Governorship candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) Waziri Yakubu Gobir has officially stepped down for the incumbent Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, saying this is in the interest of the state. In a statement he issued after a brief meeting with the Governor, Gobir said he has had extensive deliberations with...
Says donations well documented Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of ongoing rehabilitation works at the Maiduguri Monday market which was engulfed by fire on Sunday, February 26, 2023. Zulum made this known today (Tuesday) when he paid an assessment visit to the market,...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has commended the outgoing British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms. Catriona Laing, for her selfless service and collaborative efforts with the Nigerian Parliament during her 5-year assignment in the country. Gbajabiamila said during her term, Ms. Catriona provided a lot...
All the ward chairmen, women leaders, youth leaders, and members of the executives of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) across the 52 wards of Kwara Central have on Tuesday night declared their total support for the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday's gubernatorial election, Alhaji...
Funding by AfDB, France, Islamic Devp. Bank, BOI for young Nigerians ages 15-35 VP calls on African Governments, private sector to invest more in innovation, targeting job creation AfDB President commends VP’s dynamic leadership, says “you are an amazing leader in our nation, you are very focused, very...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has asked residents of the state, especially marketers, to collect and spend the old and new naira notes as both are still legal tenders in the country. “Per the judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the latest circular of the Central Bank of...
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday, reserved judgment in an appeal filed by Mr Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against a judgment of the tribunal which invalidated his election as governor of Osun. The three-member panel led by Justice M. F. Shuaibu, after listening to counsel...
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not need his directives before it complies with the Supreme Court ruling which extended the validity of the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes to December 31, 2023. Buhari broke silence on Monday over penultimate Friday’s decision of...
The governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, has said that he did not loot Kaduna treasury to buy a house in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) just like some other governors did. He said he had one house in Unguwan Sarki when he became governor and that is the...
As NDLEA intercepts heroin, skunk in deep freezers, cooking gas cylinders at Lagos airport, Idiroko destroys 39.8 hectares of cannabis farms in Edo, Ondo A rehabilitated ex-fighter of the Boko Haram terror group, Alayi Madu and the traditional ruler of Kajola, a border community between Ondo and Edo state,...