Day: January 26, 2023

The governorship candidate of the National Rescue Movement in Adamawa State, Alhaji Aliyu Maina, is dead. He was said to have died in Abuja on Wednesday after a brief illness on the same day the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abia State, Prof. Uchenna Ikonne, died. The National Publicity Secretary of NRM,

The Senator representing Ondo Central, Ayo Akinyelure, has raised the alarm that some aides of the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, are taking advantage of his ill health to sell some state assets.  Akinyelure alleged that the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Agriculture, Pastor Akinola Olotu, is conniving with some people to illegally

The House of Representatives has raised the alarm over the imminent disenfranchisement of Nigerian youths, especially those in higher institutions of learning, as the schools are scheduling examinations close to the forthcoming general elections. At the plenary on Thursday, the House urged the National Universities Commission, National Board for Technical Education, National Commission for Colleges

The Lagos State Government has advised motorists around the old Onikan Stadium on Lagos Island to plan their movement as traffic will be restricted for the students’ rally scheduled to hold on Friday (today). The rally was planned by student representatives from all tertiary institutions in the state to support the re-election of Governor Babajide

The Deji of Akureland, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi, has expressed concern over the deplorable state of public schools across the country, saying alumni associations across the country were not doing enough to assist the government in the areas of the infrastructural development of their alma mater. The monarch said there was a need for old students

The Defence Headquarters has assured stakeholders that elections in the southeastern part of the country would be held in a peaceful atmosphere. The military high command added that there were similar challenges during the 2019 polls, but the election was held, stating that this year wouldn’t be an exception. The region has been ravaged by

The trial of the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Yakubu Sanda, was stalled on Thursday before a State High Court in Jos following a demand to follow court rules. Sanda is charged alongside eight other lawmakers with illegally removing the lawmaker representing Jos East Constituency, Ayuba Abok, as the Speaker of the

The United Nations has advised Nigerians to abstain from hate speech, adding that the consequences are severe as electioneering campaigns for the general elections intensify. The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr Matthias Schmale, gave the advice on Thursday, during a press conference on the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims

A pap trader, Babajide Oluwaseun, has accused a policeman attached to the Ojongbodu Police Station of assaulting him in the Owode area of Oyo State. Oluwaseun, who posted photos of his injuries on Facebook, said he was assaulted because he blamed the policeman, Sharafa, for not concentrating on controlling traffic at the Owode Roundabout which

A yet-to-be-identified female soldier has been brutalised by her senior colleagues at the Nigerian Army Women Corps in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. PUNCH Metro observed in a trending video shared by an online news platform, SaharaReporters, as one of the soldiers used a stick to flog the victim, who was pinned to the ground