2023 General Elections: Shift The Power To South -Governor Masari

Ahead of 2023 general elections in Nigeria, Katsina state governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has reiterated his position on power shift to the southern part of the country. Masari stated this on Tuesday while responding to questions from Journalists during a media parley held at his residence said it would help consolidate the nation’s confederation system. “Let me make my position very clear. This constitution is made for us, not us made for the constitution. Yes,...

Fire Outbreak In Enugu State Broadcasting Service 

The Enugu State Broadcasting Service, ESBS, a state owned television and radio broadcasting company located at Independence layout, Enugu near Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Tuesday morning would have been razed down but for the timely intervention of the State fire service. The fire incident which started at about 6:30am affected an office but was stopped from spreading to other parts of the complex by experienced firefighters. Although the exact cause of the outbreak...

Gold Mine Collapses, Kills Over 30 In Sudan

At least 31 miners were killed and eight missing in Sudan on Tuesday when a rudimentary gold mine collapsed, a government official said. The disaster occurred near Nuhud, a town about 500 kilometres (310 miles) west of Khartoum, said Khaled Dahwa, the head of the state-run Mineral Resources Company in West Kordofan. “Thirty-one traditional miners were killed because of a mine collapsing,” he told AFP, adding one person survived and eight others were still missing....

Obasanjo Counters Clark in Open Letter, Says Oil Belongs to Nigeria, Not Niger Delta

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has clarified that oil found in the Niger Delta region belonged to Nigeria constitutionally. He said this while reacting to allegations raised by Niger Delta elder, Chief Edwin Clark, in an open letter written about a week ago. In a six-page letter, Obasanjo claimed that he was wrongly accused. The former president noted that his comments on the issue at a forum convened by the Global Peace Foundation and Vision Africa...

National Assembly transmits 2022 budget to Buhari

The National Assembly has submitted the 2022 budget to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. The clerk to the national assembly, Ojo Amos, signed the accompanying letter presented to the president on Friday. The President had presented the 2022 budget to the national assembly in October and the house of representatives and senate passed the appropriation bill on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. “In consonance with the provisions of the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2, Laws of...

APC, PDP trade words over attack on venue of PDP congress

Supporters of the Deputy Governor of Zamfara State, Mahadi Ali-Gusau, have alleged that the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) masterminded an attack on the venue of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) congress. Some hoodlums had attacked the PDP congress venue, destroying facilities meant for the conduct of the congress. The attacked occurred on Monday at Samaru in Gusau, the Zamfara capital. Aminu Gyangyam, the principal private secretary to the deputy governor, posited that...

NEDC To Promote Peace Through Sporting Activities

To ensure peace in insurgency ravaged communities, the North East Development Commission (NEDC) said it will continue to promote sporting activities among displaced persons. Mr Mohammed Akali, Managing Director of the commission stated this at the closing ceremony of sports competition and Game’s master’s workshop for IDPs at the Elkanemi Warriors sports center, Maiduguri. Alkali explained that the competition was organised to engage the youths in sporting events and to discover talents at the grassroots...

Thugs Attack Zamfara PDP Congress Venue, Burn Voting Materials

Some political thugs have invaded the designated venue for the congress of the People’s Democratic Party (DP) in Zamfara, few hours to the commencement of the exercise. The programme initially slated for the Zaitun Oil mill, behind State Pilgrim Board has been moved to the Command Guest House in Gusau, the state capital. Channels Television gathered that the thugs invaded the venue in the early hours of Monday and destroyed the voting materials, nomination forms, two...

Malami Explains Why Buhari Won’t Sign The Electoral Amendment Bill Into Law

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has given reasons why the President, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), would not sign the new electoral law insisting that the law has not captured the interest of all Nigerians. He stated this in a phone-in program on Radio Kano while responding to questions on Sunday. He said the new electoral law has an excessive cost implication, is discriminatory, as well as supportive...

Imo Government Apologizes to Anglican Church Over the Manner of Arrest of Uche Nwosu

The Imo State Government on Monday apologised to the public over how Chief Uche Nwosu was arrested during a church service at the St Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama Obaire in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, said that the governor and the government of the state held the Anglican Church and the church of God in general in high...

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