Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru has called for reform of the UN Security Council to ensure Africa is represented with permanent seats, arguing that this would enhance global stability. Badaru who addressed the 79th United Nations General Assembly, emphasized Nigeria’s longstanding commitment to international peace and security, stressed the importance of building professional African armies to combat terrorism and urged for operationalizing the African Standby Force. The Summit of the Future interactive dialogue 2 has...

The Chairman of Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission, ENSIEC, Prof. Christian Ngwu has declared the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, winner of all the Chairmanship position in the 17 Local Government Area election held on Saturday. Speaking after the collation of results, the ENSIEC Chairman applauded the conduct of the election saying that it was free and fair. “We carefully collated and analyzed the results to ensure that there were no mistakes,” the Chairman said. At...

The National Leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and Governor of Anambra State, Professor Chukwuma Charles Soludo has taken to the street to rally support for the party, ahead of the local government election coming up on the 28th of September, 2024 Governor Soludo led the APGA-faithful in a mega rally campaign at the Dr. Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka, the capital city of Anambra state. Speaking on the significance of the event, Governor...

Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has urged his predecessor and current Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to step aside and address the allegations of sponsoring banditry and money laundering during his tenure as governor. Lawal made this call during an interview on TVC on Wednesday, stressing that Matawalle should clear his name if he still has any integrity. “If I were him (Matawalle), I would resign and face all the allegations against me....

Ahead of the Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, former President Goodluck Jonathan has preached peace, urging state institutions involved in managing the process to create a level-playing field to ensure free and fair polling. Jonathan made this known in a statement on Thursday signed by Ikechukwu Eze, his media adviser, in which he urged political actors and stakeholders to work towards deepening the nation’s democracy by prioritising the peace and security of Edo State....