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INEC says APC risks not having candidates for the two senatorial district if it does not submit names of candidates that emerged from valid primaries. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) against its choice of candidates for the Yobe North and Akwa Ibom North-west Senatorial seats. The commission said the names of the …

Ghana High Commission in Nigeria has asked Nigerians to leave Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo out of Nigeria’s internal affairs and politics. The High Commission in a statement yesterday  insisted that at no time did the Ghanaian president advised the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives  Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to excuse himself from his ambition to rule Nigeria and …

Details of the deal the North West caucus of the All Progresives Congress (APC) had with Bola Tinubu, presidential standard bearer,  shortly before he announced his running mate, Kashim Shettima, has emerged. Among others, it asked for the positions of vice president, secretary to the government of the federation, finance, works, agriculture, Federal Capital Territory and interior minister in exchange for its …

WHO renames monkeypox variants Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has refuted Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Nigeria. Reacting to reports of the alleged existence of the ailment at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, the centre, on its Twitter handle, stated that though no case of the disease had been reported in the country, measures such as heightened …

In just about a couple of months time,Nigerians will go to the polls. The people will select new leaders across the nation and for the nation. Highlighting Nigeria’s woes on paper so as to inform the readers of this article or any other article, is to my own mind, a needless exercise. Everybody can see where we are. The deaf …

Data obtained from the National Universities Commission on Friday revealed that a total of 33 private universities were approved by the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) within 16 months. The period under review is January 2021 and April 2022. Sunday PUNCH reports that while 21 of the private universities were approved in 2021; 12 were approved during …

Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate, Peter Obi has reiterated that he will reduce insecurity and poverty if he emerges the winner of the 2023 presidential election in Nigeria. The former Anambra governor disclosed that he expects to accomplish this by using job creation and reformative investments as mechanisms. He also said he will shift the nation’s economy from consumptive to …

Angry former militant leaders and ex-warlords from the nine states of the Niger Delta, have warned some officials of the Federal Ministry of Justice to stop sabotaging the Presidential Amnesty Office over the probe of the looted N60 billion Amnesty Training Centre in Bayelsa State. The also threatened that if the alleged sabotage of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, from …

…Chides Fed authorities for inaction …Blames problem on sabotage …Calls for urgent action to reverse the troubling situation Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said over $1.9million has been lost in the last five days as a result of the disruption of gas supply to the Ossiomo Power Plant in Ologbo, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state. The …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Edo State Commissioner of Police (CP), Abutu Yaro has declared that the state police command has been retooled and repositioned to checkmate kidnapping and other criminal activities that may arise before, during and after the Yuletide in the state. CP Abutu Yaro stated this while delivering his speech at the state Security Consultative Forum …