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President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Wednesday, June 22, for Kigali, Rwanda, to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), being held from June 20 to 26, 2022. Special Adviser to the President, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement, noting that at CHOGM 2022, Buhari will join other leaders to participate in […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate seeking the confirmation of seven ministerial nominees. The nominees are: Henry Ikechukwu – Abia State, Umana Okon Umana – Akwa-Ibom State; Ekuma Joseph – Ebonyi State; Goodluck Nana Obia – Imo State; Umar Ibrahim Yakub – Kano State; Ademola Adewole Adegorioye – Ondo State; Odo Udi – […]
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will in the next few hours, announce the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa as the running mate of the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Contrary to the reports that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike would emerge as Atiku’s running mate, Arise TV reports that the party has settled […]
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that the monkeypox virus has spread to fifteen states in under eight weeks. Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic infectious disease spread from animals to humans that occurs mostly in isolated towns in Central and West Africa near tropical rainforests. According to the NCDC’s most recent […]
The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected reports that it has ruled out Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike from becoming its Vice Presidential candidate in the 2023 elections. “The attention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been drawn to misrepresenting reports in some section of the media purporting that it had dismissed the reported emergence […]
The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu, has proposed a Muslim-Muslim ticket as a critical factor for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to win the presidential election in 2023. He believes the ruling party may lose the election if it fails to go for the option of a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket, considering the […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has set up a committee to screen its vice-presidential candidate for the 2023 general elections. Members of the Vice Presidential Candidate Screening Committee were nominated by the PDP National Working Committee (NWC), said the party’s spokesman, Debo Ologunagba. Ologunagba, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, explained that the […]
Suspected herders on Monday afternoon, allegedly killed two farmers at Ikyungwa Tombo Ward, near the Ayilamo community of the Logo Local Government rea of Benue State. Confirming the killing, Chairman of the local government area, Agber Terse, who gave the names of the deceased as; Bem Uhembe and Mungwa Zuzu, said the deceased were returning […]
Governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have recommended Bola Tinubu, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, ex-Transportation Minister, Rotimi Ameachi, Governors Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti) and Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) as possible consensus candidates. Plateau State Governor and Chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Simon Lalong disclosed this on Tuesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, saying […]
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Monday paid a condolence visit to Owo, Ondo State where Christian worshippers were gruesomely killed by gunmen. The incident happened at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo leading to the death of scores of people while many were injured. The situation has thrown the nation into mourning with […]
