Borno Speaker, Abdulkarim Lawal Chats with PN (VIDEO)
Borno state House of Assembly Speaker, Hon Abdulkarim Lawal has commended the state Governor Kashim Shetima, for creating a conducive environment for businesses to thrive in the state. Hon Abdulkarim made the commendation while speaking with Procyon News in Maiduguri on Saturday. Watch the interview here.… https://youtu.be/XGt30wMNmLc
KADUNA : El-Rufai Wins Second Term
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has been declared as the winner of the election. El-Rufai was declared as the winner by the returning officer, Prof Mohammed Yahuza Bello, having scored a total vote of 1,045,427 while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Isa Ashiru scored 814,168 votes. Results collated at the INEC headquarters […]
Borno Lawmaker Hon Mungonu Lauds Buhari, Shettima
……Congratulates Prof. Zullum By Peter Jatau, MAIDUGURI The Member representing Mungonu-Marte-Ngalama Federal Constituency, Hon M. T. Mungonu, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima, for their contribution to the growth and development of Borno state and Nigeria. He gave the commendation in a chat with journalists in at the […]
Plateau Lawmaker Dies After Winning Election
Hon. Ezekiel Afon, a lawmaker representing Pengana Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly has died hours after he was re-elected to represent the constituency. Mr Bashir Sati, the Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state confirmed the lawmaker’s death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Jos. […]
I will continue to put interest of ordinary Edo people first – Obaseki
…thanks Edo electorate for voting massively for APC in EDHA election …enthused that no life was lost in Edo Basking in the euphoria of the massive votes for candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Assembly election, on Saturday March 9, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has declared that he […]
Thugs Disrupts Elections In Kogi
Violence and ballot box snatching made the just concluded election in Kogi state as thurgs and other miscreants harrased voters at different poling units. Armed thugs shot indiscriminately and tried to snatch ballot boxes at the polling units opposite Bishop Delisle Catholic Cathedral in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The News Agency of Nigeria reports […]
Waiting for Final Nail in Islamic State Caliphate’s Coffin
By Jeff Seldin A week after U.S.-backed forces announced the start of their final assault on Islamic State territory in Syria, there is little the troops or the countries backing them can be sure of. Victory over the last remnant of the terror group’s self-declared caliphate, still seen as inevitable, has been delayed as a […]
WHY LAGOS DOES NOT BELONG TO YORUBAS – OBA AKIOLU
The Oba of Lagos, Oba Rilwan Akiolu, has claimed that Lagos State is not part of Yoruba land. Akiolu’s statement is coming barely a week after he publicly humiliated the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi at an event. In a statement from Akiolu’s palace, the monarch traced the historical background of the state and […]
Exclusive: Fear of presidential election result cancellation looms
…as INEC has no result sheets for inspection by Atiku 12 days after presidential election It’s almost two weeks after the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly elections but the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) does not have full results in its kitty. Worse still is the fact that INEC does not have result […]
VULTURES
By Alex Osobu A coven of vultures Scavengers! Searching through the Rubbish Feeding upon the Carrion Appearing clumsy but Homily Like friends of hope to Leaders in the corridor Lazy creatures Bald heads and necks With sonorous voice Blaring trumpets to Gargantuan, banditry Political gods Tummy; Bloated and protruded The dividends of Political sycophancy They […]