Court Bars ‘#Obidatti23 Forward Ever’ Rally At Lekki Tollgate

NewsPoliceCourt Bars ‘#Obidatti23 Forward Ever’ Rally At Lekki Tollgate

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 28, 2022

LAGOS — A federal high court in Lagos has ordered the Labour Party and its supporters not to converge at Lekki tollgate for its ‘#Obidatti23 Forward Ever Rally’ slated for 1 October 2022. Last two weeks, ten plaintiffs, comprising of nine lawyers, filed an ex parte motion before Justice Daniel Osiagor of the federal high court, Lagos through their counsel, Dada Awosika (SAN), asking the court to stop the LP, its candidates, and supporters from...

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Mikel Obi Retires From Football At 35

NewsSoccerSportsMikel Obi Retires From Football At 35

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 28, 2022

John Mikel Obi, former Super Eagles captain, has retired from professional football. Obi announced his retirement on his Instagram page on Tuesday with a photo of his 18-year career’s biggest highlights. His post read: “There is a saying that “all good things must come to an end”, and for my professional football career, that day is today. “I look back at the past 20 years of my career, and I must say that I am...

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2023: Economist Intelligence Unit Predicts Victory for Tinubu

NewsNigeriaPolitics2023: Economist Intelligence Unit Predicts Victory for Tinubu

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 26, 2022

…says 2023 general elections would be the most fairest and credible polls since the return to democratic rule in 1999 The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), an arm of The Economist of London, has predicted that the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will win the 2023 presidential election. EIU made the prediction in its latest report ahead of the next year’s presidential election, Business Day reports. The global insights...

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NSCDC asks for more technology to tackle insecurity, oil theft

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaNSCDC asks for more technology to tackle insecurity, oil theft

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 26, 2022

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says the federal government (FG) needs to deploy more technology to tackle insecurity and oil theft. Ahmed Audi, commandant general (CG), said this during a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) forum in Abuja. According to him, the available technology was not enough to combat the menace, adding that the corps had arrested and prosecuted many of the pipeline vandals. “I had a tour last month to pipeline...

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90,000 terrorists have surrendered in one year — Zulum

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeria90,000 terrorists have surrendered in one year — Zulum

Beloved John (Staff Writer)September 26, 2022

Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno state, has said more than 90,000 members of Boko Haram and the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWAP) have surrendered in the last year. The governor indicated this while speaking at an event organized on the margins of the 77th UN General Assembly in New York. Zulu stated that the terrorists voluntarily surrendered to the army for disarmament, de-radicalisation and reintegration. According to him, this has never happened anywhere in...

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Osinbajo, Wike, Obi, Adeboye, Others Make List of 100 Nigeria’s Foremost

LifestyleNewsNigeriaOsinbajo, Wike, Obi, Adeboye, Others Make List of 100 Nigeria’s Foremost

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 26, 2022

Ahead of the 1 October 2022 release date, publishers of Nigeria’s premier biographical compendium on thought leaders, Portraits of Patriots: 100 Nigeria’s Foremost Thought Leaders, have released the names of the 100 men and women who made the list. Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo; Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike; General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye; the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi; chairman and CEO of Dangote Group,...

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PDP Crisis: PDP Youth Movement Stages ‘Ayu Must Go’ Protest in Kaduna

NewsNigeriaPoliticsPDP Crisis: PDP Youth Movement Stages ‘Ayu Must Go’ Protest in Kaduna

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 25, 2022

The Coalition of the Northern Nigeria Peoples Democratic Party Youth Movement on Friday protested at the PDP Secretariat in Kaduna, demanding the resignation of Senator Iyorchia Ayu, the national chairman of the party. The protesters carried placards with inscriptions reading: ‘Ayu must go’, ‘Ayu must step down’, ‘We need justice, and fairness for all. The demand is coming following the crisis that the party has been facing since former vice-president, Atiku Abubakar, clinched the ticket...

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One Million March: Abuja, Kwara, Rivers, Niger Stand Still for Peter Obi

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOne Million March: Abuja, Kwara, Rivers, Niger Stand Still for Peter Obi

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)September 25, 2022

Rallies in support of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, continued on Saturday in major towns and state capitals with his supporters marching through the streets of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT); Illorin, Kwara State; Eleme, Rivers State; and Minna, Niger State. In Abuja, the crowd of supporters made up of a coalition of support groups as well as other well wishers began their walk from the famous Unity Fountain, Central...

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All Progressives Congress releases 422-Member Presidential Campaign Council

NewsNigeriaPoliticsAll Progressives Congress releases 422-Member Presidential Campaign Council

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 25, 2022

Ahead of the commencement of the party’s 202, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has released a 422-member Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) presidential campaign to be headed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Presidential Campaign Council with its directorates would be inaugurated next week at the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Office in Abuja. According to the list released in Abuja on Saturday, Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau is the Director General with James Faleke as secretary. Sen. Bola...

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Over 345 Million People Faces Acute Food insecurity In 82 Countries

NewsUnited NationsWorldOver 345 Million People Faces Acute Food insecurity In 82 Countries

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 25, 2022

The Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme David Beasley, on Thursday told the UN Security Council that 345 million people are facing acute food insecurity in the 82 countries. The Security Council was focusing on conflict-induced food insecurity and the risk of famine in Ethiopia, northeastern Nigeria, South Sudan and Yemen. Beasley also said 70 million are pushed closer to starvation by the war in Ukraine, noted where the agency operates is more than twice the...

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