*You’ve been losing since 1993, he replies Atiku*Says call for run-off poll baseless The President Elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has challenged the competence of a petition the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate, Peter Obi, filed to nullify his election. He also queried the legal competence of the Peoples…
. Inspector General Of Police,IGP Alkali Baba Usman has appointed a new Assistant Inspector General Of Police,AIG Benjamin Okolo to be in charge of Zone 16 headquarters, yenagoa Bayelsa State. AIG Benjamin Okolo is to take over from AIG Eboka Friday who recently retired meritoriously from the police force. This was made known in a…
Senator Douye Diri, Governor of Bayelsa State, has emerged candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state. Senator Diri clinched the ticket on Wednesday with a total of 305 votes as sole aspirant of the party out of 313 votes cast during the primaries, which took…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Wednesday, disclosed that a seven-storey building under construction has collapsed in Lagos. A statement by the Coordinator of the Lagos Territorial Office of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said several workers are currently trapped in the collapsed building, at Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos. According to him, the agency was mobilising…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar refused to meet the constitutional requirements to be declared winner of the just concluded presidential poll.Urging the Presidential Election Petition Court to dismiss the petition by Atiku and his party, the commission said Atiku failed to score,…
The head of the Pan-Yoruba socio-political organization Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, has stated that he will abide by the court’s decision if Bola Ahmed Tinubu is victorious over Peter Obi at the Tribunal. Pa Ayo Adebanjo assured Alaroye in an interview that he has no ill will toward the state’s former governor. He claimed that…
Finance Minister, Attorney General To Appear Before Reps Over $2.4bn Undeclared Crude Oil Sales …As Members Vow To Protect Whistle Blower, Pass Protection Bill The Nigerian House of Representatives Adhoc committee investigating the ‘Alleged Loss of Over $2.4 Billion in Revenue from Illegal Sale of 48 Million Barrels of Crude Oil Export in 2015 Including,…
… Police arrest two for allegedly stoning driver to death in Ondo The Ondo State Police Command, on Tuesday, said it has arrested two suspects who allegedly stoned a 35-year-old man, Olorunfemi Tope, to death in Akure. It was reported on Monday that Tope was killed by an angry mob for alleged reckless driving leading to…
Katsina State is the home state to two illustrious sons democratically elected presidents, the former President, the late Umaru Musa Yar’adua of blessed memory, and President Muhammadu Buhari whose two 4-year consecutive tenures winds up on May 29th. Katsina state dubbed as the home of hospitality covers a total land area of 23,938 sq. km…
Maiduguri, the capital and the largest city of Borno State, was founded in 1907 as a military outpost by the British colonial authority. It consists of two cities – Yerwa to the west and Old Maiduguri to the east. While Yerwa was founded in 1907 by Sheikh Abubakar Garbai as the capital of the Bornu…
