in a […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not go to the funeral of Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who died last week in a plane crash, the Kremlin said Tuesday. Prigozhin — a Putin confidant turned “traitor” — was killed last Wednesday two months after ordering his troops to topple Russia’s military leadership, in what observers […]
The show of no love lost between Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu continued over the weekend during the state’s 32nd anniversary thanksgiving church service held at the Festival Hall, Government House on Sunday. Both Obaseki and Shaibu have been at loggerheads over the latter’s ambition to contest the 2024 […]
The Imo state governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Senator Athan Achonu, on Tuesday described the endorsement of Governor Hope Uzidimma, by some elders in the Imo West senatorial zone as based on “selfishness and deceit.” Achonu stated this to newsmen in Owerri while reacting to the endorsement drama of the elders in the […]
Suspected police operatives have shot and killed an unidentified man believed to be a trader at Naze Timber Market in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State on Monday. It was gathered the deceased who some people disclosed was a trader at the multi-billion naira timber market was shot dead on Monday. Our […]
