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Senate Leadership: Withdraw For A Southern Christian, MURIC Urges Muslim Aspirants

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Foremost Islamic human rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has urged Muslim aspirants vying for the position of the President of the 10th Senate to withdraw from the race, in order to allow for a Southern Christian. The Executive Director, MURIC, Professor Ishaq Akintola, made this appeal in a statement on Thursday. MURIC noted that it wants the Senate presidency...

22 APC Senators Planning To Defect To PDP, Says Fani-Kayode

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2023: Peter Obi, Other LP Aspirants Won’t Win – Fani-Kayode Tells Peter Obi Supporters

Twenty-two more senators of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) are planning to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a former Minister of Aviation and chieftain of the APC, Femi Fani-Kayode has said. He stated that the planned defe...

Igbo Presidency In Nigeria Will Happen – Femi Adesina

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Buhari Regretted Some Of His Decisions As President – Adesina

Femi Adesina, media adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his belief that Igbo presidency in Nigeria will be achieved. On Wednesday at the State House, Adesina recalled the times he used to write in favour of Igbo presidency. The aide made the remark while receiving a delegation of Igbo Friends and Onyebuchi Chris Ifediora (OCI) Foundation. READ ALSO: Nigeria Govt Illegally...

2023 Presidency: Zoning, State Policing Not The Solution — Yahaya Bello

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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has rejected the demand for zoning of the presidency and creation of State Police. The governor said what Nigeria needs today is the best brain to captain it, noting that community policing is better than state police. Bello, while speaking during the first annual GYB Seminar for Nigeria’s Political and Crime Correspondents in Abuja, yesterday,...

Amid Strike, NANS Set To Conduct Elections Saturday

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NANS Withdraws From NLC Planned Protest, Proposes Dialog With FG

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS is set to conduct elections for various leadership positions on Saturday, August 27, 2022, ABN TV reports. The coordinator, South-West Zone D, Adegboye Emmanuel, disclosed this in a chat with our correspondent on Wednesday in Abuja. “The elections will hold on Saturday,” Olatunji told our correspondent. ABN TV reports that the soon-to-be outgoing President, Sunday Ashefon, was...

Enough Of Unwarranted Attacks Against My Personality, Gov. Ikpeazu Cautions

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Enough Of Unwarranted Attacks Against My Personality, Gov. Ikpeazu Cautions

Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has warned those whose stock-in-trade is to unleash needless insults and attacks against him, saying he would no longer tolerate such. The governor also decried the threat of physical attacks against him and members of his family, insisting that he will not sit idly without doing anything to prevent such attacks. The governor in a...

Palliatives Donated By FG Rotting Under Rain, Sun

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Food items delivered to Kano State government by the Federal Government as palliatives are left rotten at open space and are being beaten by rain and sun, The Guardian has gathered. The Federal government two weeks ago delivered 110 trucks of food items to the state meant to be distributed to vulnerable and less privileged whose sources of survival are being...

Abia Pensioners Rejoice As Sir Udensi, Rotary Club Set To Roll Out Empowerment Programme Thursday

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In fulfillment of his promise of touching the lives of Abia pensioners, Interpol Systems Consultant in Nigeria, Sir Chikwe Udensi in collaboration with Rotary Club of Abuja Downtown District 9125 and Rotary Club of Arochukwu Kingdom (P) District 9142 have concluded arrangements to roll out empowerment programme for the senior citizens. The exercise will also feature distribution of palliatives to...

BREAKING: Ambode Loses Bid To Stop Lagos Assembly From Probing Him

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A Lagos State High Court has dismissed a suit by former Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, seeking an injunction to restrain the State House of Assembly from probing him. The former governor had asked the court for an order to stop his probe by the lawmakers over the purchase of 820 buses. Ruling on the application on Thursday, Justice Yetunde...

Zamfara Guber Poll: PDP’s Dauda Lawal Unseats Matawalle

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Zamfara Guber Poll: PDP’s Dauda Lawal Unseats Matawalle

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state has lost his seat to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Dauda Lawal. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared Lawn Dare as the governor-elect with a total of 377,726 votes. He defeated Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress who polled 311,976. READ ALSO: Abia Governorship: Accept, Announce Obingwa Result – Abia PDP Begs INEC Lawal was...

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