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The All Progressives Congress APC Presidential Campaign Council has postponed the kick-off of its campaigns earlier slated for Wednesday. Director-General, of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong disclosed this in a statement Tuesday. According to him, the adjustment of the timetable and schedule of activities is in order to accommodate growing interests showing by …

Northern Elders Forum, NEF, and Catholic Laity Council have asked Nigerians to consider the age and mental as well as physical capacity of presidential candidates in the 2023 elections before voting. While the northern elders said they would consider these factors to determine which presidential candidate to support, the Catholic Laity Council of Nigeria, CLCN, pleaded with Nigerians to avoid …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has provided new guidelines to ensure seamless conduct of future operational processes, including the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday in Abuja. In this piece, The PUNCH highlights six new guidelines including introduction of double fingerprints, exemption candidates, and …

Following the heat generated by its earlier circular on Monday, the Federal Government, late on Monday, reversed its order directing the pro-chancellors and vice chancellors to immediately reopen the universities for lecturers and students to resume academic activities.  The order withdrawing the earlier directive was contained in a circular by the National Universities Commission (NUC), dated September 26, 2022, and …

• Warns governors against denying opposition parties access to public facilities• NBC parleys broadcast stations urge equal access for parties, candidates• Afenifere: Igbos brutally marginalised, it’s their turn for the presidency• You’re speaking for yourself, not Yoruba people, group tackles Afenifere over endorsement of Obi• Inauguration of APC Campaign Council on hold over the inclusion of governors’ list• Presidency declares vote …

The Bayelsa State Police Command on Monday paraded a suspected kidnap kingpin, John Ewa, alias John Lion, at the Police Officers Mess, Yenagoa. Kidnap The command also paraded no fewer than 10 other suspects, who were arrested for crimes bordering on alleged cultism, murder, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms and pipeline vandalism. Ewa, 30, was paraded alongside three members …

A former staff  member of a new generation bank and leader of a notorious kidnap gang in Bayelsa State, who notoriously flaunts dollar bills on social media, John Ikechukwu Ewa (aka John Lyon), has narrated how his gang carried out high profile kidnappings in the state. Ewa, who was among four members of his gang paraded by the Bayelsa State Police …

…Resist inducement – Okoh charges voters The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has urged Nigerians to be optimistic about the 2023 general elections, saying that the elections would usher in a new Nigeria where justice and equity will prevail. Vice President Osinbajo spoke on Sunday at the 62nd Independent anniversary service held at National Christian Centre Abuja. He said Nigerians …

The Northern Elders Forum on Sunday night says it will subject candidates of various political parties seeking the votes of the north to a rigorous interrogation exercise until they are convinced about who has the capacity to fix the country. This clarification was made by NEF Spokesman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, when he appeared on ‘Politics Today,’ a popular programme on …

Nigeria’s average fixed broadband internet speed is so slow the country ranked 151st amongst 182 countries in the latest Speedtest Global Index published by U.S.-based internet speed analysis firm Ookla. Nigeria came far behind Congo, Mali, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Burkina Faso that are relatively smaller, economically. It recorded 20.97 megabits per second download speed, while the world’s fastest, Singapore, scored 298 …