The Oodua People’s Congress(OPC) has warned that the Sunday’s attack on worshippers of St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, is sign of imminent war in the South West. In a statement by the publicity secretary of the organisation, Yinka Read more…
Six presidential aspirants from the South-east have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to name one of them as his preferred presidential candidate ahead of voting at the ongoing national convention of the party in Abuja. The aspirants who made the call in a Read more…
Three of the presidential aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have withdrawn from the race and declared their support for the ex-Lagos State Governor, Bola Tinubu. Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, ex-Akwa Ibom State Governor Godswill Akpabio, and ex-Ogun State Read more…
Russia and its allies have made more progress towards fully capturing the Donbass, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu reported on Tuesday. Some 15 communities were recently taken, including Svyatogorsk – the town where Ukrainian forces allegedly torched a wooden church Read more…
The authorities of the Kherson Region believe that the territory will most probably decide to follow in Crimea’s footsteps with respect to the idea of reunification with Russia, the deputy chief of the Kherson Region’s military-civilian administration, Kirill Stremousov, told Read more…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has condemned the attack and killing of innocent worshippers at St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owaluwa in Owo, Ondo State, on Sunday by gunmen. The IGP has also ordered a full-scale investigation Read more…
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 15 suspects in connection with the killing and burning of a vigilante member, Ahmad Usman, in Lugbe, Abuja. FCT Police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the arrest of the suspects followed ongoing investigations into the Read more…
A former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, has announced his withdrawal from the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primary. Nnamani, at a press briefing yesterday in Abuja, said his decision stemmed from the fact that the South East was relegated to Read more…
Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed may have reconciled with the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar after losing the presidential primaries, promising to work for the success of Atiku in 2023. Governor Mohammed, who refused to Read more…
Hours before the start of the APC convention, President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with governors of northern states who are members of the ruling party, APC. The meeting is being held at the State House in Abuja, PREMIUM TIMES learnt. The Read more…
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has opposed Senate President Ahmad Lawan as the APC consensus candidate. According to Ohanaeze, Lawan lacks the national acceptance and electoral integrity to defeat PDP’s candidate Atiku Abubakar and Labour Party’s candidate Mr Peter Obi. Ohanaeze stated this Read more…
Barely two hours after other members of the All Progressives Congress National Working Committee rejected the party national chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu’s announcement of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, as consensus presidential candidate, the former Nasarawa State Governor gave instructions to Read more…