APC notifies INEC of February 26 national convention
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has officially notified the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its national convention fixed to take place on February 26. The party in a letter dated February 2 and addressed to the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu; Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Mai Mala Buni, and […]
Reps fail to sit as Speaker adjourns plenary in anger
The House of Representatives failed to sit on Thursday following the absence of order paper, which made Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila angrily adjourn plenary till next week. Gbajabiamila had arrived at the Chamber around 11.20 am and was unhappy over certain developments. First, the absence of order paper, and second, with the Clerk of the House […]
FG has uncovered 96 Boko Haram, ISWAP financiers, says Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism across the country, the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said on Thursday. According to him, terrorism financiers uncovered were majorly those sponsoring Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). The minister stated this during a press conference on the administration’s […]
Ekiti polytechnic releases dress code for students, bans face cap, earrings, others
The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State has released a new dress code that may render the wardrobes of some of their students obsolete. In a banner placed in front of the school gate, the management banned a wide range of fashion choices common amongst its students. It warned that the listed items and forms of […]
Unknown gunmen kill retired Police Assistant Commissioner In Imo
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have murdered a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police in Imo state, Christian Kpatuma. The retired police officer cum lawyer was, on Wednesday, killed at his residence in Agwa, Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. The indigenes have since been thrown into mourning following the gruesome murder of the ACP, popularly […]
Boko Haram recruits more than 8,000 children to fight in Nigeria’s North-East
The Boko Haram insurgents have recruited no fewer than 8,000 children in fighting the war against Nigeria since the start of the Boko Haram crisis in the North-East in 2009. The revelation was made on Wednesday in Abuja, when the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) jointly with the National Agency for the […]
Abdulsalami decries insecurity in Nigeria, says people slaughtered without cause
Former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar has expressed concerns over the level of insecurity in Nigeria, decrying that people, old and young are being slaughtered without a cause. According to him, the country is facing a very hard time security-wise, with a war front everywhere. Abdulsalami stated this at the 38th Founders Day and 30th […]
2023 presidency: Babangida pledges support for Saraki
Former military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, has announced his support for the former Senate president Bukola Saraki ahead of the 2023 presidential race. Saraki had last week announced his ambition to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in office. While speaking on the reason for his support for Saraki, Babangida said the Kwara born politician […]
Lagos to close down Marina Roads for Ernest Shonekan’s burial
The Lagos State Government has declared that all adjoining and feeder roads leading to Marina would be cordoned off to allow easy access for guests that would be attending the burial service for the late former Head of Interim Government, Ernest Shonekan. It said that the roads would be locked down for 13 hours and […]
Crisis in Bayelsa APC remains as Sylva shuns committee’s directive
The hope of seeing the crisis in the Bayelsa chapter of the All Progressives Congress end remains elusive as the Minister of State for Petroleum, Chief Timipre Sylva and his camp failed to honour the recommendations of the National Reconciliation Committee. It was learnt that the committee met with the two factions of the party […]