BREAKING: Senate President Lawan Loses Yobe North Senatorial Ticket
The senate President Ahmad Lawan has lost the senatorial ticket as the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Yobe North Senatorial District. Bashir Sheriff Machina was declared as the authentic APC candidate for the district by the appeal court. The appellate court upheld a judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, […]
Anyaoku, Kukah, Omogui Okauru, Falola praise Musikilu Mojeed’s The Letterman
A former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku; the Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah and a former Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Ifueko Omogui Okauru, have heaped praises on The Letterman: Inside the ‘Secret’ Letters of former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, a new book by the Editor-in-Chief of PREMIUM […]
Yellow fever: Kano targets 9,926 children for vaccination
No fewer than 9,926 children have been targeted for vaccination against yellow fever in Gwarzo Local Government Area of Kano. The primary health care coordinator of the local government, Mr Isyaku Hamza, made this known at an evening review meeting of the exercise at the weekend. He said that the exercise, which began […]
PRP denies collapsing into APC in Sokoto
The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Sokoto State has denied the assertion that the party has collapsed into the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the weekend had reported that the PRP governorship candidate, Alhaji Sa’idu Gumburawa, alongside other members of the party in Sokoto announced […]
Adeleke replaces sacked APC LG chairmen with civil servants
*Warns against violence Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun has directed career heads of local government areas (LGAs) and area councils development areas (ACDAs) to take charge of their councils from the sacked council chairmen and councilors. This is coming as the governor warned against violence across motor parks in the state. In a directive, the […]
No Bobo! No Zobo! (Part 3)
By Toyin Falola Honesty is more than not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving. ― James E. Faust Chinedu hurls himself through the crowded roads in Alaba Market, brisking through grabbing hands, and whisking his head right and left to fish out which outlet is exactly […]
Now that the north has found oil
In October 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel over its occupation of the Golan Heights and Sinai Peninsula, two Arab territories. With the now-defunct Soviet Union (read Russia) backing Egypt and Syria, the US automatically queued behind Israel. Arab countries, in solidary with Egypt and Syria, retaliated by placing an oil […]
TEXUB Bridges IT Trading Gap for Nigerian Market
Foremost marketing platform for IT trading in the world, TEXUB has extended its service to Nigerian traders to enable direct and safe IT products trading between buyers in the country and major products sellers in countries across the globe. With the entrance of TEXUB into the Nigerian market, dealers of IT products in the country […]
High Court Nullifies Osun LG Election
A federal high court sitting in Osogbo has nullified the local government election conducted by the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission (OSIEC) In the ruling delivered by Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel, he said the election was held in contravention of sections 29 & 32 of the Electoral Act, 2022. On October 15, OSIEC conducted the election […]
BREAKING: Gospel Musician, Sammie Okposo, Is Dead
Popular gospel singer, Sammie Okposo, is dead. The singer was said to have slumped and died on Friday morning. His death was confirmed by his project manager, Hillary Vincent The cause of his death is yet to be confirmed. He was aged 51.
