Enugu State Governor Emerges as APC Gubernatorial Candidate

The Enugu State Governor, Dr. Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has been announced as the All Progressives Congress, APC, Enugu gubernatorial candidate in the 2027 general election. Governor Mbah was formally declared the winner by the Hon. Dan Malikin Hausa-led Enugu State APC Governorship Primary Election Committee after the collation of results from the 260 wards in the state, totaling 397,370 votes. Congratulating Dr. Peter Mbah on his emergence as the only gubernatorial candidate under APC, the...

Group Expresses Concern Over Insecurity In Parts Of Nigeria

The Patriots, a pan-Nigerian group, has expressed concern about worsening insecurity and the state of the nation ahead of the 2027 general elections. The group led by former Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku, in a communiqué issued after its meeting in Lagos on Thursday, said the situation poses a major threat to food security and national stability. The group lamented the persistent killings, kidnappings, and attacks by bandits across several parts of the country, particularly in...

Tinubu Appoints 39-Year-Old Tech Professor Aina as JAMB Registrar

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Professor Segun Aina as the new Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The appointment was announced on Thursday in a State House statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. Aina, who turns 40 in July, will succeed Professor Is-haq Oloyede when his second term ends on 31 July 2026, becoming the youngest registrar in the Board’s history. A Professor of...

Presidency Denies Report on Plan to Rename Nigeria, Abolish Sharia Law

The Presidency has dismissed as false a viral report claiming that President Bola Tinubu plans to rename Nigeria and abolish Sharia law in the northern region, describing the story as fabricated and politically motivated. In a statement on Wednesday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the claims were part of a deliberate attempt to mislead the public and create political tension ahead of the next election cycle. “The...

Timi Frank Raises Alarm Over El-Rufai’s Safety

….Queries ‘Russian Doctor’s DSS Custody Visit Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has raised fresh alarm over the health and safety of former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, alleging that a foreign doctor of Russian origin was secretly brought in to examine him while in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Frank, in a statement on Friday, claimed that a DSS official contacted...

APC Gubernatorial Primaries: Hamzat Wins To Emerge Candidate In Lagos

Obafemi Hamzat, the Lagos State Deputy Governor and 2027 All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial aspirant on Thursday emerged winner of the governorship primary in Lagos State. Rtd Gen. Jonathan Temlong, the Returning Officer, while announcing the results at the Collation Centre situated at the APC Secretariat, Ikeja, said that Hamzat polled 657, 917 votes to defeat his rival, Olanrewaju Jim-Kamal, who scored a vote. He said the total number of accredited voters for the primary was 657,974....

Northerners are responsible for insecurity-Lamido

A chieftain of the PDP and former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido has blamed the persistent insecurity experienced in Northern parts of Nigeria to collapse of moral upbringing in Nigeria and poor leadership in the country. The former Governor while speaking in an interview with Premier Radio Kano on Wednesday, said northerners themselves must take responsibility for the worsening security crisis in the region. “Northerners should blame themselves for the insecurity confronting the...

Desmond Elliot Rejects Result as Odunuga-Bakare Wins Surulere APC Primary

Barrister Barakat Odunuga-Bakare on Wednesday secured a landslide victory over incumbent lawmaker Desmond Elliot in the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries for Surulere Constituency I of the Lagos State House of Assembly. Odunuga-Bakare polled 11,385 votes to defeat Elliot, who scored 270 votes across the wards in the constituency, in an exercise that recorded a high turnout of party members. Results from the various wards showed overwhelming support for Odunuga-Bakare, who is backed by Femi...

Fubara Withdraws from APC Governorship Race Amid ‘Immense Pressures’

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has withdrawn from the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC), just hours before the exercise scheduled for Thursday. The Governor announced his withdrawal in a personally signed statement issued late Wednesday. In the statement titled ‘My decision to withdraw from the Rivers State Gubernatorial Primaries’, Fubara said his decision followed “deep reflection and extensive consultations”, adding that he would back the eventual candidate of the party. He...

Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu Workers On Strike 

Staff of the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu on Tuesday embarked on an indefinite strike over promotion and other staff welfare-related issues, following the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum issued by joint unions in the health sector to the hospital management. The Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals in Enugu State, Mr. Benneth Asogwa, expressed dissatisfaction with the hospital management, led by Dr. Ngozi Unaogu, for failing to address workers’ welfare, especially regarding...

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