The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has vowed to eliminate kidnappers and bandits terrorising Kaduna and other northern states. The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has vowed to eliminate kidnappers and bandits terrorising Kaduna and other northern states if elected in 2023. Tinubu…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday denied attacking Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) facilities, saying it has no interest in the 2023 general elections. IPOB stated this in a release issued by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, which was made available to newsmen in Awka, Anambra State capital. He advised security agencies…
A former Commissioner for Information in Edo state, Prince Kassim Afegbua on Tuesday said it will amount to an act of ingratitude for President Muhammadu Buhari not to throw his weight behind the aspiration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general elections. Reacting to reports that the…
President Joe Biden invited thousands to celebrate at the White House on Tuesday as he signed into law gay marriage legislation before a bipartisan crowd that reflects growing acceptance of same-sex unions. The triumphant mood played out against the backdrop of a right-wing backlash over gender issues, which has alarmed gay and transgender people and…
A lifeless body of a young lady has been found along Abakalaki-Njamanze Street within Mile One Diobu in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State. Private parts of the lady including her breasts and genitals had been removed by her killers. A senior police officer at Mile Police Station who confirmed the killing…
The Presidency has alleged that a cartel colluded with some staff of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST), to embezzle money realised from Stamp Duty. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made the allegation on Tuesday, in a response to the challenge thrown at him by a member of the House…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organisation has apologised to the international community “for the shame and embarrassing outing” of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu at Chatham House. Spokesman of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, rendered the apology at a news conference in Asaba on Tuesday. Aniagwu said…
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin and presided over by Justice Ibrahim Yusuf on Tuesday sentenced two students, Abdulazeez Ismail and Ajala Oluwatimileyin, to death for the murder of a 300-level undergraduate of the University of Ilorin, Blessing Olajide. Olajide was raped and killed by the duo on June 2, 2021, at her sister’s…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, yesterday, adopted new measures aimed at guaranteeing adequate fuel supply across the country, by fixing N148 per litre as the price for lifting petrol at depots.It also agreed to supply outstanding stock to independent oil marketers, to end product shortage. This came as the independent marketers said they…
THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN warned in Abuja, yesterday, that those abusing the naira were liable to go to jail, noting that the law banning the “spraying’’ and the stepping on the naira, especially at social gatherings is still in force and offenders are liable to six months imprisonment or a fine of N50,000.Section 21(3)…