Osun 2022: INEC releases final list of gubernatorial candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates eligible to participate in the July 16 gubernatorial election in Osun State. It was earlier reported that three political parties, AA, APGA and ADC were stepped down…
APC Convention in jeopardy as stakeholders drag party leadership to court over Abia delegates’ list
The All Progressive Congress (APC) stakeholders in Abia State have dragged the national leadership of the party to court over a list of delegates to Saturday’s National Convention submitted by a faction of the party in the state. The stakeholders…
UAE conviction: US sanctions 6 Nigerians for sponsoring Boko Haram
The United States has designated six Nigerians as sponsors of the terrorist group Boko months after their convictions in the UAE. The U.S. Department of State made the disclosure via a statement on Friday. It announced that the U.S. Department…
BREAKING: 50 feared dead, church burnt as bandits attack Kaduna
At least 50 people have been feared killed while unspecified number of persons abducted as bandits attack nine communities in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. ASP Mohammed Jalinge, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the incident….
2023 campaign posters: PDP demands Emefiele’s immediate resignation, investigation
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate resignation and investigation of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, following his appearance in All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign posters. PDP, in a statement by its…
Buhari appoints 4 Perm Secs, Solicitor General
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of four new Permanent Secretaries in the Federal Civil Service. The President has also approved the appointment of the Solicitor General of the Federation, following the recently conducted selection process. This was contained…
Sit-at-home: Soludo orders Anambra workers to work on Mondays or be sanctioned
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has ordered all public servants in the state to always report to work on Mondays, like other weekdays. Since the resumption of trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mr…
Federal High Court dismisses 36 states’ suit against $418m Paris Club debt deduction
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday dismissed the suit filed by the 36 states against the decision by the Federal Government to deduct $418 million from the funds standing to the credit of the states to pay debts…
Osun 2022: Former Deputy Speaker, Lasun Yusuff dumps APC
A former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf, has tendered his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC). Yusuf was a former gubernatorial aspirant of APC in 2018. He also aspired to be the gubernatorial candidate of the party…
Fuel scarcity, electricity: Buhari told to sack himself immediately
President Muhammadu Buhari has been told to sack himself as the country’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Resources. Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, is asking the President to resign without further delay, having shown clearly that he would…