The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo, Mr. Johnson Alalibo, said nine political parties have so far concluded their party primaries and are set to contest the forthcoming governorship election scheduled for Sept. 19, in the state. Alalibo disclosed this on Thursday at the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium venue for the People’s Democratic Party’s primary in Benin. Alalibo who was at the stadium to monitor the PDP primary stated that about 15 political parties notified the...
The newly inaugurated Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Mai Mala Buni, has pledged to restore sanity and ensure justice for all members of the party. Buni, who is also the governor of Yobe, made the pledge when he fielded questions from State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday. He said: “As a former two-term National Secretary of the APC, I know the party very well and it is all about...
President Muhammadu Buhari has advised members of the governing party, All Progressives Congress (APC), to withdraw all pending litigations against one another, and settle for internal conciliation. The president, who gave the advice at an emergency virtual meeting of the party’s National Working Committee (NEC), in Abuja on Thursday warned that the mutating disagreements could lead to self-destruction, with dire consequences. He further warned that the gains of the party could be reversed as conflicts...
Nigeria has expressed satisfaction over the moves by the Government of Ghana to address the demolition of the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Accra. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, told newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, that the government had taken note of the efforts of President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo and Ghanaian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Shirley Ayokor Botchwey to calm the situation. He however expressed concerns that reports...
The Federal Government has evacuated 167 Nigerians from South Africa and are now enroute to Nigeria, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama said. Onyeama in a series of tweets on his handle @GeoffreyOnyeama, said that the Nigerians had already departed the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. “The evacuees who are returning onboard AirPeace, are to first arrive the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport before proceeding to Lagos. “Evacuation Update: @flyairpeace conveying 167 Nigerians just...
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the death of former Governor of Oyo State, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi, as a national tragedy. The party said this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, on Thursday in Abuja. Ologbondiyan said the death of the immediate former Acting National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was a huge loss not just to the APC but the entire nation....
The Ghanaian government on Thursday reiterated its commitment to restoring to its original state, the residential building of the Nigerian High Commission in Ghana that was demolished a few days ago following an attack. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that armed men had attacked the mission on Friday night and demolished the official residence of the High Commission of Nigeria, which was under construction. Mrs Shirley Ayokor Botchewey, Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs...
Air Peace says it has begun shakedown flights of several of its fleets of aircraft, as the resumption of domestic flight operations drew closer. Spokesperson of the airline, Stanley Olisa said in a statement on Thursday in Lagos, that the shakedown flights were part of measures the airline had developed to guarantee safety of both passengers and crew when operations resumed. Olisa said the aircraft had been in storage mode for a couple of months...
Nigeria has again taken the big brother posturing that is of no significance whatsoever to the country’s reputation and international relevance especially within the African region. ──Ebuka Onyekwelu Nigeria’s territorial integrity has been violated by Ghana in a most crude and unmistaken manner. That demolition of Nigeria’s property within Nigeria’s High Commission in Ghana is a big slap to Nigeria and it is important that it is seen for what it is; a deliberate attempt...
Senegalese President Macky Sall has self-isolated himself for two weeks as a precaution after coming into contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19, the presidential office said on Thursday. Seydou Gueye, the president’s adviser in charge of communications, said that Sall had taken the COVID-19 test after being exposed to coronavirus. The results came back negative. “However, following the doctors’ recommendations on this issue, the president has been isolated for two weeks,...
