The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, has said presidential candidate whose health was shrouded in secrecy should not be taken seriously. His media adviser, Paul Ibe, was reacting to the comments made against his principal by the presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at an interactive session…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has perfected arrangements to deliver the states votes to an opposition party in the 2023 presidential election, Daily Independent has gathered. Concerted efforts by stakeholders in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to resolve the lingering crisis between Atiku Abubakar, the party’s presidential candidate and Wike has failed to yield the desired results as the…
Bola Tinubu, the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate has revealed the name RCCG leader, Pastor Enoch Adeboye gave him.The cleric is the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), one of the biggest pentecostal churches in the world. In a trending video, Tinubu narrated how Adeboye called him Abraham when his wife, Remi,…
The Federal Government yesterday adduced reasons it has not obeyed the judgement of the Court of Appeal that ordered the release of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, from detention. Government in a fresh affidavit filed before the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, maintained that Kanu posed a flight…
Operatives of Sharia police, Hisbah, Kano State Commission and the Sharia Board have impounded three vehicles laden with 5,800 bottles of beer. This was contained in the statement made on Monday by Commander-General of the Hisbah Board, Harun Ibn-Sina, in Kano while inspecting the impounded vehicles at the Hisbah office. According to the board’s spokesman,…
The Federal Government may have begun moves to tackle the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over its visa ban and flight restriction against Nigeria. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele yesterday expressed displeasure over the decision of the UAE to impose a visa ban on Nigerians as well as stop Emirates Airline from flying…
An acting clip of the son of presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, Gregory Oseloka Obi, has caused a stir on social media. This is coming after the spokesman of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) Festus Keyamo (SAN) challenged Peter Obi to urge his son, Oseloka to organize a campaign march in…
Two ladies and two men wanted in connection with over 16,000 kilograms (16 tons) of illicit drugs intercepted in Lagos, Abuja and Netherlands top the list of arrests by operatives of the National Drug law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in parts of the country in the past week. In Lagos, anti-narcotics officers who have been on the…
This thread has two videos of a member of the APC in Kano. He talks about Tinubu’s visit 2 Kano yesterday saying the treatment Tinubu got was an expression of the people’s anger at the APC. They collected his money but refused to go out to welcome him. Q: Do you mean APC should not be…
Salman Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York, according to a published report. Literary agent Andrew Wylie told the Spanish language newspaper El…