The governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic Party in Lagos State, Abdul-Azeez Adediran also known as Jandor, has said that Igbo people in the state deserve respect and protection for their immense contribution to the development of the state. Adediran, in company of his running mate, Funke Akindele and other PDP leaders, made the remark at…
The federal government says over $1.88 billion (N869 billion) is needed to conduct the 2023 population and housing census, IGBERETV reports. Nigeria’s last census was held in 2006. In 2022, the federal government announced that it would conduct the census in April 2023 after the elections. Speaking at a high-level partner engagement in Abuja on Monday,…
A support group of the governing All Progressives Congress, APC Youths Sentinel has advised the national leadership of the party to zone the office of the Senate President of the 10th Senate to the Southeast geopolitical zone to reduce the separatist agitation in the region. The group said this has become important in order to…
contemplated by some high-profile members of the National Assembly made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, Vanguard learnt yesterday.The agenda of the meeting is the constitution of the leadership of the national parliament which principally falls on the presiding officers of both chambers. Recall that Vanguard had over the weekend exclusively reported that…
There were rowdy sessions in many Catholic parishes in the Enugu metropolis, on Sunday as parishioners booed their parish priests for openly campaigning for the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Peter Mbah against other candidates. The parishioners who chided their priests and vigorously opposed the campaign for a particular candidate using the altar…
Dear Fellow Eti-Osa Resident, It is my pleasure and privilege to write this letter to you as we approach the Governorship Election taking place this week, on Saturday, March I I 2023. As your Governor for the last four years, I am asking you to please join hands with us to continue this special journey…
Alhassan Ado Doguwa, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, who is being tried on five counts, was granted bail on Monday by a federal high court in Kano State. Charges include criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, illegal firearm possession, mischief, and inciting a riot. Following an exparte application for the enforcement of rights of…
Chris Aburime, press secretary to Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, has dismissed an allegation of a plot to assassinate Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP). A message has gone viral on social media claiming that Soludo has been offered money to assassinate Obi. “Hold Soludo Responsible If Anything Happens To Peter Obi,”…
Legal icon Wole Olanipekun and 49 other lawyers have offered to defend the victory of President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Election Tribunal.The Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and one-time President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is leading the team of legal giants. The lawyers are waiting to be served with the petitions…
2023 ELECTIONS: POLICE WARN FAKE NEWS PURVEYORS AND MISCHIEF-MAKERS – Reassure electorate of optimal security The Lagos State Police Command is not unaware of malicious, inciting, provocative and seditious contents being circulated all over the social media with intent to cause panic, disharmony and unrest within Lagos State.While the Command has begun investigating this scaremongering…