LOWDOWN: Wike, Atiku, Tambuwal, Saraki… enter the top PDP presidential contenders
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ticked two major boxes in its timetable for the presidential primary election: sale of nomination forms and screening of applicants. The next big thing is the special national convention scheduled for May 28 and 29, 2022 to elect the candidate. In all, 17 hopefuls picked the nomination […]
Newspaper Headlines: Jonathan’s backers seek consensus plan for APC presidential ticket
The amendment of the electoral act by the senate to allow statutory delegates participate in political party congresses and conventions dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
Buhari will hand over in 2023, says presidency on call for tenure extension
Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, says President Muhammadu Buhari will hand over to his successor at the end of his tenure in 2023. On Monday, Robert Clarke, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), had said the Nigerian constitution allows Buhari to extend his tenure in order to tackle the country’s security challenges. Reacting to […]
Ahmed Yerima: Christians in Zamfara benefited from Sharia law when I was governor
Ahmed Yerima, former governor of Zamfara, says Christians in the state benefited from Sharia law when he was in power. Yerima said this on Tuesday when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’. The former Zamfara governor had, in October 1999, introduced Sharia law in the state, after which several other states in the […]
Umahi: If Jonathan joins APC, it’d be one of the wonders of this century
Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi state, says if former President Goodluck Jonathan joins the All Progressives Congress (APC), it would be a development worthy of the Guinness Book of World Records. A coalition of northern groups had bought the presidential nomination form of the APC for the former president on Monday, urging […]
Court nullifies Malami’s committee on sale of forfeited assets
A federal high court sitting in Lagos has nullified the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations 2019 for being “an invalid statutory instrument”. The court further nullified all sales and disposals of assets made by Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), under the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019. Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa, the […]
INEC says NO to parties’ request to extend deadline for primaries
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rejected an appeal by the 18 registered political parties, through the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), for an extension of the deadline for the conduct of party primaries The parties made the appeal on Tuesday at INEC’s second quarterly consultative meeting with political parties in 2022. INEC had reviewed its […]
Sex scandal: Four Chrisland teachers arraigned over ‘attempt to pervert justice’
Four teachers of Chrisland School in Lagos have been arraigned for allegedly concealing a sex tape involving one of its students. Source: Top Stories
We have over 700,000 out-of-school children in Niger, says SUBEB chairman
Isah Adamu, chairman of the state universal basic education board (SUBEB), says there are over 700,000 out-of-school children in Niger. Speaking with TheCable on Monday, Adamu said many schools in banditry-affected areas have been destroyed, adding that the situation has made it difficult to employ teachers in some communities. “Even before insecurity, we had […]
SAN: Constitution allows Buhari to extend his tenure to tackle insecurity
Robert Clarke, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the Nigerian constitution allows President Muhammadu Buhari to extend his tenure in order to tackle the country’s security challenges. Clarke spoke when he featured on Arise Television’s morning show on Monday. Speaking on the future of Nigeria and if the country is on the right track, […]