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In less than 48 hours, the Nigerian electoral machinery will spring to life in Ekiti as the race to become the state’s fourth democratically elected governor begins. Since Ekiti was fractioned from Ondo in 1996, the state has had nine governors or administrators, but only three were duly elected by the people of […]

A police officer has been killed following an attack on a police checkpoint in Enugu state. The incident was said to have occurred on Friday morning in Umanu, Nsukka LGA. A patrol vehicle belonging to the police was also set ablaze by the assailants. A resident in the area told NAN […]

Ibikunle Amosun, former governor of Ogun, says he decided to withdraw from contesting the presidency in the interest of promoting the interest of the south-west. Amosun spoke on Thursday at a rally organised in Abeokuta, the Ogun capital. The rally, which featured supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was to “welcome […]

Restructuring. This has been the governing subject since 2015. It became very tendentious with the secessionist agitations and the killings by gangs of criminals across the country. The APC government was accused of coming to power on the pinions of lofty ideals and precepts, including restructuring, but abandoned them as soon as it got […]

Troops of the 202 battalion and 82 division task force battalion have rescued two of the Chibok girls abducted in 2014. The girls, identified as Hauwa Joseph and Mary Dauda, were found with two children. On April 14, 2014, over 200 schoolgirls were abducted when insurgents attacked the Government Girls’ Secondary School […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says his running mate “personifies” the future Nigerian youths deserve. Abubakar on Thursday named Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta state, as his running mate in the 2023 presidential election. Sources close to the former vice-president had informed TheCable that Atiku would choose […]

The political journey of Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta state, has been one of gentle ascension from the grassroots to the top of the echelon. On Thursday, he hitched another rung on the political ladder when Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), announced him as his running mate […]

Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta state, says he will remain loyal and committed to the goal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to return to power in 2023. Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, named Okowa as his running mate on Thursday at the party’s national headquarters in Abuja. Speaking after the […]

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has named Ifeanyi Okowa, governor of Delta, as his running mate in the 2023 general election. He announced his choice of running mate on Thursday at the PDP national headquarters in Abuja. He said he reached his decision after wide consultations with […]

Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), is trending on Twitter over comments he made about Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party. Mbaka, while addressing worshippers in a video trending online, asked them not to vote for a “stingy man”. “A stingy man cannot be our president, […]