Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to name governors accused of stealing Local Government allocations. Buhari had on Thursday accused governors of “pocketing” allocations meant for LGs, and as such contributing to underdevelopment. However, speaking on Friday while inauguration of the Mgbuosimini ring and internal roads in Rumueme Kingdom of Obio-Akpor…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it is working with the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to resolve network hitches that may arise over uploading of results for the 2023 elections. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the disclosure on Friday at a one-day strategic interactive session with journalists in Lagos….

The Northern Leaders Consultative Forum (NLCF) has endorsed the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar for the 2023 elections. The group comprises of Christian and Muslim religious and political leaders in the north, including a former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara. The group announced the endorsement of Abubakar…

A federal high court in the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja has sentenced a former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara state, Prof. Magaji Garba, to seven years imprisonment for N260 million fraud. Garba was jailed on Tuesday after the court presided by justice Maryam Aliyu, found him guilty on all five counts…

By Sylvanus Tyoakaa, Abuja The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and the Senate President, Ahmad Lawal have mourn the death, Paul Unongo, a former minister of Iron and Steel in the second republic. Unongo,a former Convener of the NEF, died on Tuesday in Jos, Plateau state following a protracted illness. The NEF,in a statement on Wednesday…