President Muhammadu Buhari has given all ministers interested in contesting for any elective positions in 2023 up till Monday, May 16, 2022 to resign. Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja. Mohammed said the President directed all ministers…
About 15 soldiers and three civilians were reportedly killed by terrorists in an attack on a military camp at Poll Wire, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Nineteen soldiers were also said to have sustained injuries during the attack. The terrorists who were said to be traveling from Niger state to Zamfara state…
By Patience Dombin, Jos The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Plateau state has won Saturday’s by-election in Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency. Announcing the results on Sunday in Jos, the INEC returning officer, Dr. Oyeyinka Oyerinda, said Musa Agah, candidate of the PDP scored 40,343 votes to beat the candidates of the Peoples Redemption (PRP) and…
The Presidential election and National Assembly elections are to hold on February 25, 2023. Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announced this on Saturday while briefing journalists in Abuja. He added that governorship and state houses of assembly polls will take place on March 11, 2023. INEC had earlier scheduled the…
By Patience Dombin, Jos A federal high court sitting in Jos, Plateau state capital, has sentenced the former minister of water resources, Sarah Ochekpe to six years imprisonment. Ochekpe served as minister in the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. In 2018, Ochekpe, alongside former acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Plateau, Raymond Dabo and…
The federal government said that analysis by the Nigerian Intelligence Unit (NFIU) between 2020 and 2021, has revealed 96 financiers of terrorism in Nigeria. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who disclosed this in Abuja on Thursday, while presenting details of President Muhammadu Buhari’s fight against corruption and terrorism, also said 424…
