BON condemns Attack on Atlantic Television

…seeks deployment of security to broadcast houses The Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) has condemned the attacks and destruction of the Atlantic Television Network and Wish 99.5 FM stations in Port-Harcourt, the River State capital in the early hours of today. A statement by the Executive Secretary of BON, Dr. Yemisi Bamgbose, described the attack as callous, barbaric and highly uncivilized. He said, “Any attack on any media organisation is an attack on the entire...

2023: Shun money politics, vote for credible candidates, Archbishop  Chukwuma advises electorate

Most Rev. Emmanuel Chukwuma, the Archbishop, Province of Enugu and Bishop Enugu Diocese Anglican Communion has advised the electorate to vote for credible candidates and shun moment politics in the forthcoming general elections. He expressed optimism that the 2023 general elections have the capacity to restore Nigeria to greatness, if her people would shun money politics and vote with sincere heart. Chukwuma stated this while speaking to newsmen shortly after his Lenten Service at the...

Ohanaeze berates women wing for endorsing Atiku

Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide has berated the women wing of the socio-political organisation for endorsing the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar Dr. Chiedozie Alex Ogbonnia, the National Publicity Secretary, Ohaneze Ndigbo in a press statement on Wednesday noted that Ohanaeze Ndigbo vehemently dissociates itself from such an unwarranted unconscionable and subversive endorsement of Atiku Abubakar. The statement reads “The attention of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has been drawn to a recent publication by the...

Election Day: IGP bans vehicular movement

…Reaffirms ban on VIP aides, escorts, quasi-security participation The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered a restriction of all forms of vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation, from 12 am to 6 pm on election day with the exception of those on essential services such as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials, electoral observers, ambulances responding to medical emergencies, firefighters etcetera. CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi , in a...

2023: Commonwealth warns Nigerians against electoral violence

Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland, the Commonwealth Secretary General, has warned Nigerians against allowing those bent on leading the country into violence in the 2023 general elections. Scotland, who led a high level delegation to Geoffrey Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, noted that Nigeria has inspired the rest of the world by its fortitude and resolve to remain on the path of peace. While recalling her meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in 2016...

Health: Lassa fever kills 85 people in Nigeria in six weeks

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported that Lassa Fever has killed no fewer than 85 persons in Nigeria in the first six weeks of 2023. Confirming this on Monday in its latest epidemiological report, the NCDC said that the case fatality rate (CFR) was at 16.0 percent which was lower than the CFR for the same period in 2022 (16.5 percent). According to NCDC, so far, 20 states have recorded at least...

2023 Presidential election is between Obi and Tinubu – Sen. Adeyemi

The senator representing Kogi-West Senatorial District, Smart Adeyemi has stated that the Saturday’s presidential election will be contested between two major candidates, Peter Obi of the Labour Party, and Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) The lawmaker noted that the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar is not in the race and therefore should not expect anything from Nigerians. He said that Peter Obi was to emerge...

2023: Endorsement of Peter Obi is sacrosanct  – PANDEF

…Asks Nigerians to disregard purported youth wing rejection Of Obi’s endorsement The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has affirmed that the endorsement of Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party by the Forum is Sacrosanct and Asked Nigerians to disregard the purported rejection of Obi’s endorsement by the non-existent youths of the Forum. Ken Robinson, the National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF in a press statement on Monday stressed that the report is borne...

2023: Yoruba, south-west leaders of thought declare support for Tinubu

Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, stakeholders in the South-West geopolitical zone have agreed that the region should produce the next president, even as they continue to drum up support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The position of the region was made known at the Yoruba and South-West Leaders Of Thought Summit, tagged: “All Progressives Congress Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Interacts With Yoruba and South-West Leaders...

2023: We won’t disappoint Nigeria, International community, Prof Yakubu promises

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has promised Nigerians and the international community that the commission will not disappoint them in its resolve to deliver a credible poll on February 25. Yakubu made the promise when he received the Commonwealth Election Observation Mission to Nigeria for the 2023 general elections, led by former South African President Thabo Mbeki. He said that the commission, working with the security agencies, political...

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