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,...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, yesterday (Friday) paid visits to families of over 30 fishermen killed by Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday at Mukdolo village in Ngala Local Government Area (LGA), some kilometers away from Dikwa. Zulum was in Dikwa town where the fishermen lived and from where they...
Charges Police, DSS to Investigate INEC Boss for alleged Electoral Offences Demands International Sanctions for Undermining Democracy The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has further reviewed the widely-condemned infractions, brazen violation of the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022 and criminal manipulation and alteration of election results by the Prof....
A huge crowd of supporters grounded human and vehicular movement in Ibadan on Wednesday, staging a walk in support of the Gubernatorial candidate of the People's Democratic Party, Governor Seyi Makinde. The crowd included Nigerian youths, Teachers, Civil Servants, Traders, Artisans, motor dealers among others. The enthusiastic supporters of Governor Seyi...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers says he did not support the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi overtly at the Feb. 25 election because nobody discussed Igbo presidency with him. Publicity Secretary of Ohaneze Ndigbo Worldwide, Dr Alex Ogbonnia stated on Friday in Enugu that Wike made...
The All Progressives Congress, APC, said it respected the decision of INEC to postpone the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections from March 11 to 18. Felix Morka, APC National Publicity Secretary, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the postponement of the election followed the...
The Supreme Court has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to replace Ibrahim Shekarau with Rufai Hanga as the Kano Central senatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP. In a judgment delivered Friday by Justice Uwani Abba-Aji, the Supreme Court upheld the judgement of the Court of...
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has commissioned the newly built sixty-bed capacity hospital in Gombi LGA. The Governor has also commissioned the 3.2km old bypass road in Gombi awarded in 2016 by the then Government. At the ceremony in Gombi on Thursday, Governor Fintiri said the hospital will provide referral services to...
No fewer than 19 shops and one mosque were destroyed in a fire outbreak at Kasuwar Rimi Market in Kano in the early hours of Wednesday. The State Fire Service confirmed the incident through a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi. According to Abdullahi, the service received...