Atiku receives PDP’s certificate of return

National Chairman Peoples Democratic Party, Sen. Iyorchia Ayu (L), presenting Certificate of Return to Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (R) in Abuja on Wednesday(1/6/22). With them is PDP National Publicity Secretary, Sen. Sam Anyawu. Photo: NAN The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has presented a Certificate of Return to the party’s presidential […]

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Trafficked, raped returnees narrate ordeal 

  Three victims of human trafficking including Adebisi Comfort, Blessing Obiorah and Ifeoluwa Popoola have narrated their horrible experiences in Lebanon and Libya. Adebisi Comfort shared her experience of living in Lebanon for eight months. She narrates how she and others were kept in a room called “office” where they were denied food, assaulted and […]

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APC governors’ meeting deadlocked as search for consensus candidate begins

Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress have begun the search for a consensus presidential candidate. A source privy to the first meeting of the governors told our correspondent that the meeting ended in a deadlock. “No agreement yet. Meeting has been postponed to later this week,” the source said on Wednesday. […]

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Presidency: Buhari directs APC governors to search for strong consensus candidate

Buhari with APC governors The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday began moves to pick its consensus candidate with President Muhammadu Buhari explaining qualities the party’s flag bearer in the 2023 presidential election must possess. Buhari, who said this during his meeting with the 23 APC governors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, advised the party […]

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Davido, Wizkid, Sarkodie nominated for 2022 Ghana-Nigeria Music Awards Festival

Organizers of the Ghana-Nigeria Music Awards Festival USA have released the full list of nominees for the maiden edition. Nigerian musicians Davido and Wizkid are going head-to-head in some categories of the forthcoming Music Awards Festival. Davido and Wizkid were nominated for the ‘Afrobeats Artist Of The Year’, ‘Male Artist of the Year’ and the […]

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Negotiation with Abuja-Kaduna train abductors may save victims, says Gumi

Faults FG on security votes spending Negotiation with kidnappers of the Abuja-Kaduna train passengers may soon lead to the release of the victims, if the Federal Government agrees to free eight children of the bandits currently detained in a government’s facility. Also, part of the negotiation with the group interfacing with the terrorists is that […]

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Soldiers not involved in Kidnap of Methodist Prelate – Army

Nigerian army. Photo/ facebook/NigerianArmy The Nigerian Army has dismissed the social media reports alleging the complicity of its troops in the recent kidnap of the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche. This was contained in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu. He said the […]

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Fresh hurdles for Atiku as suit seeks disqualification, queries citizenship

Wike could still fly PDP’s presidential flag, party chieftain insists South South governors didn’t betray Wike in shadow poll, says Okowa South West Muslim scholars reject ex-VP’s candidacy A constitutional lawyer, Mr. Johnmary Jideobi, yesterday, approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to challenge the eligibility of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar to contest the […]

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