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Abdulaziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara state, has declared interest in running for the office of senate president. Yari said the north-west zone deserves the senate presidency since the region produced the highest number of votes for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the presidential election. In the February 25 election, Bola […]

Oladipo Diya, a retired general, has died at the age of 79. Oyesinmilola Diya, in a statement signed on behalf of the family, said the late general died in the early hours of Sunday. “On behalf of the entire Diya family home and abroad; We announce the passing on to Glory of […]

During lunch with a Fulani friend some weeks ago, he sounded so relieved that power was shifting to the south with the election of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the next president. “It is now the turn of Yoruba people to be profiled and stigmatised. The captions would soon change to ‘Yoruba terrorists’ and […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will issue certificates of returns to governors, deputy governors-elect, and state houses of assembly members-elect from March 29 to 31. Festus Okoye, INEC’s national commissioner for information, in a statement, said the presentation of certificates will take place in the commission’s offices in each of […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he will continue to challenge the outcome of the February 25 election that produced Bola Tinubu as the president-elect.  Abubakar who was the first runner-up in the election is challenging the result in court. Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress […]

The Department of State Service (DSS) says it will not tolerate groups or individuals inciting anarchy in the country. In a statement by Peter Afunanya, its spokesperson, the DSS warned against a situation where some persons would take the “laws into their hands and champion anarchy”. “It would be recalled that the […]

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, says the state will pay the N5 million compensation awarded by a federal high court to Adedotun Clement, a driver who was assaulted during an #EndSARS event.  Sanwo-Olu, in a tweet on Saturday, said he has directed Moyosore Onigbanjo, the state’s attorney-general and commissioner for justice, to effect the […]

Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, chairman of the council of elders, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, says there is no fight between the Igbo and Yoruba people in the country. Speaking in Anambra on Saturday at the event marking one year in the office of Chukwuma Soludo, governor of the state, Iwuanyanwu said those destroying Igbo properties in Lagos […]

Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has condemned the anti-Igbo sentiments in Nigeria, which he called “Igbophobia”.  Obasanjo spoke at an event in Anambra to commemorate Chukwuma Soludo’s one year in office as the governor of the state, on Saturday. Obasanjo said when he was president, Soludo was on his team as his economic […]