The Former Minister of Finance, Olu Falae, says calls for the presidency to be zone to particularly region is out of place and unconstitutional. He warned political parties and politicians to stop inserting zoning clauses into their constitution as such can’t override the Nigerian constitution. Falae, a former National Chairman …

Many people are feared dead in an early morning stampede which occurred just before the commencement of a programme organised by a new generation church at the Polo Club in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. It was gathered that the church known as ‘Kings Assembly’ is located in the …

Stakeholders have again appealed to the two major parties to field a Nigerian of Southeast extraction as their presidential candidates. This is as the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) conduct their presidential primaries. The stakeholders made the plea at a press conference on Friday in …

No fewer than eight people were killed in a car accident on Friday evening in Imo state. The event occurred at Akabo market, which is located on the always-bustling Owerri- Okigwe Road in Imo state. The tragic accident, according to eyewitnesses, was a head-on collision between two automobiles traveling in …

A federal high court in Yenagoa has restrained the federal government from issuing licences for marginal oilfields in the Niger Delta. Marginal fields are smaller oil blocks developed by indigenous companies. They are often discovered on an IOC-owned block where there has been no activity in at least 10 years. …

The police in Cross River State have reacted to a gory incident that occurred yesterday during the APC House of Representatives primary in Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South. Mr. Joseph Bassey, the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, and Mr. Saviour Nyong, the ex-Commissioner for Transport and Marine, were the candidates …

The key opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, has called an emergency meeting of its National Working Committee to discuss pressing concerns, including the possibility of postponing its national convention, which was scheduled for today. The NWC meeting, which is now taking place in Abuja, is expected to address problems …

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has disclosed that the hike in the monetary policy rate (MPR) by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will have a ripple effect on manufacturers. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday by Segun Ajayi- Kadir, director-general, MAN. The policy-setting committee of …

The former Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Ondo state, Hon Donald Ojogo, has won the emerged the All Progressive Congress primary in Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency. Ojogo, polled 67 votes to beat his closest opponent, Barrister Idowu Mafimisebi who scored 34 votes while Goke Ayara scored seven votes. The former …

On Friday, Conservative legislator Bob Neill sent a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson, while another resigned from his position as an aide to the British interior minister. The moves occurred as pressure mounted on Prime Minister to quit for illegal parties at his Downing Street mansion amid COVID-19 …