Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said that he is too old to become the country’s President. Speaking in an interview with BBC in Kaduna, the Governor also said that he is fed up with being linked with the presidency as has been the case in the last 15 years. El-Rufai said; “Governing Nigeria is a serious…
A native doctor has emerged as People’s Redemption Party (PRP) flagbearer in Anambra governorship election. Dr. Nnamdi Nwanwuo returned unopposed after his two co-aspirants, Chidebere Mba and Humphrey Anaso stepped down for him. National Secretary of the party, Babatunde Ali who announced Nwanwuo as the winner of the primaries, described the election as credible and peaceful. He…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced its Voter Enrollment Device ahead of the 2023 general election. The Voter Enrollment Device which was designed by INEC engineers and produced overseas, enables eligible Nigerians to register as voters online before completing the exercise physically at designated centres nationwide. INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu who noted that…
The Chairman of Gurara Local Government Council of Niger State, Hon. Yusuf Waili Gawu has been suspended by councillors for three months following allegations of financial impropriety and embezzlement. The suspension takes effect from Monday, June 21, 2021, and will elapse on September 21, 2021. According to the resolution passed by the 10…
Election of Stephen Odey of the Peoples Democratic Party as the senator representing Cross River North Senatorial district, has been upheld by the election Petition Tribunal seating in Calabar. Passing judgement in petition N0: EPT/CR/SEN/03/2020 filed by Joe Agi SAN and the All Progressive Congress against Stephen Odey, Jerigbe Agom Jerigbe, Peoples’ Democratic Party and the…
Former Emir of Kano and new caliph of the Tijaniyya sect in Nigeria, Muhammadu Sanusi II has reiterated that he has no intention of joining politics. Speaking on Thursday June 17 in Kaduna, the former monarch said he will continue to educate the public on the right candidates to vote for during elections. He…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fired back at the Presidency, following claim of Governors elected on the platform of the opposition party being angry with the ban on the operation of Twitter in the country because it has curtailed its use in peddling fake news. In a statement released by PDP’s spokesperson Kola Ologbondiyan,…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration has lifted 10.5 million people out of poverty. The President in his speech ahead of the Democracy Day Celebration today June 12, listed farmers, small-scale traders, artisans, market women among the class of persons whose lives have improved under him. Buhari stated that this is in…
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, on Friday June 4, sacked all Special Advisers (SAs) and Senior Special Assistant (SSAs) in his cabinet amid worsening insecurity in the state. The state Commissioner for information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, who confirmed the sacking, disclosed this to journalists in Owerri on Friday. Emelumba said that a…
Reno Omokri is of the opinion that Imo state would never have gotten to the point where it is now if the immediate past governor of the state, Emeka Ihedioha, wasn’t removed from office. Ihedioha was removed from office by the Supreme court in January 2020. Reno wrote ”Ever since Hope Uzodinma was imposed by…
