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The absence of the governors on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and some key members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) in Yola has reflected how the crisis rocking the party is weakening the presidential movement of the presidential candidate of the party in 2023, Atiku Abubakar. The PDP […]
The Nigerian electricity workers have suspended their nationwide strike, which led to a total blackout in different parts of the country. The electricity workers under the joint umbrella of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEC) agreed to suspend the industrial action, following […]
Emirates Airlines has announced the suspension of its flights from Nigeria with effect from September 1, 2022. The airline’s decision was due to the inability to repatriate its funds from Nigeria. Recall that the airline had in a leaked letter to the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, said it would reduce its […]
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday described the positions of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on the controversial $418 million Paris Club contractors’ fee as “fraudulent and self-serving.” The NGF Chairman and governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, disclosed the position of the forum in […]
Anambra Police Command has arrested the suspended transition committee chairman of Nnewi North Local Government Area Mbazulike Iloka over the death of his wife. Anambra Police spokesman Ikenga Tochukwu confirmed the development to TheNation on Wednesday. He said the Command, through the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), was conducting further investigations to know what […]
Nigeria Police Force in Nasarawa has confirmed the abduction of the Commissioner of Information, Culture, and Tourism in the State, Mr. Yakubu Lawal. Lawan was kidnapped by gunmen in Nasarawa Eggon at his residence which is at the headquarters of Nasarawa Eggon Local government area of the state. The incident happened on Monday, […]
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has alleged that some aggrieved losers in the Rivers state People Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary for 2023 governorship which produced former State Account General, Sim Fubara as a candidate are now leading an Abuja plot for his downfall. Wike gave the allegation on Monday during activities to celebrate […]
A Fulani group, Coalition of Fulbe Professionals in Africa, COFPIA, has distanced itself from a statement credited to the national secretary of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Alhaji Alhasan Salah in which he said that Fulani people would not vote for the candidate of the Labour Party ( LP), Mr. Peter Obi, in the 2023 […]
Notorious kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala aka Wadume has been sentenced by a Federal High Court in Abuja to seven years imprisonment alongside two others. Justice Binta Nyako convicted Wadume of two of the 13-count charges against him and two others. The court also convicted Aliyu Dadje, a police inspector, who was the station […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria has been urged to encourage more privatization of refineries and to resuscitate the four refineries in the country to boost the nation’s oil economy, DailyTrust Reports. Delivering the second inaugural lecture of Fountain University, Osogbo, entitled, “Rethinking North-South Relations: The Resource Perspective,” a Professor of Political Science, Oyegoke […]
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