Ondo guber: 11 slug it out for APC ticket
Eleven candidates including incumbent governor Rotimi Akeredolue are to slug it out to be the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ondo State. They are: Olusola Oke, Segun Abraham, Olaide Adelami, Bukola Adetula, Jumoke Anifowose, Sola Iji, Isaac Kekemeke, Jimi Odimayo, Nathaniel Adojutelegan and Awodeyi Akinsehinwa. The primary is being conducted by […]
NDDC scandal: Akpabio appears before panel today
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio is about now set to appear before the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Also, to appear before the committee is the Acting Managing Director of the agency, Daniel Pondei, who was summoned at the last sitting on Friday. He had last week […]
PMB Mourns Ezekiel Izuogu, First Indigenous Car Manufacturer
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended deepest condolences to the family, friends, the government and people of Imo State on the passing of Dr Ezekiel Izuogu, a trail-blazing innovator and scientist. As a well-respected academic and gifted engineer, President Buhari in a statement by his media aide,Femi Adesina believes that Dr Izuogu will be fondly […]
Five Children Killed by Military Grenade in Katsina – Police
The Police has revealed that the five children who lost their lives in a bomb explosion in Katsina State picked a military grenade and were fiddling with it. This is according to an investigation it conducted into the incident which occurred on Saturday at Yammama, a village in Malumfashi Local Government Area of the state. […]
Arteta Hopes Arsenal’s FA Cup Run Can Persuade Aubameyang To Stay
Mikel Arteta hopes Arsenal’s run to the FA Cup final can persuade Wembley hero Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to stay at the club. Aubameyang underlined his value to Arsenal with a brace in their shock 2-0 win over FA Cup holders Manchester City in the semi-final on Saturday. But the Gabon forward has just a year to […]
BREAKING: Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama Contracts Coronavirus
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has tested positive for coronavirus. Onyema made this known in a tweet on Sunday, saying he is on his way to islation in a health facility. According to him, he tested positive after his fourth test on Saturday at the first sign of throat irritation. “Did my fourth […]
Buhari names railway complex after Jonathan
President Muhammadu Buhari has named the railway complex in Agbor, Delta state, after his predecessor President Goodluck Jonathan. Tolu Ogunlesi, a presidential aide, quoted Rotimi Amaechi, minister of transportation, as the source on Saturday. The railway complex in Agbor is the centre of operation which connects the Itakpe-Warri rail line. It is joined by Benin […]
Bomb explosion kills children in Katsina
At least five persons, including children, were killed when a bomb exploded at Yammama village in Malumfashi local government area of Katsina State on Saturday. It was gathered that the bomb was planted inside a farm in the village. Many people who were injured in the attack have been treated at General Hospital in Malumfashi. […]
2023: I’ve no presidential ambition, says Lawan
The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has declared that he has no plan to run for president in 2023. In a statement by his media office, the senate president said the report was untrue as it “has its source in beer parlour gossips and should be treated with the contempt which it and those who concocted […]
Late Edo Speaker’s wife, driver kidnapped
The wife and driver of the late former Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, Mr. Zakawanu Garuba have been kidnapped along the Lokoja-Abuja highway. Reports said the victims were on their way to Auchi in Edo State, in connection with the death of Garuba who died on on Saturday morning from complications arising from […]
