The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has formally declared his intention to contest for the 2023 presidential election. Amaechi made the declaration on Saturday at a special thanksgiving organised in his honour by the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Igwurita, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers state. In a speech titled, “Forward…
The wife and daughter of the Plateau state Commissioner for Environment, Usman Bamaiyi, have been abducted by gunmen. The incident, according the Punch newspapers, was said to have occurred in the early hours of Saturday when the gunmen broke into the commissioner’s residence in Gindiri, Mangu Local Government Area of the state. According to the…
The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), has lamented that the persistent strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is killing the university system in Nigeria. it called on the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to find lasting solution to the problem. In a communique issued at the end of…
Brekete Family, a popular reality television and radio programme focusing on human rights issues, has purchased the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential nomination form for Akwa Ibom state governor, Udom Emmanuel. TheCable reports that the form was presented to governor on Friday at the Government House in Uyo by a delegation from the organisation. Speaking…
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Alkali Usman, has appointed commissioners of police for Edo, Adamawa, Kaduna and Imo states. The appointments were announced in a statement in Abuja by Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force spokesman. According to the statement, the IGP ordered the posting of CP Abutu Yaro, to Edo state as the new Commissioner of…
The Chief of Defence Staff, Lt-Gen. Lucky Irabor, has declared that the days of perpetrators of violent attacks in the southern part of Kaduna state were numbered as the military was prepared to unleash the full strength of its arsenal on them. Irabor stated this on Thursday in Kafanchan, the headquarters of Jema’a Local Government…
