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Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday night said they were working towards getting candidates for all elective positions at the party’s National Convention on Saturday elected through consensus. Addressing journalists at the end of the governors meeting at Akwa-Ibom Governor’s Lodge in Abuja, Chairman of PDP Governor’s Forum and Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, said …

Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has directed that adequate budgetary provisions be made for the fencing of schools across the Territory in the 2022 budget currently under preparation. Chief Press Secretary to the FCT minister, Anthony Ogunleye in a statement issued Friday in Abuja said the directive was one of the fall-outs from the monthly FCT …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South-West Zone, has said the Appeal Court judgment that set aside the application of ousted former National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, was not just victory of the party, but for Nigerians given its significance ahead of the 2023 elections. The party made its celebration known in a statement by Chief Rahman Owokoniran, the General Secretary …

With one week to the November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the Independent National Electoral Commission on Friday said 86 out of the 5,720 Polling Units in the state have no voters. The commission, however, said it would not deploy personnel and materials to the polling units without voters. The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at …

The Governor of Rivers State, Chief Nyesom Wike, says no individual, including the suspended chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, can thwart the mission of the party to rescue Nigeria from bad leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Wike, who spoke in Port Harcourt in reaction to the Court of Appeal dismissal of Secondus’ application …

Brice Laccruche Alihanga, a once-powerful chief of staff under Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba, was sentenced Friday to five years in prison after a high-profile trial sparked by an anti-corruption crackdown. Laccruche, 41, became a powerbroker in the oil-rich state after Bongo suffered a stroke in October 2018 and spent months convalescing abroad. Shortly after Bongo returned to the political …

The Federal Government has again ordered armed personnel of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) to make security at the nation’s custodial centres impregnable and take out invading forces without giving them the opportunity to attack such facilities. Aregbesola and CGC Banana Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola reiterated the directive on Thursday while inaugurating a vulnerability audit of the Nigerian …

The Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, has dismissed a suit by the suspended national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, aimed at stopping the party’s convention scheduled to hold on Saturday and Sunday. The court gave the PDP leave to proceed with the elective national convention as scheduled. The panel of three judges led by Haruna Tsammani …

The National Association of Nigerian Students has given the Nigerian Army a 24-hour ultimatum to release the Tai Solarin University of Education students arrested on Friday. This came in a statement signed by the NANS President, Sunday Asefon, who stated that the arrest was a breach of the fundamental human rights of the harmless students which is against the constitution. …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said its newly launched e-Naira project is secure and dependable. The Director of Corporate Communications, Mr Osita Nwanisobi, stated this while speaking at the ongoing CBN-Fair in Abakaliki on Thursday. According to the apex bank, the security and dependability of the e-Naira stem from the fact that it uses cryptographic technologies encrypted with two …