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APC Plotting To Disrupt Our Ondo Presidential Campaign Rally – PDP

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Election Tribunal Judgement A Misplacement Of Justice – Katsina PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has raised alarm over allegedly plots by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to disrupt its Ondo State Presidential Campaign rally. PDP Presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and his team are slated to be in Akure, the Ondo State capital Wednesday. The party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, Tuesday warned...

Uche Ogah Calls For Implementation Of Child Rights Act In Abia

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You Can Not Talk Of APC In Uche Ogah Calls For Implementation Of Child Rights Act In AbiaAbia Without Me – Ex-Minister, Ogah Declares

Dr. Uche Ogah, the Abia State Gubernatorial Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the coming 2023 general elections, has made case for the domestication and implementation of the Child Rights Act in the state. He maintained that the child rights act must be domesticated and utterly reviewed to strengthen the law and offer 360-degree protection and sustained assurance...

Emulate The Virtues Of Late Sen Saraki – President Buhari Tells Nigerian Politicians

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Emulate Late Saraki Virtues – Preident Buhari Tells Nigerian Politicians

President Muhammadu Buhari has advised Nigerian politicians to follow in the footsteps of late Senator Olusola Saraki, father of former Senate President Bukola Saraki, by engaging in development politics. Buhari, who was represented by Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, made the remarks on Monday during Mr. Saraki’s 10th memorial ceremony in Abuja. Mr. Saraki, the Senate Leader of the Second Republic,...

Yobe North: Hope Dims For Lawan As Appeal Court Affirms Machina APC Candidate

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Yobe North: Machina Hails Court Judgement As Lawan Says He'll Not Appeal

The hope of returning to the Senate has again dimmed for the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan as the Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed Bashir Sheriff Machina as the authentic All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District. The court upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State which held that the...

FG Shifts Abuja-Kaduna Rail Line Resumption Date

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Abuja- Kaduna Train Services Resumes Operation

The Federal Government through the Ministry of Transportation has announced an extension of the resumption date for the Abuja-Kaduna rail services. The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Sambo, disclosed this to newsmen in Kaduna on Sunday on an inspection tour to assess the state of readiness of the Abuja-Kaduna rail services before the commencement of operations. He however did not give a...

Yuletide: NCDC Warns Possible Rise Of COVID-19 Infection

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EU To Fund Vaccine Research In Nigeria With €18 Million

Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has predicted that Nigeria will likely see an increase in COVID-19 cases and a decrease in hospitalisation over the holiday season this year. In an exclusive interview, Adetifa claimed that the increase in travel over the holiday season might result in a rise in cases. He said, “We are prepared...

Hoodlums Set INEC Office In Ebonyi On Fire, Ballot Boxes, PVCs Burnt (Photos)

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Hoodlums Set INEC Office In Ebonyi On Fire, Ballot Boxes, PVCs Burnt (Photos)

Hoodlums have set ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, destroying, among others, 340 ballot boxes and yet to the be-determined quantity of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVCs. The attack is the third on INEC’s local government offices in less than three weeks, following similar attacks in Ogun and Osun...

Abuja-Kaduna Rail: Expect Increase In Fare, Says Minister Of Transportation

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Abuja-Kaduna Rail: Expect Increase In Fare, Says Minister

Mu’azu Sambo, the Minister of Transportation on Sunday declared that there would be an increase in the rail service fare as a result of the economic situation in the country.  According to the minister, the number of trips per day will also be reduced, adding that there will be night travelling. This was made known on Sunday by Sambo to journalists in Kaduna...

Gov Adeleke Warns Against Violence In Osun Motor Parks

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Adeleke Provides Food, Relief Supplies To Disaster Victims In Osun

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has warned transport workers’ unions in the state to desist from violence. In a statement signed by Olawale Rasheed, the spokesperson to Governor Adeleke on Monday, the state governor directed all security agencies to maintain the status quo across the motor parks. There had been reports of attacks between rival gangs within the transport unions in the...

Only God Gives, Takes Life – Fani-Kayode Blasts Those Wishing Tinubu Death

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Only God Gives, Takes Life – Fani-Kayode Blasts Those Wishing Tinubu Death

Femi Fani-Kayode, a spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign council, blasted Bola Tinubu’s detractors for wishing the former governor of Lagos death. Tinubu is the party’s nominee for president. The former aviation minister insisted in a video posted on his official Twitter account that Tinubu cannot be killed, emphasizing that only God has the power to give...

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