Farmers, fishermen financed my campaigns – Teacher who defeated Yobe Speaker
A young teacher, Lawan Musa, who ended the Yobe State House of Assembly Speaker, Ahmed Lawan’s 20-year stay in the legislature, explains to journalists how he achieved the feat A 33-year-old volunteer teacher, Mr Lawan Musa, who won the March 18 Nguru ll constituency election in Yobe State, has explained how he defeated the incumbent, […]
Kebbi APC faults INEC for declaring gov poll inconclusive
The All Progressives Congress in Kebbi State on Sunday faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission for declaring the governorship election in the state inconclusive. The APC maintained that INEC made an error by declaring the election inconclusive when its governorship candidate, Dr. Nasir Idris, should have been declared the winner. The Deputy Director-General of the […]
Kebbi: INEC made mistake declaring gov poll inconclusive
The All Progressives Congress in Kebbi State on Sunday faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission for declaring the governorship election in the State inconclusive. The APC maintained that INEC made an error by declaring the election inconclusive when its governorship candidate, Dr. Nasir Idris, should have been declared the winner in the first ballot. The […]
Benue PDP suspends Ayu with immediate effect
The crisis in the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Benue State worsened on Sunday as the ward executive of the party slammed suspension on the party’s national chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu. The suspension of Ayu came barely a few days after the National Working Committee dragged the state Governor, Samuel Ortom, to the disciplinary […]
Bayelsa’ll conduct local govt election this year- Diri
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has said that his administration will conduct local government election this year. Disclosing this in a chat with journalists, he said the state government was actually waiting for the 2023 general elections to be concluded before commencing the process for the council polls. The PUNCH reports that the […]
Diya: Nigeria has lost an Illustrious son – Ex-Ogun gov Daniel
Former governor of Ogun State, and Senator-elect, Ogun East, Gbenga Daniel, has described the passage of the former Chief of General Staff under Gen Sani Abacha’s military regime, Lt. Gen. Oladipo Diya (retd.), as a great loss. Daniel said with the death of Diya, Nigeria and Ogun State have lost an illustrious son who played active […]
Reuters report scripted to rubbish our success against insurgency – COAS
The Nigerian Army has again denied the Reuters report of its involvement in the abortion of 10,000 pregnancies, murder of children and other Sexual and Gender Based Violations. The Chief Of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya, while testifying before the investigative panel challenged the international news agency to bring up evidence to substantiate its claim. According […]
Atiku vows not to legitimise ‘flawed’ election outcome
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, on Saturday night, vowed not to legitimise the presidential election of February 25, 2023, as purported in a “fake” press release attributing him to giving legitimacy to the election. Atiku said that the so-called press release neither emanated from him nor his office, adding that […]
How Tinubu can address inflation, forex crisis, fuel subsidy –Muda Yusuf
A former Director-General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Chief Executive Officer, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, Dr Muda Yusuf, tells TUNDE AJAJA his thoughts on the real impact of the new naira policy, the state of the economy and what should be the priorities of the incoming government From […]
Nigerians won’t forget Buhari’s naira crisis hardship – NEF spokesman, Baba-Ahmed
The spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, speaks to DANIEL AYANTOYE about his assessment of the elections, governance and the incoming government What’s your assessment of the outcome of the elections? Like all responsible Nigerians, the Northern Elders Forum is watching developments very closely. We have our worries and concerns. If […]