Canadian Prime minister Justin Trudeau calls China’s close encounter with Canadian warplanes ‘provocative’. Trudeau has denounced Beijing’s “irresponsible and provocative” actions after a recent encounter in international airspace over Asia. The incident, in which Canadian aircraft deployed in Japan encountered, and in some cases had to avoid colliding with, Chinese jets, has again raised tensions…
Governors who are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have submitted the names of five presidential aspirants to President Muhammadu Buhari to select a consensus candidate from, Daily Trust reliably gathered this morning. A reliable source told this paper that the governors submitted the names in the early hours of Tuesday. The names, according…
PETER OBI BRUISED MY EGO!When people say Peter obi has no structure, I tell them I am one of his structures.Several years ago, as one of the popular evangelist in Africa, I move around at airports with lots of people as my entourage.#PeterObi4President2023#ConscienceRally One day I was traveling back to lagos from Abuja, they had…
An Nsukka Lady, Stephanie Ajibo Olitex who survived the Owo attack celebrates her birthday today. Her testimonyWe were inside the church when they started shooting from the outside. People at the back started running towards the altar. Some jumped fence, our priest escaped through the sacristy with the help of our catechist. By the time…
Leader of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, said he warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leader and frontline presidential aspirant of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, against supporting President Muhammadu Buhari. He spoke to Daily Trust against the backdrop of the controversy generated by his comment last Thursday in Abeokuta…
An analysis conducted by Daily Trust after days of talking to key leaders of the APC and studying developments in the party shows former Lagos State Governor, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, taking the lead in terms of support of party juggernauts expected to determine the voting direction of delegates. Ahead of the APC’s national convention holding…
According to an investigation, five northern governors have been promised the office of Vice President, prompting some of the governors to push for the zoning of the All Progressive Congress presidential ticket to the South. The investigation reveals that five governors are fervently pushing for the ticket to be zoning to a southern candidate in…
The next 24 hours is crucial to the survival of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Will the ruling party overcome the challenge of picking a presidential candidate without risking an explosion? Monday, the national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, stirred controversy. He announced Senate President Ahmed Lawan as the choice of President Muhammadu Buhari. This was…
NNEWI – In spite of Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo’s effort at providing security for Anambra State, hoodlums believed to be gunmen allegedly struck Sunday evening and abducted about 15 persons near Nkpor. It was gathered that the gunmen reportedly arrived the place at 3 p.m. and held residents and travellers captive while shooting sporadically into…
ON the day of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary election, the race for the ticket has narrowed to a straight contest between four leading aspirants – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, former governor of Lagos State Bola Tinubu, former minister of transportation Rotimi Amaechi and Senate President Ahmad Lawan. The Ekiti State Governor and…