THE Anambra State government has dissolved the controversial caretaker committees of 30 markets in the state with immediate effect and replaced the leadership of two other ones whose elections were flawed. Most markets in the commercial city of Onitsha, Nnewi, Read more…
Haldu Hananiya, a former Nigerian ambassador to the United Kingdom, has given some insider’s insights into the failed attempt by then Muhammadu Buhari-led military regime to abduct an exiled Nigerian Second Republic minister, Umaru Dikko, in London. Mr Hananiya, a retired Read more…
There seem to be possible regrouping of militants in Niger Delta region as one of the recalcitrant militant groups, has openly declared their support for the national leader of All Progressive Congress (APC) and 2023 presidential aspirant, Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Read more…
Five PDP northern aspirants on Friday joined 12 others for screening for the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled for May 28. The 17 presidential hopefuls are a former vice president, Atiku Abubakar and two former Senate Read more…
A former President of the Senate, Senator Ken Nnamani has joined the Presidential race to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.Disclosing this while speaking with Journalists in Abuja, the former Senate President said he would improve on President Buhari’s legacies.Nnamani Read more…
ormer Lagos State governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has picked the party Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms ahead of the presidential convention of the ruling party. Member of the House of Representatives, Read more…
At least five cruise missiles struck Kiev on Thursday evening, President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed, accusing Moscow of carrying out the strike to deliberately “humiliate” the United Nations as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the Ukrainian capital. “This says a lot about Russia’s true attitude Read more…
In the aftermath of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, some Russian banks were banned from SWIFT, the Belgium-based messaging service that lets banks around the world communicate about cross-border transactions. The ban has hampered cross-border transactions for Russia’s trade and financial Read more…
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State who emerged as one of the northern Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) consensus candidates picked by the Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida-led arrangement, has defended the process, insisting that the former military president never tried to Read more…
Former Deputy President of the Senate, and foremost governorship aspirant in Enugu State, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has successfully undergone the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) screening for governorship aspirants. Ekweremadu, who was received by the National Vice Chairman (South East), Chief Read more…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Thursday, said leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will rally behind anyone who emerges as the party’s presidential candidate after its presidential primaries. According to him, all stakeholders in the Read more…
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a bail application filed by ASP Bawa James, a co-defendant in the drug trafficking case brought against the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others. In his ruling on Read more…