I’ll hand over federal universities to states if elected president, says Atiku
Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he plans to hand over federal universities to states if he is elected president. Abubakar spoke on Monday at the opening ceremony of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) general conference in Lagos. According to the former vice-president, one of his proposed […]
2023: Nigerians should follow ‘man wey know road’, says Shettima
Kashim Shettima, vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the party, will replicate the feats he recorded as Lagos governor at the federal level. Speaking on Monday at the general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Lagos, Shettima they would hit the ground running […]
Tinubu, Kwankwaso absent as Atiku, Obi attend NBA conference in Lagos
Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, was absent at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference on Monday. Similarly, Rabiu Kwankwaso, standard bearer of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), also failed to show up at the event. The 2022 NBA Annual General Conference, with the theme “Bold Transitions”, takes […]
Isa Yuguda: Buhari has done his best in tackling insecurity — everyone’s best is different
Isa Yuguda, former governor of Bauchi, says President Muhammadu Buhari has done his best in tackling insecurity. The former minister of aviation said this on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme, on Monday, while adding that Buhari is not to blame for the surge in attacks across the country. Yuguda said the […]
Outrage as mob attacks man suspected to be ‘fake bishop’ at Shettima’s unveiling
A yet-to-be-identified man who was purportedly identified as a cleric who attended the unveiling of Kashim Shettima, vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was attacked by a mob in a market in Abuja. At the weekend, a now-viral video appeared on social media showing how a man, whose facial appearance appeared […]
EXTRA: ‘Wike lule’ — Obaigbena, Tambuwal mock Rivers governor at funeral
Nduka Obaigbena, founder of THISDAY and Arise TV, created time to taunt Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, at the burial of his mother in Delta state at the weekend. Obaigbena mocked Wike when he hosted some guests who attended the funeral of Margaret Obaigbena, his mother, on Saturday, in Owa-Oyibu, Delta state. […]
Newspaper Headlines: ASUU laments exit of Nigerian lecturers to foreign universities
Reports on the economic crisis facing Nigeria’s aviation sector dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
Two children killed as another building collapses in Lagos
Two children were killed as a two-storey building collapsed in the Bariga area of Lagos state on Sunday. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said the building is located on Adeleye Street, Ladi Lak. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, LASEMA permanent secretary, confirmed the death of the children, adding that some adults sustained injuries […]
PDP BoT chair: It’s unfair to have presidential candidate, national chairman from north
Walid Jibrin, chairman of the board of trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says it’s unfair for the party’s presidential candidate and national chairman to hail from the same region. Jibrin said this on Sunday when he featured on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television. Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate […]