The Iyaloja-General, Chief Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, has ordered all markets in Lagos closed to honour the late Alhaji Lateef Jakande. Chief Tinubu-Ojo told The Nation that the first civilian governor of Lagos state deserved more than that for his giant strides. She said it was a mark of respect and solidarity …
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Niger Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello has dispelled rumour that 27 students and 3 teachers abducted on Wednesday morning at Government Science College, Kagara have been released. He said the government was in last stage of negotiations with the bandits, promising the victims would be released soon.
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Insecurity: Your failure to stop herdsmen impunities may lead to full-blown ethnic conflicts – Moghalu tells Buhari Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, 2019 presidential candidate and former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has clearly told President Muhammadu Buhari that there are grave consequences of his government’s failure to …
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Former Governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank, and Chairman of Anambra Vision 2070 Committee, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo has officially declared his intention to run for Governor later this year under the platform of APGA. Soludo made his intentions known today in Awka, at the State Secretariat of the All ProgressiveGrand …
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NIGERIA YOUTHS SEEK TAKEOVER OF GOVERNANCE AHEAD OF 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS As youths across Nigeria continues to agitate for a responsive Leadership driven by youths in all public and elective offices across Nigeria, a youth group known as PARADIGM SHIFT NIGERIA “Let The Youths Take The Lead” has called on …
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Anyim Pius Anyim (born 19 February 1961) is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of Nigerian senate and was Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) during Goodluck Jonathan presidency. He was elected Senator on the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) platform in 1999 for the Ebonyi South …
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Florence Ita Giwa (born 19 February 1946) is a Nigerian politician, who was the Senator for the Cross River South Senatorial District of Cross River State. She attended the Kilburn Polytechnic in London, United Kingdom. She became a nurse, then a representative for the Beecham pharmaceutical company, and then moved …
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Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, former Governor of Abia State and current Chief Whip of the Senate has assured members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, that Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, will join the ruling party soon. Kalu gave the assurance while addressing journalists after Wike had led him on …
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, said the peace of Niger Republic must matter to Nigeria, being “our very close neighbour.” He therefore commended the country’s outgoing President Mahamadou Issoufou and his government for keeping to their country’s Constitution with respect to run-off polls scheduled for February …
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Texas mayor resigns after telling residents desperate for power and heat “only the strong will survive” A Texas mayor resigned after seemingly telling residents to fend for themselves in a Facebook post amid a deadly and record-breaking winter storm that left much of the state without power Tuesday. As then-mayor …
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