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

Gov. Godwin 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 […]

Senator Akpabio’s fall: Lessons to be learnt

Saturday, 23rd February 2019 was a day of political revolution in Akwa Ibom state. This article seeks to date-stamp one of the events of that day; what the main casualty of the day, Senator Godswill Akpabio did which led to his fall; the objectives of the actors who plotted the backdoor conspiracies executed through the […]

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 […]

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN DAY 2019: TOWARDS A GENDER BALANCED SOCIETY

As the world celebrates the 2019 international Women Day with the theme Balance for Better, Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) identifies with the struggles and contributions of women in all walks of life. The theme “Balance for Better” captures the reality that we all have a role to play, all the time and everywhere without […]