Presidential candidate: After session with Buhari, APC governors hold closed-door meeting
Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, held a meeting behind closed doors in Abuja. The meeting of the progressive governors’ forum (PGF) held hours after the APC governors met with President Muhammadu Buhari. Details of the meeting, which was said to have held at the Kebbi […]
Presidential primary: Ayu not fit to continue as PDP chairman, says Edwin Clark
Edwin Clark, elder statesman and leader of the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), says Iyorchia Ayu is not fit to remain in his position as chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Clark was speaking on the happenings at the PDP presidential primary. On May 28, shortly before voting commenced at the primary, […]
‘Boko Haram commander, deputy killed’ as hunters clash with insurgents in Borno
Mohammed Yohanna, north-east zonal chairman of the association of hunters/vigilantes, says members of his team have killed a Boko Haram commander and his deputy in Borno state. Yohanna, who said this on Tuesday in an interview with journalists, said there was a clash between insurgents and the hunters at Shaffa Taku village of […]
2023: Lawyer files suit challenging Atiku’s citizenship
Johnmary Jideobi, a lawyer, has approached a federal high court in Abuja to challenge the eligibility of Atiku Abubakar, former vice-president, to contest the presidency. Abubakar was, on Saturday, elected to represent the PDP as the party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general election. The plaintiff, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/751/2022, is contending […]
‘Pure fabrication’ — US denies spreading monkeypox through Nigerian laboratories
The United States has debunked that it is spreading monkeypox through US-funded laboratories in Nigeria. Over the weekend, there were reports that Russia had called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to investigate US-funded laboratories in Nigeria. The reports hinted that the laboratories were involved in the recent monkeypox outbreak in some […]
APC crisis worsens as NWC members accuse Adamu of dictatorship, sidelining them
Salihu Lukman and Isaacs Kekemeke, two members of the national working committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), say there is an attempt to foist a “fait accompli” on them and their colleagues. In a statement on Tuesday, Lukman, national vice-chairman, north-west, and Kekemeke, national vice-chairman, south-west, alleged that Abdullahi Adamu, APC […]
Buhari asks APC governors to observe ‘changing dynamics’ in picking presidential candidate
President Muhammadu Buhari says the All Progressives Congress (APC) must focus on the “changing dynamics of our environment” when choosing its presidential candidate. The leading opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), picked Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate on Saturday. Speaking at a meeting with APC governors at Aso Rock on […]
Canadian varsity produces 9 graduands for law programme — and they’re ALL Nigerians
Nine Nigerians have bagged master of laws (LL.M.) from the University of Calgary (UCalgary) in Alberta, Canada. Source: Top Stories
After meeting APC governors, Buhari leaves for Spain with Malami, Aregbesola
President Muhammadu Buhari is travelling to Spain at the invitation of Pedro Sanchez, the nation’s president. The president had met with governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday — ahead of the party’s presidential primary election scheduled for June 6. Buhari, who is expected to return […]
Buhari meets APC governors ahead of presidential primary election
President Muhammadu Buhari met with governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday. The meeting was held at the council chambers in the presidential villa. The meeting comes about a week to the special convention to elect a standard-bearer for the ruling party ahead of the 2023 […]