The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said it has approved that the party screening committee should continue the screening exercise for its aspirants for the Edo governorship election. Col. Austin Akobundu (rtd), the PDP National Organising Secretary, who made this known on Friday, said the exercise would continue on Saturday, June 20 at the NWC Hall, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, from 10 a.m. prompt. “The committee is mandated to screen all...
Nigeria has recorded 667 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 19,147. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Friday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 667 new confirmed cases were from 23 states, with six deaths as at June 19. The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. The NCDC said that Lagos...
Edo governorship aspirant, Osagie Ize-Iyamu has mocked Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state, over his exit from the All Progressive Congress. Obaseki’s exit is sequel to his disqualification from the party’s governorship primary over alleged defective certificate. He defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which granted him waiver to seek its ticket for the election. In an interview with The Sun, Ize-Iyamu, an aspirant on the platform of APC said Obaseki attempted to impose...
The Federal Government has rejected the new levels of misrepresentation in the United Kingdom All-Party Parliamentary Group on International Religious Freedom Report on Nigeria. Malam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, made this position known in a statement in Abuja on Friday. The report released by the UK based Group on International Religious Freedom Report on Nigeria on June 15, had alleged that the Nigerian government was allowing...
Three months after the suspension of sittings as a precaution against the COVID-19 pandemic, the ECOWAS Court of Justice is set to resume its sessions on Monday, June 22. A statement issued by the communications department of the court on Friday, said that the sessions are going to be virtual while 10 judgments are proposed to be delivered during the inaugural sitting. Going by the directive of the President of the Court, Hon. Justice Edward...
The Police Command in Plateau has confirmed the kidnapping of Pa Defwan Dariye, father of Chief Joshua Dariye, former Governor of Plateau. ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the old man was kidnapped on Thursday night. He said the nonagenarian was kidnapped at his residence in Mushere, Bokkos Local Government Area of the state. NAN recalls that the father of the...
A faction of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo says it has rejected the Gov. Hope Uzodinma-led committee on the conduct of the party’s primary in the state. The factional Chairman, Anslem Ojezua, made known the rejection in a statement he issued on Friday in Benin. The APC’s National Working Committee (NWC) had earlier constituted the election committee led by the Imo Governor to conduct a direct primary in Edo. “Our attention has...
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has congratulated Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo State for joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying Edo State will be better for his choice. Abubakar, in a statement issued by his Media Aide, Mr Paul Ibe, in Abuja on Friday, welcomed Obaseki to the PDP, which he described as “a truly people’s party.” The PDP presidential candidate in the 2019 elections noted that Obaseki was joining the PDP when...
Maverick Nigerian singer, songwriter and showbiz maestro, Charles Oputa (Charly Boy) has given an insight on how he got his break in Life as he clocks 70. Oputa who is the son of late renowned Jurist, Justice Chukwudifu Oputa, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as he marked his 70 birthday on Friday in Abuja. “My break came somewhere around 1982 when as the then Chief Justice of Imo,...
The Defence Headquarters says Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram terrorists’ tactical command centre and neutralised some of their fighters at Yuwe in the Sambisa Forest area of Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Enenche said the operation was in continuation of air interdiction missions being conducted under the subsidiary ‘Operation Long Reach’ to unhinge...
