The South-West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA’23) has said many Nigerians will join the train of the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, when the campaign for the 2023 general elections starts in earnest on September 28. Otunba Bosun Oladele, SWAGA National Secretary, said Tinubu’s …
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Oil Theft: Federal Govt Disbands NSCDC Anti-Vandal Teams, Road Blocks
The federal government has ordered the immediate dissolution of all anti-vandal squads of the Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in all oil producing states in the country. LEADERSHIP reports that this may not be unconnected with the outcome of the discreet investigations carried out by the Corps’ top …
Read More »Again, Fani-Kayode Berates Melaye, Says Ex-Lawmaker’s Response Amusing
A former Aviation Minister and APC chieftain, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has taken a swipe at the spokesperson of the Atiku/Okowa Presidential Campaign 2023, Senator Dino Melaye, over the former lawmaker’s reaction to his (Fani-Kayode) call for Melaye’s arrest for revealing in a recent interview that money was spent during the …
Read More »Institute Visits Tinubu, Shettima To Promote Peace Ahead Of 2023 Elections
The Country Representative and Global Ambassador of the Institute of Economics and Peace (IEP), Australia, Am. Roy Stanley Nwafor, Tuesday, explained that their visit to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, in Abuja, was to promote peace among …
Read More »JUST-IN: Customs Intercepts Explosive-making Chemical, Military Wares In Ogun
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, said it intercepted 20 drums of Calcium Carbide smuggled into the country from neighbouring countries. Speaking to journalists, the acting Customs Area Controller, FOU, Zone A, Ag. Compt. Hussein Ejibunu, who said the …
Read More »Northern Youths Back NNPC Over Pipeline Security Contract Awarded To Tompolo
A coalition of Northern Youths have said that insecurity doesn’t respect tribe or religion, endorsing the award of pipeline security contract to ex-Niger Delta militant, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd). According to the Northern Youths, they were in support of the …
Read More »INEC To Publish Comprehensive List Of Registered Voters Soon — Yakubu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it is working towards publishing a comprehensive list of registered voters in Nigeria, ahead of the 2023 poll. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at the stakeholders’ validation meeting for the 2022 revised framework and regulations for voting by Internally Displaced …
Read More »Tariff Hike: Tribunal Dismisses Case Against MultiChoice
The Competition and Consumer Protection, CCPC, Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit that was filed to challenge the recent price hike by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, the operator of DStv and Gotv. The three-member panel tribunal headed by Mr Thomas Okosun, in its judgement, dismissed the suit which …
Read More »I’m Not A Murderer – Olamide’s Baby Mama, Maria
Nigerian singer, Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as Olamide’s baby mama Maria Okan said that she was not offered money to take the life of her child. The media personality took to her Twitter on Tuesday, where she made this known. Okan also stated that she loves being a mother rather …
Read More »ASUU Strike: We’ve Done Our Best – FG
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has said that the Federal Government has done all it can to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He said this to reporters at an ongoing meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities at the National Universities …
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