The All Progressives Congress APC on Friday night re- presented Pastor Tonye Cole as the preferred flag bearer of the party for the governorship elections in 2023. Cole was the APC candidate in the 2019 governorship election but the party was disallowed by law to field any candidate following unsettled […]
2023: “Katakata” in Northern Nigeria over choice of Saraki, Mohammed.
The selection of two aspirants,Bukola Saraki and Bala Mohammed as consensus candidates for the North on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party( PDP) by the Northern Elders Forum ( NEF) has received reactions from fellow aspirants and supporters. On Friday, Spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum( NEF), Prof. Ango […]
Defection :Court sacks Former Speaker, Yakubu Dogara
A Federal High Court in Abuja has sacked former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara for Defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC.). In his ruling on Friday,presiding Judge,D. I Okorowo said that Mr Dogara’s defection was wrong and meant he […]
Internet Fraudster in Port Harcourt receives 2 years imprisonment
Justice S. D. Pam of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced an internet fraudster, Ochei Andrew, to two years imprisonment for impersonation. He was jailed on Thursday April 21, 2022, after pleading “guilty” to the two count charges preferred against him by […]
FAAN REACTS TO DEATH OF PASSENGER AT ABUJA AIRPORT.
The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria ( FAAN) has explained the circumstances leading to the death of a female passenger at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday. A statement by the Acting General Manage Corporate Affairs,Mrs Faithful A. Hope- Ivbaze reads “The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) […]
ISU-ANIOCHA KILLINGS: POLICE DECLARE 12 WANTED FOR CONSPIRACY, MURDER, ARMED ROBBERY, OTHERS
The Nigeria Police Force has declared wanted twelve (12) persons in connection with a case of conspiracy, murder, armed robbery, act of terrorism, kidnapping, cultism and unlawful possession of firearms, house breaking, burglary, malicious damage, and conduct likely to cause breach of public peace in Isu-Aniocha, Awka North LGA of […]
Police nab suspected IPOB bomb maker in Imo.
The Imo State Police Command says it has arrested and paraded a 50- year old man, Simeon Onigbo,a bomb manufacturer for the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), The Command Spokesman, Michael Abattam disclosed this is reporters in Owerri, the Imo Capital. He said the Command based on credible information […]
Osinachi: FG, States won’t abandon children, family, Women Affairs Minister says.
The Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Talen says the Federal Government will not abandon children and family of late Ekwueme singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu. Speaking at the APC Women’s Leaders Capacity Building Workshop in Abuja, Tallen said her ministry is reaching out to various stakeholders including governors to help the […]
Nigeria’s Presidential Aspirants Ahead of Primaries/Convention in May/June, 2022.
By Goodluck Ikiebe. Presidential Aspirants have begun to pitch their tents in the 18 registered political parties approved by INEC.Here are the list below. APC – 15PDP – 15ADC – 3SDP – 3PRP – 2APGA – 1Accord Party – 1NNPP – 1AAC – 1 A. All Progressives Congress Aspirants Alh. […]
Nigeria’s National Theatre ‘Name-Change’ Sparks Division Among Culture Workers, Scholars.
By Ozoro Opute/Goodluck Ikiebe. The name change of Nigeria’s National Theatre announced by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, from far away Madrid, Spain, came as a rude shock to Nigeria’s culture community when the news filtered in that the beloved but neglected (although now being renovated) […]