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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has passed a vote of confidence on Chief Edozie Njoku as the national chairman of the party. This is even as Chief Njoku has reiterated that he is the authentic national chairman of the party. Chief Njoku said the recent court ruling had […]
Sokoto State governor and 2023 presidential hopeful on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has pulled out of the quest for a consensus presidential candidate from the North, saying the arrangement had failed. Tambuwa also faulted the report of the Prof. Ango Abdullahi-led consensus committee, which placed two fellow presidential aspirants […]
Following the bloody clash between the Yoruba fishermen, Ilajes, and indigenes of their host community, Ibeno, Akwa Ibom State, the state government has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew to forestall the further escalation of the crisis. The clash, which occurred on Wednesday, has claimed scores of lives and properties worth millions of naira destroyed. […]
The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old suspected member of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), Simeon Onigbo, for allegedly manufacturing bombs for the group. The Police spokesperson, Mr Mike Abattam, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday said that the suspect had since confessed to the crime and promised to reveal the […]
The main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has called on the security agencies, especially the anti-corruption agencies, to immediately commence an investigation of all the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirants who pay N100 million or N50 million to buy nomination and interest forms. This was contained in a statement by PDP national […]
First Lady, Aisha Buhari has been criticized for inviting 2023 presidential aspirants for dinner. Reno Omokri, a socio-political commentator, said Aisha lacked moral or constitutional authority to summon anyone. Aisha, who recently returned from her base in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, had invited all the presidential aspirants to an Iftar dinner at the Presidential Villa. Vice President […]
Hundreds of supporters, including women and youth groups, Friday, stormed the office of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja calling on him to contest for President in 2023. The supporters arrived at the office with a musical band around 8:50 a.m. They lamented that since he left office, hunger, insecurity, unemployment, among others have become […]
Youth groups of the All Progressives Congress (APC), under the platform of Youths and Solidarity Forum, have called on the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN); Minister of Transport, Mr Rotmi Amaechi, and others seeking elective political offices in the 2023 general election to resign from office […]
The South-South Branch of the Network of Clergymen in Nigeria (NCN) has thrown its weight behind the aspiration of a former Governor of Lagos State, Mr Bola Tinubu. The clerics said that Nigeria needed a politician in the calibre of Tinubu to become the next president of the country. The clergymen stated this in […]
The Nigerian equity market, last week, defied the usual Easter lull to sustain gains for the four trading sessions as the all-share index (ASI) and market capitalisation appreciated by two per cent to close the week at 47,558.45 and N25.64 trillion respectively. Similarly, all other indices, finished higher except NGX Asem, NGX Growth […]