‘Vote Atiku for president, Jandor for Lagos governor,’ Funke Akindele woos Lagos youths

The deputy governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state, Funke Akindele, has urged Lagos youths to vote for PDP’s presidential candidate and governorship candidate in the state during the upcoming general election. Akindele gave the charge at a youth programme organised by the Lagos Youths Movement (LYM) in the Alimosho area of Lagos yesterday. She said a vote for the Lagos PDP governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran, also known as Jandor, is...

Avoid protests, focus on election’, Shehu Sani advises Nigerians

A former lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has advised Nigerians to focus on the upcoming election rather than staging protests over the naira and fuel scarcity in the country. Sani, who represented Kaduna Central senatorial district in the 8th National Assembly, made this known via his Twitter page on Wednesday. He also urged the southeast to resist any sit-at-home order that is geared towards boycotting elections in the region. Sani tweeted, “The general public must avoid any...

Naira Redesign: S/Court joins Katsina, Lagos, Cross Rivers, 4 other states in suit against FG

… As Bayelsa, Edo States joined as respondents The Supreme Court has on Wednesday, joined the Attorneys General of Katsina, Lagos, Cross Rivers, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti, and Sokoto States as co-plaintiffs in the suit challenging the Naira redesign policy of the Federal Government. The seven states had through their AGs applied to be joined in the suit. Three states of Northern extraction, namely, Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara, had in a motion ex-parte filed on February...

No consideration should be given to postpone election, no matter the challenges, Ex-Minister Warns

Former Minister of Communications and General Officer Commanding (GOC) Third Armoured Division Nigerian Army, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (Rtd) has warned that no consideration should be given to plot by anti-democratic forces to postpone the 2023 presidential election, no matter the challenge. In a press statement on Wednesday, Olanrewaju said that postponing the February 25th election would lead to a low turnout of voters, and genuine winners will not emerge since the enthusiasm to come...

NHRC Raises Alarm Over Strange Deaths Among Trafficked Children

The strange deaths among trafficked children in Plateau state have become a great concern to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The Director of the Commission in Plateau State, Grace Pam, while speaking at a one-day workshop in Jos, organized by the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Center (RULAAC), noted that some parents willingly offered their children to be trafficked. “We have found out that in some local governments in Plateau State, parents willingly...

More than 150 Nigerians Repatriated From Niger Republic

More than 150 voluntary Nigerian returnees were repatriated from Niamey, Niger Republic, and received by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The returnees included 98 male adults, 11 male children, two male infants and 24 female adults, 13 female children, and two female infants. The repatriation of the returnees was facilitated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) arrived in a chartered aircraft operated by Sky Mali,...

President Buhari bags chieftaincy title in Imo

The Imo state traditional council honoured President Muhammadu Buhari with a chieftaincy title in Owerri yesterday. The chairman of the traditional rulers’ council, Eze Imo, Dr Emmanuel Okeke, supported by other monarchs in the state, conferred the ‘Nwanne di na mba’ (a relation in another land) title on the president. President Buhari was in the state to campaign for the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. The president thanked the traditional council for...

Embrace mainstream politics for economic development, Atiku urges Enugu people

…says he’s stepping stone to Igbo presidency The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has urged the Enugu people embrace mainstream politics to be able to enjoy prosperity, economic development, peace and security. Atiku also insisted that he’s the Stepping stone to the Igbo presidency. Speaking at the PDP presidential campaign rally in Enugu State on Tuesday, Atiku said that Enugu has been PDP from inception and is still PDP today...

Sowunmi’s call for Bode George’s arrest sign of frustration – Edwards

Olusegun Edwards, the Special Adviser on Media to the former Deputy National  Chairman of the  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  Chief Olabode George has described  the call by Segun Sowunmi, former Spokesman to presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, for the arrest of Chief Olabode George as a sign of frustration and disillusionment over his loss, in his failed bid to become  the Governorship candidate of  PDP in Ogun State. Reacting to what he described...

Peter Obi will get 80% of Nasarawa State votes – state coordinator

Mr. Wilson Kingsley the Nasarawa State coordinator for Peter Obi global ambassador and secretary mobilisation for 1million man march for Peter Obi in the state has given an assurance that the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi will get 80 percent of Nasarawa State votes in the 2023 presidential election. Kingsley made this known on Tuesday in Lafia  when he spoke to journalists at the Labour Party’s secretariat in Lafia the Nasarawa State capital....

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