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2023 Election: We Stand For Peter Obi – Afenifere
The leader of Afenifere, a pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has reiterated why the group will continue to support the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, among other candidates in the forthcoming 2023 General Election. The Afenifere chieftain had earlier declared support of the group for the LP presidential candidate in an online radio programme, ‘Yoruba Gbode’, where...
I Will Replicate My Success As Governor If Elected Abia South Senator, Ikpeazu Assures
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has urged the people of the Abia South senatorial district to elect him to the senate, promising to bring more dividends of democracy to the zone, the way he has done as the state governor. Ikpeazu, who made the appeal at the Abia PDP zonal rally in Aba, where also commissioned the rehabilitated Azikiwe...
Viral “Obidient” Not My Son, Says Lagos Deputy Governor
The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has warned political loyalists and supporters of the Labour Party to desist from using his son for cheap publicity. The stern warning from the deputy governor comes after a purported picture of Hamzat’s son at a Labour Party rally went viral on the Nigerian internet space. In a statement released by the deputy...
Amotekun Arrests 30-Year-Old Man For Defiling Minor In Osun
A 30-year-old man, Dada Isiaka, has been arrested by operatives of Amotekun in Osun State for the alleged defilement of a 9-year-old girl. The arrest of Isiaka who was nabbed in Ada on Tuesday was made known by the Osun Amotekun Corps Commander, Brigadier General Bashir Adewinmbi while addressing journalists on Thursday in Osogbo. According to the Adewinmbi, Isiaka was arrested...
Pregnant Woman Dies Of COVID-19 In Jigawa
Jigawa State has recorded its second death from the COVID-19 pandemic as a pregnant woman kicked the bucket in Miga LGA. The patient who is a pregnant woman from Zareka ward in the Miga Local Government Area of the state died as a result of a miscarriage at her isolation centre. The member of the State Task Force who confirmed the...
Pastor Adeboye Re-christened Me Abraham, Father Of All Nations — Tinubu
Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said that he was rechristened Abraham the Father of All Nations by the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye. Tinubu made this disclosure while speaking with the Kano chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, on Monday. "Pastor Adeboye referred to...
Tinubu Committed To Economic Revival – Barau Tells Clerics
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Jibrin Barau, has assured the Supreme Council for Shari’a in Nigeria (SCSN) and Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’ah Wa’iqamatus Sunah (JIBWIS) of the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to revive the economy and address the insecurity in the country. Senator Barau spoke when he hosted the leadership of SCSN and the Kano State chapter of JIBWIS...
Datti Baba-Ahmed Declines Call For Public Debate With Soyinka
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party's vice presidential candidate, has declined an invitation to a public discussion with Nigeria's famed Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. Baba-Ahmed came under fire last month for saying on Channels Television that swearing in Ahmed Bola Tinubu as Nigeria's president on May 29, 2023, would be undemocratic. Soyinka branded Baba-Ahmed remark as fascist in response. In a...
PFN Condemns Killings, Kidnapping Of Christian Clerics In Nigeria
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), has described as alarming and unacceptable the continuous killing and kidnapping of Christian clerics in Nigeria. Bishop Francis Wale Oke, President, PFN, in a statement, noted that “As an organization that worships God, we pray that the wrath of God shall fall heavily on all those responsible for terrorizing Nigerians and killing innocent citizens.” The...
DSS Committing Terrorism By Arresting, Detaining Tukur Mamu — Gunmi
Kaduna-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to either release Tukur Mamu or charge him to court. Citing the law, Gumi said anybody arrested over an alleged crime needs to be taken to court within 24 hours. Mamu, who negotiated the release of some of the victims of the Kaduna -Abuja train attack,...
