Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of Abuja, and the Emir of Argungu, Alhaji Muhammad Samaila Mera, have urged the incoming government under Bola Ahmad Tinubu to continue with the Housing and Population Census. The religious leaders spoke during a round table engagement with traditional and interfaith leaders in Abuja on improving human capital development through girl-child education. According to Onaiyekan: “Census should be a regular thing and should be done properly. The...

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the application for a live broadcast of the court proceedings. The Labour Party, LP, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had requested for a live coverage of the court proceedings of their petitions against the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. Delivering the unanimous decision of the five-man panel on Monday, Justice Haruna Tsammani said the application by Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, presidential candidates of the PDP and LP lacked...

With the conclusion of the eight-year, two-term tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the State House’s media department has produced a documentary highlighting the outgoing administration’s achievements. In a press release on Sunday, the State House said the 55-minute documentary titled, ‘Muhammadu Buhari Was Here’ will be aired between Sunday, May 21, 2023, and Tuesday, May 23, 2023. On Sunday, the documentary was aired on Channels Television at 6:00 p.m. Yesterday, it was aired on...

Forum (AJF), a non-partisan group has said that it would resist attempts to truncate Abia State governor-elect’s mandate. Bishop James Okocha, president and founder of the group in an interview on Saturday stated that the mandate given to Alex Otti, winner of the Abia State gubernatorial election is divine. He said, “It’s unfortunate to hear that the most credible election that took place in Abia State is being tampered with. I wonder why people like...

Like Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last general election, Peter Obi, the flag bearer of the Labour Party, LP, has faulted Antony Blinken, the United States Secretary of State’s phone call with the President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Recall that Blinken and Tinubu had a phone conversation last Tuesday. During the conversation, Blinken pledged the US commitment to support the incoming government and strengthen the diplomatic relations between the US...