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Obasanjo and Tinubu Presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday lampooned former president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, for declaring support for one of the presidential hopefuls, Labour Party’s Peter Obi. In a special New Year message …

Uzoma Obi Colonel Anthony Uzoma Obi (rtd), a former military governor of Osun state, has died. His death was announced by his family in a statement on Monday. “We, the Family of His Excellency, Rtd Colonel Anthony Uzoma Obi, humbly announce the gentle passing of our Patriarch and head of …

Pa Ayo Adebanjo, leader of Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, has said Nigeria will be in trouble if any candidate other than Peter Obi, presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, is elected president in 2023. This as the elder statesman hailed Obi’s endorsement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. He however said he …

Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Sokoto State governor, the deputy governor, Alhaji Manir Dan’Iya, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Saidu Umar and several PDP stalwarts in Sokoto escaped death as hoodlums attacked their convoy on Sunday evening. Their convoy was reportedly attacked while returning from campaign rallies in Silame local …

  Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamazat has advised the youths to participate in this year’s general elections. Hamazat made the call during the formal closing ceremony of the society’s 113th Islamic Vacation Course (IVC) in Epe, a Lagos suburb. He stressed that failure to vote was detrimental to good …

Buhari Renews NAFDAC DG’s Appointment President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Professor Moji Adeyeye as the Director-General of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The agency’s spokesperson, Dr Abubakar Jimoh, confirmed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. Adeyeye who was first appointed to the …

Bala Mohammed Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi State, has asked residents of communities that were recently attacked in Alkaleri Local Government Area to rise up, take up arms and defend themselves against the bandits. The governor stated this Thursday at the Palace of the District Head of Yelwan Duguri, Alh …

Tawa Williams Tawa Williams, the project consultant of the Ilesa Water Project, has alleged that the Osun State House of Assembly members demanded $5million as bribe. Ademola Adeleke, the state governor governor, earlier directed the immediate suspension of Williams over alleged questionable handling of $106million dollar loan for the project. …

Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has promised to organise what would be known as the freest and fairest election in Africa, in Nigeria in 2023. Festus Okoye, National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, said this at the 2022 Calabar Carnival, while sensitising Nigerians on …

Retired Colonel Abdulmumini Aminu, former Military Governor of Borno State, says Nigerians will vote massively for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress in 2023, because it is time for the South to rule. “Nigerians are tired of us from the North, especially because we have …