Tribunal Upholds El-Rufai’s Election As Kaduna Governor
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in the Kaduna State capital has upheld the election of Nasir El-Rufai as duly elected governor of the State. Delivering judgment on Monday, chairman of the three-man panel, Justice Ibrahim Bako, says that the petitioner, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Isah Ashiru was unable to […]
Police Arrests Kidnappers Of the Kaduna State House of Assembly Member
The police in Kaduna said they have arrested the suspected kidnappers of a member of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Sulaiman Dabo. The police also announced the arrest of the kidnappers of three students of the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, Zaria. It would be recalled that the lawmaker kidnapped about a fortnight ago, but […]
Xenophobic Attacks: Buhari Orders Immediate Voluntary Evacuation Of Nigerians From South Africa
President Muhammadu Buhari has given instruction for the immediate voluntary evacuation of all Nigerians who are willing to return home from South Africa. The President gave this order after he received the report of the special envoy sent to South Africa to convey a Special Message to President Cyril Ramaphosa over the recent xenophobic attacks in […]
PH MOSQUE DEMOLITION: No Mosque Was Demolished by Wike – Fayemi
Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has declared that he could not see any evidence that a building existed on the disputed land in Rainbow Town, Port Harcourt where some persons alleged that the Rivers State Government demolished a Mosque. Speaking with journalists after a joint assessment of […]
Edo Assembly: I won’t recognise Frank Okiye as Speaker.
Oshiomole, Obaseki renew hostilities By Romanus Ugwu The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomole, may have renewed hostility with Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, as the APC boss has insisted that he won’t recognise Frank Okiye as the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly. Speaking in Abuja at the […]
You Are Fueling Xenophobia – Geoffery Onyeama Replies SA Minister Who Described Nigerians As Drug Dealers
Geoffery Onyeama, the Minister of Foreign Affairs has asked his South African counterpart, to desist from making inflammatory comments in the heat of the recent Xenophobic attacks. Naledi Pandor, the South African minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday had a press conference where she called on the Nigerian government to keep Nigerians who are into drug […]