Nigeria and African news

A coalition of 40 social cultural groups across the north, under the umbrella of “The unified Northern Nigeria Youths Forum”, have called on the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Godwin Emefiele to contest for the 2023 Presidency. Addressing a press conference on Sunday in Kaduna, after a procession in support of…

The Kaduna state government has commenced the distribution of the second batch of palliatives with 128 trucks of rice and maize worth N3.4 billion to the less privileged. Govermor of the state, Senator Uba Sani disclosed this on Monday, during the flag-off of the distribution. Sani said the second batch of the palliatives will gulped…

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, to commence a 90-day pre-retirement leave. The directive was announced in a statement on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. The statement also approved the…

Sulaiman Aliyu, a federal lawmaker representing Lere Federal Constituency, Kaduna State, is dead. A member of the family in Lere, Abubakar Lere, confirmed the law maker’s demise in a telephone interview on Tuesday in Kaduna He said the lawmaker died on Tuesday morning in Abuja, following a brief illness. According to Lere, the lawmaker had complained…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, 2023 election and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, will address a press conference on Monday. The former vice-president is expected to react to last Thursday’s Supreme Court judgment affirming the election of President Bola Tinubu in the elections. Atiku lost the appeal…