A public commentator in Zamfara State, Alhaji Ahmed Bakare, has said the Southwest must take some blame for the security and economic crisis Nigeria is passing through. While speaking to DAILY POST on Tuesday in Gusau, the state capital, Bakare said Nigeria had never witnessed so much insecurity and the economic downturn as the degree…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Tunde Bank-Anthony, says the presidential candidate of the ruling party for the 2023 elections, Bola Tinubu, cannot claim glory for the successes recorded by the administrations of former governors Babatunde Fashola (also known as BRF) and Akinwunmi Ambode.“The people that succeeded Asiwaju (Tinubu), BRF succeeded him and his eight…
High-ranking Boko Haram commanders, including Abou Hauwa, (Munzir) Amir Shettima, Akura Buri (Nakif), Abou Zainab, Abou Idris are said to have been eliminated. Nigerian troops fighting against insurgency in the Northeast took the fight to Boko Haram fighters’ enclave in Borno State and bombed them all during a funeral organised by the terrorists. The troops…
An All Progressives Congress group, the South-West Grand Alliance For Tinubu-Shettima 2023, has said that though APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, did not found Lagos State, he transformed the state with his “blueprint”. The group’s Executive Director, Wole Badmus, said this on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Wednesday. “Nobody is claiming that Tinubu is…
The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may decide the fate of Senator Iyorchia Ayu, its embattled national chairman, as it meets today in what may be a stormy session. There is a sharp division among the NEC members ahead of today’s meeting. While some NEC members from the South argued that…
The Gombe State Police Command on Wednesday paraded five female friends for alleged criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide for killing their friend over a male lover. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Mahid Mu’azu Abubakar, said one Yaya Ma’aji of Chilo village in Akko LGA of the state, on September 9, reported to the police that five…
The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 30 suspects in connection with the ongoing cult clash that have claimed the lives of three persons in the Gboko Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the clash involving rival cult groups was causing unrest that had been threatening the lives and property of…
Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, the daughter of Nigerian nationalist and statesman, Obafemi Awolowo has alleged of plot to get rid of Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, if he wins the 2023 election. She alleged that there was a plot to get rid of Tinubu and install his running mate, Kashim Shettima as President….
A new report released on Tuesday by a frontline pro-democracy think tank, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has said insecurity in the Northwest may impact on the performance of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu in the 2023 elections. The organisation, however, noted that the secessionist agitations in the southeast could reduce…
About 17 governorship candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party met with the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, behind closed doors on Tuesday. The candidates were said to have arrived Port Harcourt at about 8pm and immediately went into the meeting with their host. A source from Government House, Port Harcourt, said the governorship hopefuls from Katsina, Sokoto,…