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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, again met with former President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the presidential primary of the APC billed for Sunday, The PUNCH has learnt. The meeting, it was learnt, preceded a discussion between Jonathan and Mamman Daura, the influential nephew of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The meeting between Jonathan and …

• PDP Northern elders look to North Central for candidate, insist consensus is pathway to stability• Legal move to stop PDP presidential primary fails• APC chair hints on consensus pick for party’s presidential flag bearer Former governor of Anambra State and erstwhile presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, yesterday, resigned his membership of …

A leading governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in Abia State, Professor Greg Ibe, has described as mischievous and ridiculous, the votes allocated to him during the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP primaries Wednesday in Umuahia, when he did not participate in the said primaries. Professor Ibe said he had since 30th March, resigned his membership of the …

Uber yesterday said it has hit 1 billion trips in Africa since entering the market less than 10 years ago. The trips amounted to over 10 billion kilometres of trips which is equivalent to travelling to the moon and back over 5500 times. During the same period Uber and Uber Eats have collectively reached over 30 million riders and eaters …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, said his government is kicking off an enumeration exercise to collate the data for centres of learning across the state. Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, said his government is kicking off an enumeration exercise to collate the data for centres of learning across the state. Obaseki, who disclosed this …

Former governor of Anambra state, and Presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi has dumped the opposition Party. Obi announced his resignation in a letter dated May 24, addressed to the National Chairman of the party, with a receipt date of May 25, 2022. The quit notice is effective from May 20, 2022. In the letter …

Nigeria’s Vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has condemned the killing of a pregnant woman, Mrs. Harira Jubril and her four children in Anambra State, describing the action as not only callous, brutal and demeaning, but capable of creating ethnic conflict across the country. It would be recalled that on Sunday some unknown gunmen invaded the woman’s home and killed her …

President Biden addressed the Texas school shooting in emotional remarks from the White House Tuesday evening, saying, “I had hoped when I became President I would not have to do this again.” “There’s a lot we don’t know yet. There’s a lot we do know. Parents who will never see their child again, never have them jump in bed and …

Eighteen children and one adult were killed in Tuesday’s mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, according to Sgt. Erick Estrada of the Texas Department of Public Safety. Estrada did not provide any other information on the victims. Gov. Greg Abbott said earlier Tuesday “it is believed” that the shooter, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, was killed by law enforcement. Estrada confirmed the suspect …

(CNN) [Breaking news update, published at 7:33 p.m. ET] The suspected Texas school shooter is believed to have shot his grandmother before going to the school, three law enforcement sources tell CNN. State Sen. Roland Gutierrez said the woman was airlifted to San Antonio and “is still holding on,” citing information he was given by the Texas Rangers. [Previous story, …